Quirrell and the dungeon - long (was: Slytherins and Werewolves)

[lizzyben04]

No: HPFGUIDX 170592

ContanceVigilance:

> It does not really counter my argument. First of all, Dumbledore is 
> not being truthful about Quirrell in general. He claims that he has 
> never been able to keep a DADA teacher for more than a year because 
> of the curese, but Quirrell must have been a teacher - and a teacher 
> of DADA - for more than one year, and more likely for three or four. 
> This has been discussed before, so I won't repeat the argument here. 
> The fact that we readers have a problem with this statement from 
> Dumbledore only proves that he is not good at not being truthful, 
> especially since he just got done saying "I will of course, never 
> lie." One can only assume he had his fingers crossed at the time.
> <snip>
> The only other possibility is that Dumbledore finished a helpless 
> Quirrell off himself. I can't believe that of Dumbledore.
> 
> As I said, Quirrell may be dead. He may not appear in Book 7. But 
> there is no canonical or FAQ evidence (that can't be refuted) that 
> Quirrell perished in the dungeon, or anywhere in the first book.
> 
> ~ CV
>

lizzyben:

It seems like we don't really know what happened to Voldemort, or
Quirell. It's possible that Quirrell died, but DD never says so. I got
the impression that Quirrell was simply sent to Azkaban, back to
Bulgaria or placed in hiding. 

I wanted to ask a resident Quirrell expert - what did happen in that
room, anyway? What did DD do after Harry passed out? DD was there, he
had an opportunity to attack Voldemort - didn't he use it? Why did he
suddenly appear only after Harry was on the verge of passing out? Why
did he (apparently) send an 11-year old to take on VD in the first
place? It's all very vague, and DD never really explains what happened
after Harry passed out. Harry is a child, and he doesn't wonder about
this, but readers do. I truly can't stand DD, mostly because of issues
like this. 

lizzyben