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The man in the final chamber is [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Professor Quirrell|Quirrell]]. But a changed Quirrell, no longer twitching, stuttering or timid. He tells [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Harry Potter|Harry]] how [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Lord Voldemort|Lord Voldemort]] possessed him while he was traveling abroad. Quirrell claims he was a foolish man until meeting Voldemort, who, he says, showed him that there is no good or evil, only power, and those too weak to seek it. Quirrell is quick to point out that being seen as
Now, all that stands before him is the final obstacle guarding the Stone, which Harry recognizes as the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Mirror of Erised|Mirror of Erised]]. While examining the Mirror, Quirrell mentions that Snape was at school with [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/James Potter|Harry's father]], and that they hated each other, which is why he dislikes Harry, though he never wanted him dead. He also says that "his Master", which apparently means Lord Voldemort, is with him wherever he goes. When Quirrell is unable to decode the Mirror's secret, a voice tells him to, "use the boy". When Quirrell stands Harry in front of the mirror, Harry sees himself removing the Stone from his pants pocket, then discovers that it is actually in his pocket. He tells Quirrell that he only sees himself winning the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Major Events/Quidditch|Quidditch]] cup, but the mysterious voice says he is lying and demands to speak to Harry face-to-face. Quirrell demurs, but eventually removes his turban to reveal Lord Voldemort's face growing on the back of his head. Voldemort orders Quirrell to seize Harry, but Quirrell's skin burns and blisters when he
Harry awakens in the hospital wing; [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Albus Dumbledore|Professor Dumbledore]], who arrived at the Chamber just in time to save Harry from Quirrell, is standing nearby. He tells Harry that the Stone has been destroyed, and Nicolas Flamel and his wife, Perenelle, will die, but they have enough time left to get their affairs in order. "After all," he says, "to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure." Dumbledore agrees with Harry that Voldemort is still out there, possibly searching for another body to inhabit, or looking for some other means to return. Dumbledore refuses, for now, to answer Harry's question about why Voldemort
After Dumbledore's departure, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Ron Weasley|Ron]] and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Hermione Granger|Hermione]] are allowed to visit. Harry recounts what happened in the last chamber and what Dumbledore told him. They conclude Dumbledore allowed Harry to fight Voldemort, if he chose, rather than trying to protect him from the Dark Lord.
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The next day, Harry has another visitor: [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]], who is in tears because he gave Quirrell the final piece of information he needed to reach the Stone. After Harry calms him, Hagrid remembers he has a gift for him, a photo album, containing wizarding pictures of Harry's parents.
Late in the day, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Poppy Pomfrey|Madam Pomfrey]], the nurse, relents and allows Harry to attend the Leaving Feast. There,
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== Analysis ==
The story ends on a high note, and Harry has won the battle, but the war has just begun. Voldemort, though thwarted, has indeed survived, and he will likely attempt other ways to restore his body, biding his time before launching another assault on Harry and the Wizarding world. The comment that there is no good or evil, only power, and those who are too weak to seek it, suggests that Voldemort believes that achieving his goal will justify whatever means he employs to obtain it. That goal is conquering the wizard realm. This philosophy actually echoes Niccolò Machiavelli's 16th century political treatise, ''The Prince'', which advocates that to gain or maintain power, a prince should adopt a moral public facade while secretly implementing whatever extreme amoral methods are necessary to gain and retain control, without regard to the individual or civil rights. That belief has even been utilized in the modern era by dictators such as Adolph Hitler to fuel his rise to power in mid-20th century Germany. The series' overall theme of good vs evil and which path, dark or light, a wizard can and will choose to follow will seem blurred by Voldemort, who keeps his presence concealed and true intentions ambiguous while insidiously taking control. This will make it difficult for Voldemort's opponents to fight him, as once he does emerge, more politically neutral wizards may only see the Dark Lord's disingenuous public persona, while remaining ignorant or indifferent to his invading evil. Thus they more easily accept that the strongest, most charismatic, and benign-appearing leader has prevailed.
