Dumbledore and Lockhart

meckelburg at foni.net meckelburg at foni.net
Tue Apr 10 09:50:51 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 16234

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., lea.macleod at g... wrote:
> Good thinking, Meckelburg (if that is your name...)!

I prefer " Mecki "

I haven't thought of the Divination- class, but it fits into the same 
theory.
Maybe Hogwarts has allways taught boeth the "real" magic and the "fuss 
around it". Leaving it to the students to decide what they want to do 
after school. And who knows, somebody may turn out to be a "true 
seer". And somebody else might want to be the star of the witch's 
weekly !!( Crabbe or Goyle maybe <vbg> 

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> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., meckelburg at f... wrote:
> 
> > I think Dumbledore knows Lockhart is a fake from the beginning 
> 
> Yes, the phrase "impaled upon your own sword" reveals that (when 
> Dumbledore learns Lockhart has been hit by his own memory charm).
> 
> > Even Dumbledore could not know he would need a "real"DADA- Wizard. 
> 
> Could he not, with Voldemort in person having been present at 
Hogwarts  
> for a whole year (inside Quirrel)? I think it was rather that he 
just 
> couldn´t find anyone (NO, Snape does NOT want the job!!!). So he 
> decided he´s make the best of the situation and
> 
> > let the 
> > children find out by themselves, that "not everything that glows 
is 
> > gold". 
> 
> I would like to extend this theory to Prof. Trelawny. I think 
> Dumbledore lets the kids study Divination in order to make them see 
> that prediciting the future is really, as Prof. McGonagall puts it, 
"a 
> very imprecise branch of magic". Or in order to find the occasional 
> "true seer" (everybody looking forward to Lavender and Parvati doing 
> the astrological column in Witch Weekly after leaving Hogwarts?).
> 
> But I agree with Hermione that it doesn´t take long to realise 
> Divination is crap, so it´s really a waste of time to let the kids 
> study it for YEARS. They could really "be doing something 
> useful instead".
> 
> Meckelburg continues:
> 
> > I believe, Lockhart and Lupin belong *together* to show the 
Hogwarts 
> > pupils, and the Readers, "Don't judge a book by its cover ". :)
> > Lockhart seems all "shiny". His appearance and his books tell 
> > everybody what a great Teacher he would be . Lupin in comparison 
is 
> > ragged and does not want attention. He "seems" to not have much to 
> > say. After those two years however, we know it is the other way 
> > round. Lupin really has informatio to give, AND knows how to give 
> it 
> > too, and Lockhart is just a neat poster.
> 
> 
> That´s very well put, too.
> 
> Lockhart is the personified "all that glitters is not gold" 
> (Shakespeare), while Lupin stands for "all that is gold does not 
> glitter" (Tolkien).





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