The Evil of Voldemort; Lily's choice

[lagattalucianese]

No: HPFGUIDX 146679

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> Bart:
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> ...Given Voldemort as one who gains pleasure in the suffering of 
> others, the obvious theory was that his intent was to get Lily to 
> give up Harry to save her own life (which, it appears, Voldy fully 
> expected her to do), and THEN kill her anyway. Of course, there may 
> be an ulterior motive, to be revealed in Book 7.
> 
La Gatta Lucianese:

Or perhaps to leave her alive and use her guilt over Harry's death 
(and James' death too, in that he would have died for nothing) to 
manipulate her into giving him something he wanted (information, the 
prophecy orb, who knows). Granted he could have put an Imperius Curse 
to control her, but speaking as the sometime victim of a master 
manipulator and guilt-tripper, I think he would have found using her 
guilt and her misery to make her do his will much more satisfying.