Alohomora and lockpicking

[Indigo]

No: HPFGUIDX 23208

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Kbeanie13 at a... wrote:
> 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.
> 
Dumbledore expected Fluffy him [her?]self enough to be deterrent to 
people who wanted to go to the corridor.

And being Dumbledore, he probably figured anyone who could get past 
Fluffy was good enough to not worry about Fluffy anyway.  Or he 
figured the door needed to be unlocked so Harry could get in and make 
sure Quirrell didn't get the stone.  *wink*

Indigo