Question about the meaning of the word "Immortal"

[Joanne0012 at aol.com]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., Ardhrianna <ardhrianna at y...> wrote:
> Okay, Hermoine says that Nicholas Flamel is "Immortal"
> so he *can't die*. . . . > 
> So why, at the end of the movie, does Harry ask
> Dumbledore if Nicholas and his wife are going to die
> now that they no longer have the Elixer?  What
> happened to them being Immortal?

Seems to me that the problem is that Hermione's been reading classical 
literature, rather than Rowling!  Yes, traditionally the Philosopher's Stone 
could confer immortality, not just the deferment of death that Rowling's 
Flamel has achieved.  Perhaps his philosopher's stone is somewhat 
substandard, producing only a temporary reprieve from mortality?