ACT3 Scene1
What's the setting of ACT3 Scene 1? what does the setting look like?
Professor Quirrell's classroom.
Classroom dim, blackboard scrawled with twisted
magical symbols.
Students sit in a semicircle
Describe the setting of ACT 3 Scene 1.
The library at midnight. Moonlight pours through the windows. Harry, Ron, and Hermione crouch in the Restricted Section [ 图书馆禁区 ] , surrounded by dusty old books.
In the dark and mysterious forbidden forest.
Quirrell kneels in the center of a magical circle, holding the glowing Philosopher's Stone.
Hermione (raise her hand up high urgently): Professor? Can a prophecy be changed? The description "raise her hand up high urgently" tell us the personality of Hermione.
What does the stage direction "raise her hand up high urgently" reveal about Hermione's personality?
This action shows that Hermione is eager, curious, and assertive. The urgency suggests she feels the question is important and wants to understand the topic deeply—typical of her character, who values knowledge and isn’t afraid to speak up, even in tense situations.
How can we understand this sentence: " HARRY (quietly, hesitating): Because… I think I helped bring it here." why does Harry say "I helped bring it here"?
Because Harry and Hagrid got the philosopher's stone from the Gringotts, and Professor Quirrell stole the stone because of Voldemort while Voldemort comes for Harry Potter. So Harry is guessing the stone has something to do with Voldemort and himself.
In scene 3, how does Voldemort come back to life in our drama?
use the power of the philosopher's stone
Professor QUIRRELL said: "Why don’t we ask Mr. Potter? After all, his name has already burned… in the ashes of prophecy." What does this sentence imply?
1. 哈利是预言的中心人物，命运已注定。
2. 奇洛/伏地魔知道关于预言的内容，可能在心理操控哈利，让他怀疑自己是否有选择的自由。
3. “灰烬”象征毁灭，而“燃烧”象征命运的开始或重生，暗示哈利的痛苦命运也许正在重新点燃。
When Hermione said: "Remember the Mirror of Erised?Its warning: “Those who lose themselves in imagined futures may never live the present.” What does the sentence mean?
if someone becomes too obsessed with dreaming about what could happen—future desires, fantasies, or imagined destinies—they might forget to live in the now.
魔镜并不代表现实，那只是“想要”的幻象。
How can we understand this sentence when Professor Quirrell said: "Need? Do you think I long for immortality?"
He suggests he stole the stone not for extending his own life, but for something slse.
What does this sentence mean: "Tell me—if someone told you that you were born to be a tool, nothing more… how would you choose? "
The sentence is asking: If someone said you were only made to serve others, would you accept that fate, or choose your own path?
Here it means Professor Quirrell, as a half-blood wizard, is used by Voldmort as a tool. so he feel sad for his own fate. At the same time, he implies Harry Potter is also a tool for Voldemort.
What does the snake and the stone that appear in the mirror imply?
It’s a warning… or a clue. The Mirror shows you something few are ready to see. It can be warning that shows something about Voldmort and Harry Potter which will happen in the near future, or it can be a clue to remind what Harry may face in the near future.
Explain why does Professor Quirrell want to bring Voldemort back to life.
in this sentence, he said: "QUIRRELL: I seek an answer— I want to know—can someone born to Muggles ever escape a life of being looked down on?" he doesn't want to be looked down upon, so he thinks Voldemort is a saver to him, and believes Voldemort can save him from not being looked down in the wizard world.