Comparisons & contrasts re: DD, Snape and LV

[vivida89]

No: HPFGUIDX 179120

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Zara" <zgirnius at ...> wrote:

> The DH revelations prove (to me anyway) that these two
> characters were always more different than similar. Riddle
> was extremely self-sufficient emotionally, incapable of love
> and uninterested in receiving it, by the time we meet him
> pre-Hogwarts. Little Snape longed for a friend and finally
> found one in Lily. Voldemort saw power as the only purpose
> to have, power over others, and over death. Snape in school
> may have been attracted by the Death Eaters becaue of the
> power he thought it would give him, but to him, it seems to
> me, it was a tool - a way to belong somewhere, to be able to
> protect himself, and to impress others.


I agree with you completely!

There may be main similarities in the mentioned characters
and thus also the incidents in their pasts, but what is the
excruciating point in differentiating this characters is
that VD, also not as his former self Tom Riddle, does not
understand the mechanics of love.

You could compare the characters Dumbledore-Snape-Riddle in
the first observation of their pasts and say they were all
fairly interested in the Dark Arts, which is no lie.

The common thing of Dumledore and Snape now is their "turn",
the change they go through and become "good", though Snape
is not entirely good (for he fought for his own reasons).
Dumbledore and Snape both needed a really cruel event (DD--
death of Ariana, Snape-- Death of Lily) to see the point of
their actions and to therewith change.

The thing is: Tom Riddle is in no way good. He is the absolute,
finite bad guy. He does not show any remorse. He is completely
oblivious of what he does. He never understands there is such
a thing as love is.

He did not experience love, e.g. from his parents and/or
friends or girl/boyfriends, no, he was always alone and
he never even craved for something like this. He is a
creature completely without feelings -- only the longing
to have power, to be mighty above all.

vivida89