[HPforGrownups] A thought about Prof. Trelawney

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 8824

At 07:19 PM 1/8/01 -0600, Rachelle Elliott wrote:
>We have 2 primary ways to refer to Lord Voldermort:  Lord Voldermort and
>He-who-must-not-be-named.  Others such as Draco Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy,
>Crouch, Barty J.R., ('evil' or potentially evil wizards) call Voldermort the
>'Dark Lord'.  Please correct me if I am mistaken.  Here is the dilema:  Why
>does Professor Trelawney, in her prediction in PoA Chapter 16, refer to him
>as the 'Dark Lord?'  Was she on the other side or was it meerly an accident?

Snape also calls him "The Dark Lord".  I think the term is used by those
who fear him enough not to say his name (I'm sure even his supporters
fear him) but think "You-Know-Who" and "He-Who-Must" are corny.



                                                 -- Dave