For Voldemort, good and evil truly are non-existent concepts; instead, there is only his insatiable lust for power, and a self-determined right to satisfy it. This also reflects how Voldemort's [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Major Events/Death Eaters|Death Eaters]], and Slytherins in general, appear to think and operate, seizing whatever they want, whenever they want, and by any means deemed necessary, often taking the easiest and shortest route possible. However, an old axiom states that absolute power corrupts absolutely, and Voldemort, already corrupt, will only become even more so, likely to where he retains little rationality or sanity. As contrasted by Dumbledore, with power comes responsibility and morality, along with continual cooperation, oversight, and loyalty in order to operate and maintain a stable and productive society. Without it, a state will eventually degrade through internal conflict, strife, and greed until it totally decays and collapses. Even if Voldemort can conquer the wizard realm, retaining his power and maintaining an orderly and productive rule while keeping his followers loyal and placated would be an indomitable, if not impossible, task for him.
Clearly the big surprise in the story is that it was Quirrell, not Snape, who was behind the ongoing attacks on Harry. We know Snape and Harry deeply dislike one another, but Harry's animosity had biased him into wrongly believing that Snape was responsible. Harry, still too single-minded and immature, fails to consider that there could be other reasons behind Snape's behavior; Snape's hatred apparently stems from his relationship with Harry's father, James Potter, though the full circumstances are still unknown, nor why Snape would transfer this resentment to James' young son. Snape's antagonism toward Harry is widely known, even among the staff, though Dumbledore seems to discount it somewhat; Snape almost certainly was questioned following the attacks and had been cleared, though Harry apparently presumes that an interrogation never occurred, and does not realize that teachers are unlikely to discuss such matters with a student.
Life, death, and resurrection are also ongoing themes in the series, and it is reinforced here, though Quirrell's death and the Flamels' impending demise are indirectly shown, unlike the slain [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Unicorn|Unicorn]] seen in the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Forbidden Forest|Forbidden Forest]]. As Dumbledore explains it to Harry, death is but a gateway to another realm, likely one that is better and more enjoyable than the living world, and it is a natural progression that should be embraced, not feared, though both Voldemort and Flamel apparently do; this may partially explain why some who die, like [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Nearly Headless Nick|Nearly Headless Nick]], become Ghosts and remain bound to the living world, rather than moving on to the "other side." While Voldemort, whose name can be translated in French to "flight from death", seeks any means to become immortal, Flamel instead chooses to end his life for the betterment and safety of wizard society. Immortality has a high price, and anyone possessing that secret holds the most sought after and valuable prize that many would pay any amount or perform any act, including murder, to obtain. Flamel realizes that the Stone is far too dangerous to exist because innocent people will be killed as others, such as Voldemort, will always seek its power. Flamel opts to destroy the Stone, accepting mortality as an inevitable part of living. Even if Voldemort can obtain a new body and immortality, his life will probably always be cursed and incomplete, his shredded soul never fully restored, and unable to attain love and friendship, whose power is incomprehensible to him.
Harry also learns more about his tie to the Dark Lord, his family, and that it was his mother's love for him and sacrificing her life for his that created the magical protection against Voldemort's attack when Harry was an infant. It is this same love within Harry that burned Voldemort when Harry touched Quirrell. This protection will likely continue to play an important role in the story's plot. While Harry has a better understanding regarding his relationship with Voldemort, Dumbledore's refusal to explain why Voldemort wants to kill Harry can only add to Harry's confusion and fears.
One point should also be mentioned: One of Dumbledore's "better ideas", hiding the Stone in the Mirror of Erised. Dumbledore says that anyone who wanted to use the Stone, would only see themselves using it but would be unable to take it, while someone who was only seeking it but did not wish to use it, would find it. Quirrell reports that he sees himself in the Mirror, giving the Stone to his Master, which seems to fit the requirement of not using it himself. Why did Dumbledore's spell prevent the Stone from being released to Quirrell? This question must remain unanswered, but there are at least two possible reasons. The most likely reason is that Quirrell is simply lying, saying what he thinks Voldemort wants to hear while he actually sees himself amassing piles of Stone-created gold. However, it can be argued that Voldemort can sense falsehoods, as he seems to be able to sense that Harry is lying. An alternate explanation would be that Dumbledore's spell is detecting both Quirrell handing over the Stone and Voldemort using it, and is refusing to release it to Voldemort.
