Great Hall table postitions

[Simon J. Branford]

No: HPFGUIDX 2854

Hello

>From Harry's sorting the table positions are:

		  MD

G	R	S	H

	  TT

My impression is that they entered by the main door (they come across the
main hall and into the hall). Harry's account gives the teachers table as
being at the top, which to me indicates it as being on the opposite side of
the hall to the one they enter by and they are then lead down the length of
the hall to line up in front of the teachers table.

In GoF, when Harry goes past Slytherin, it could be that he has is sitting
at the end nearest the teachers table and has then walked to the middle of
the hall and up between Ravenclaw and Slytherin (subconsciously passing Cho
on the way).

A hall such as this looks most impressive if, when entering, you are faced
with the far table across your line of view and you staring down the gap
between two tables. This gives a greater impression of length to the hall.

Milz wrote: "In the first couple of books I got the impression that the
Gryffindor table was closest to the door to the main hall and was next to
the Slytherin table( the description in CoS when they try to figure out how
to get to the Slytherin Common Room)."

I believe that when they are talking about where the other common rooms are
they are still in the main hall and it is from this position that they point
out the doors used to get to the other common rooms. The layout I suggest
also gives Harry the choice of being very near the door.

Simon