Forgiveness

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 188687

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bart at ...> wrote:

Pippin:
> > Oh, but she does. Voldemort does not even want to feel love or remorse, although after his reconstitution with Harry's blood he has the ability. It is that choice, not his illness, that dooms him. 

Bart:
>  I do not recall seeing that in my reading. You don't have to quote 
> chapter and verse if you don't want to, but can you give me at least a 
> basic idea of where it said or implied that his reconstitution with 
> Harry's blood cured him of his sociopathy/psychopathy?

Geoff:
Perhaps not, but there is a point where it is made clear to him that he 
needs to consider remorse and his responses as it goes home make it 
clear that he rejects the idea...

'"...Dumbledore's last plan went wrong. Harry Potter."

"Yeah, it did," said Harry. "You're right. But  before you try to kill me, 
I'd advise you to think about what you've done ... think, and try for 
some remorse, Riddle ..."

"What is this?"

Of all the things that Harry had said to him, beyond any revelation
or taunt, nothing had shocked Voldemort like this. Harry saw his 
pupils contract to thin slits, saw the skin around his eyes whiten.

"It's your one last chance." said Harry, "it's all you've got left ... 
I've seen what you'll be otherwise ... be a man ... try ... try for
some remorse."

"You dare-?" said Voldemort again.

"Yes, I dare," said Harry, "Because Dumbledore's last plan hasn't 
backfired on me at all. It's backfired on you, Riddle."'

(DH "The Flaw in the Plan" p.594 UK edition)