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=== Further Study ===
#What does Quirrell mean when he says, "There is no good or evil, only power, and those too weak to seek it"?
#Why would Dumbledore have had James Potter's Invisibility Cloak, given that Dumbledore can make himself invisible without one?
#How can Snape justify his hating Harry for something he has had no responsibility for?
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Harry survives his second encounter with Lord Voldemort, and what protected him the first time, his mother's love, protects him again, and apparently will continue to do so. We later learn that this protection also requires Harry to live in a home where his mother's blood kin resides (in this case, her sister, Harry's [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Petunia Dursley|Aunt Petunia]]). This is why Harry must return to [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Privet Drive|Privet Drive]] each summer, until <!-- maybe explain why 17 --> his 17th birthday, as much as he detests being there. On several occasions, he will however be prematurely liberated from his enforced confinement to spend time with the Weasleys.
While Harry has already suspected that Snape has the ability to read minds, we do not yet know whether this is a magical ability. It turns out that it is; [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Order of the Phoenix/Chapter 24|much later]], Professor Snape will be called upon to teach [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Occlumency|Occlumency]] to Harry, at which time we will learn, not only that there is a magical ability to examine the mind's contents ([[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Legilimency|Legilimency]]), but also that Voldemort is a master at it. Weakened as he is, Voldemort still seems quite able to read Harry's mind, of determining why Harry wants to see into the mirror, and that he has obtained the Stone. We will see much later that a linkage exists between Voldemort and Harry, here shown by the pain in Harry's scar; Voldemort, however, will remain unsure of the linkage's nature until [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Order of the Phoenix/Chapter 21|Harry's fifth year]], here apparently assuming that the ability to read Harry's thoughts is purely his Legilimency skills.
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Also, Dumbledore voices a philosophy that centers the series: "after all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure." This does not, at first glance, seem to be a particularly useful philosophy, but it is the key difference between Voldemort and those who would defeat him. Much of the series revolves around death and the attitudes towards it. Voldemort fears death, so much so that he kills others in cold blood to preserve his own life by creating [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Horcrux|Horcruxes]]. Dumbledore, and to a large extent Harry, are prepared to die, if necessary, to destroy Voldemort's great evil. It is the one who is prepared to meet death, on his own terms, who fully masters it; running from death does not avoid it. This, we are told, is why Harry is the stronger Wizard when he confronts and duels Voldemort [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Goblet of Fire/Chapter 34|near the end of book 4]].
To defeat Quirrell (and Voldemort) Harry had to follow a designated path containing dangerous obstacles he had to overcome before confronting the Dark Lord. This same scenario is echoed in the next book, ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'', where Harry travels through an underground passage leading to a hidden chamber beneath Hogwarts where [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Tom Marvolo Riddle|Tom Riddle]] (Voldemort) awaits. And though Voldemort does not appear in ''Prisoner of Azkaban'', Harry (and Hermione) clambers through a secret tunnel leading to the Shrieking Shack where the fugitive and the Dark Lord's supposedly loyal supporter, Sirius Black, has taken Ron. In ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'', Harry must navigate an enchanted maze filled with riddles and dangerous creatures as part of a Tournament, only to again face Voldemort. Harry is lured to the Ministry of Magic in ''Order of the Phoenix'', where he maneuvers his way through its convoluted halls and mysterious rooms to confront the Dark Lord, as well as his own destiny in the form of a prophecy. Finally, in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'', he travels a dark path through the Forbidden Forest that will lead to his seemingly final encounter with Voldemort. Following a defined, but unknown and dangerous pathway symbolizes Harry's progression through the entire series, and it is the only way he will be able to defeat Lord Voldemort. At each juncture, he has the option to turn back, but instead chooses to move forward; each time he is only able reach the final destination with help from Ron and Hermione, and later, other allies such as Neville Longbottom and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Luna Lovegood|Luna Lovegood]].
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