Barty Jr's motivation.....

[jelly92784]

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sugaranddixie1 wrote:

...in teaching Harry's class about the unforgivable curses?  The only 
conclusion I can come to is that he thought that was what the "real" 
Moody would do & so did it to make his masquerade more convincing.  
Maybe he never heard the saying , "Forewarned is forearmed".  Did 
Voldmort order Barty Jr. to show Harry the curses so he (Barty Jr.) 
could report back to LV with Harry's reactions?  Did he think Harry's 
advance knowledge would somehow cause him to freeze up with fear when 
the showdown took place?  Any thoughts?

Janelle:
Didn't Fake Moody say at the beginning of that class that although the 
ministry wouldn't like it if they knew he was showing the class the 
curses, he and Dumbledore had discussed it and thought that they ought 
to know about them?  Maybe Dumbledore actually told Moody to do it and 
therefore he had to or risk exposing himself to Dumbledore, who would 
know right away that it wasn't Moody if he refused?  I see this as the 
most likely explanation.