Stone archway in Death Chamber

[tbernhard2000]

Sarah wrote:
> What I want to know is "what is the fascination, the mesmerising 
> quality of the archway that scares Hermione and entrances Harry?"  
> What intrigues him?  What makes him want to walk through it?  Why can 
> only Luna and Harry hear the voices and not Neville? (thinking along 
> the lines of the Thestrals).  Why does it enthrall Harry, Ginny and 
> Neville and yet Ron seems indifferent and Hermione seems absolutely 
> terrified?

I think this thread belongs on the main list. Nevertheless, I remember 
reading a post, I forget where, that divided the sextet by their 
responses to the veil along the lines of hear voices/not hear voices/, 
Thestrals/not see Thestrals, and attracted/repulsed. I'm not sure the 
details now, but the point was that, dividing it this way, each of the 
six had different responses.

dan