Who is tom riddles mother

That the depiction of Merope suggests mental deficiency rather than withdrawal from an intolerable situation is interesting; the student should examine the passages concerning Merope, and to a lesser extent her brother Morfin and father Marvolo, to see how the depiction is slanted.

We do not believe that Merope's particular mental issues were visited upon her son Tom, as Merope is extremely romantic in outlook, and Tom clearly is not. It is possible that Tom Marvolo Riddle's lack of empathy is a genetic failing that had in fact come from his grandfather, possibly skipping the intervening generation, possibly being gender-linked and so present but not expressed in Merope.

Morfin, Merope's sibling, certainly seems to exhibit Tom's lack of empathy. Study questions are meant to be left for each student to answer; please don't answer them here. From Wikibooks, open books for an open world. Beginner warning: Details follow which you may not wish to read at your current level. Intermediate warning: Details follow which you may not wish to read at your current level.

Namespaces Book Discussion. Views Read Edit Edit source View history. Reading room forum Community portal Bulletin Board Help out! Policies and guidelines Contact us. Add links. JKR website. Bob Ogden visits the Gaunt house on a routine follow-up Harry has his first one-on-one lesson with Dumbledore. Heir of Slytherin.

Marvolo: The Truth. Pensieve Memories. View 1 thoughts swirling around the pensieve. Add your own. Marvolo Gaunt Father. Husband , Morfin Gaunt Brother. This group had a kind of dark glamour within the castle. They were a motley collection; a mixture of the weak seeking protection, the ambitious seeking some shared glory, and the thuggish gravitating toward a leader who could show them more refined forms of cruelty. In other words, they were the forerunners of the Death Eaters, and indeed some of them became the first Death Eaters after leaving Hogwarts.

Does Dumbledore make the right decision in not warning the staff against him? Is it possible that Dumbledore could have changed Tom's life path, or was Tom's movement toward becoming Voldemort inevitable from the time he was born?

As Dumbledore tells Harry, Tom charmed everyone around him to the point where all had huge expectations for him: "Nearly everyone expected spectacular things from Tom Riddle, prefect, Head Boy, winner of the Award for Special Services to the School.

I know that several teachers, Professor Slughorn amongst them, suggested that he join the Ministry of Magic, offered to set up appointments, put him in touch with useful contacts.

He refused all offers. The next thing the staff knew, Voldemort was working at Borgin and Burkes. Tom actually hopes to be a teacher at Hogwarts. He certainly considers Hogwarts to be his first and only home, but he also wants to be near all of the ancient magic locked away within Hogwarts's walls. He wants to have influence over little witches and wizards-in-training. But being only 18, he doesn't get the job and ends up at Borgin and Burkes, a store specializing in fine magical objects.

As it turns out, though, the position at Borgin and Burkes is a great job for a man who likes to collect trophies, trinkets, and powerful magical objects. Through his work, Tom comes into contact with many interesting collectibles, and even murders an elderly witch named Hepzibah Smith in order to steal the Slytherin locket and Hufflepuff cup, which she owns. Here we see Tom's childhood tendency to collect trophies resurface. After killing Hepzibah Smith, Tom disappears for many years. Dumbledore doesn't encounter him again until many years later when Tom, who now calls himself Voldemort, shows up at Hogwarts asking Dumbledore for a teaching job for the second time.

If he hadn't before, Tom has certainly now has passed the point of no return — he has a group of Death Eaters that he leads, he has "experimented" and "pushed the boundaries of magic" Needless to say, Dumbledore does not give Voldemort the job. If Tom has passed the point of no return, what was the pivotal moment when Tom became Voldemort?

That, we think, has something to do with Horcruxes, about which Professor Slughorn gave Tom information when Tom was a student. Click the infographic to download.

The final memory involving Voldemort that Harry and Dumbledore contend with in Book 6 is a big one. In Slughorn's memory they watch as a teenage Tom learns about Horcruxes, a kind of incredibly Dark Magic that allows its wielder to divide his soul and encase it in a vessel and, thus, evade death.

During his job interview, Voldemort tells Dumbledore that he has "pushed the boundaries of magic further, perhaps, than they have ever been pushed" He repeats this sentiment to the Death Eaters in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire when he tells them he has "gone further than anybody along the path that leads to immortality" quoted in Half-Blood Prince Dumbledore reflects on Voldemort's statement: " 'Further than anybody. He was referring to his Horcruxes, Horcruxes in the plural, Harry, which I do not believe any other wizard has ever had.

Little Hangleton. Gaunt house. Riddle House. Little Hangleton graveyard. Dark Magic spells to create a Horcrux. Killing Curse. Special Award for Services to the School. Diary of Tom Riddle. Obsessive Love.