[HPforGrownups] Re: Voldemort's faithful servant

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No: HPFGUIDX 31725

Catlady says
>Apparently all the Death Eaters had their assigned places in the 
>circle, so they would know who had been the six people in that gap 
>where Voldemort was speaking. If they didn't know about Barty 
>having come back to life, they would have thought 4 of the 6 
>were dead and been surprised as soon as V said 'three dead in 
>my service' instead of 'four dead in my service'. How can the identiy 
>of the Death Eaters be secret from each other, as Karkaroff claimed 
>and good management suggests, if they all stood in the same circle and 
>V addressed them by name?

I had wondered exactly thesame thing myself. How did they get themselves 
together to do the muggle -baiting at the World Cup?

Someone (I'm sorry, I can't remember who) did point out that V didn't address 
all the DEs by name, perhaps pointing out ones he particularly wanted to 
shame, so perhaps they just knew their own places, not exactly who else stood 
where.

Susanna says
>We, the readers, know the back story and 
>can be fairly sure at least about the equation Barty Jr = faithful 
>servant, as for Snape= left forever and Karkaroff= coward, things are 
>not so unambiguous. But the DEs know even less than we do after 
>Barty's Veritaserum-induced confession. Is it Voldemort's intention 
>to keep them guessing who's who???

This seems to be what he's doing, but why?

I have wondered whether it is a merely a literary device for the benefit of 
the reader (at that point we don't know the back story) or whether JKR is 
creating some confusion amongst the DEs which Dumbledore may be able to 
exploit. Very useful if the DEs think Snape is still loyal to V.




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