[HPforGrownups] Alohomora and lockpicking

[Kbeanie13 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 23203

Steve Vander Ark of the Harry Potter Lexicon:
"My take on it is that locks, as a general rule, are Muggle technology, 
 and as such are used occasionally, but not really expected to do much 
 good. Maybe they're almost like decorations. True locking, which we 
 all know is necessary sometimes, is a magical condition."

I agree with your reasoning.  Yes, locks, as we have seen do have their 
magical counterparts.  But this leads to a question - Why would Dumbledore 
use a simple Muggle lock to guard the third-floor corridor, especially when 
it guards a vicious three-headed dog?  It doesn't seem very wise of 
Dumbledore.

~Katrina~