Snape the poet (was: logic puzzles...)

[Rosemary]

No: HPFGUIDX 2590

Amanda wrote:
>>Ieven if it was paper rather than
parchment, why would this be construed as an insult? 

	A wizard with parchment available would use paper instead only if he
were communicating with a Muggle. Using paper for a message you know
will be read by a Wizard strikes me as insulting...

>>And why would Snape
bother with such a tiny subtle thing, when it's an all-purpose barrier
designed as a cog in a system to stop Whoever Tries (Muggle or not)?

 Snape and Dumbledore must both assume that Voldy's most likely to come
after the stone. I think they assumed that anyone who got through the
outer barriers would be in league with Voldemort or possessed by him. 
	 If Voldmort had looked into the Mirror of Erised,  would he not have
seen himself living eternally, and thus have been trapped forever in
front of it?  Voldemort, alas, guesses the danger and is  careful not to
look into the mirror himself.

	A note about wands: notice that Quirrel doesn't use one any where in
the final confrontation, even though he's doing things like conjuring
cords and trying to put a deadly curse (kedavra?) on Harry. Any else
wonder why?
Pippin