Question about OotP

[nikkalmati]

No: HPFGUIDX 190559



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Liz Clark" <liz.treky at ...> wrote:
>
> Taya asks:
> I'm just starting to read Order of the Phoenix (currently on ch6) and am 
> curious why Voldemort wanted the Prophecy. Now I think about it, I wonder 
> this from watching the film (where this desire was never explained).
> 
> Was Voldemort simply after finding out the whole Prophecy? Or was it, as 
> suggested, powerful enough to be used for evil (like a weapon).
> 
> Sorry if this has been asked before.
>
Nikkalmati

LV had hear enough of the Prophecy to know the subject posed a danger to him - then when he tries to eliminate Harry he gets torn from his body and reduced to a ghost of sorts.  Not knowing all the Prophecy had turned out very badly.  He had to know if it predicted his future defeat or if it told him how Harry could be defeated.  The normal rules did not apply.  He was pursuing Harry in COS to find out how Harry had beaten him.  When he discovered it was his mother's love, LV was disappointed.  He had to know more just to protect himself.
Question: Did Snape realize and tell LV he only heard part of the Prophecy or did LV figure that out himself?

Nikkalmati