Remorse (was: Could Harry have saved Snape?)

[Laura Lynn Walsh]

No: HPFGUIDX 178096


On 2007, Oct 18, , at 12:55, dumbledore11214 wrote:

> And yeah, before you ask, I think Harry's try for some remorse to
> Voldemort was quite idiotic - in character, but idiotic IMO.
>
> Try for some remorse Riddle, and then what? We will forgive you and
> let you go free? I wonder.

I saw this as an attempt on Harry's part to shock Voldemort
into saving his soul.  The wording was very specifically like
that that Hermione quoted when they were discussing
Horcruxes and she was asked whether there was any way
for him to save his soul.  Hermione said that he had to show
remorse.  I think that Voldemort recognized that phrase from
his reading of that book long ago and I think that is what
made him even more fearful of Harry at that point.  He then
knew that Harry was indeed familiar with the background
information about Horcruxes and knew nearly as much
about them as Voldemort himself did.  That, above all, would
have struck fear into VM.

IMO, Harry is not offering forgiveness, but is giving Voldemort
one last chance to save his soul.  VM isn't in the state of mind
to respond to a cool logic approach, such as one that Dumbledore
would employ.  I think Harry rightly thinks that only the shock
of knowing that Harry knows what VM knows is the only chance
VM has.  But, the trio also rightly predicted that VM would not
be able to take that path.

Laura
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Laura Lynn Walsh    lwalsh at acsalaska.net
http://llwcontemplations.blogspot.com



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