 Re: Did Tom Riddle ever have a moral conscience?
A good point- but perhaps a gradual decline combined with an intrinsic streak of agressiveness, maliciousness, bitterness- waht ever it may be.
And most likely at an extremly young age.
Tom Riddle, aka Voldemort, had the inherent potential of immorality, of darkness, but, at the same time, he is certainly also the product of his environment. Because such instincts exist does not mean they do not evolve- Tom Riddle, in forging himself, had power, wanted power and thus took it- but in his life he saw no reason for such things as empathy. |