Albus Dumbledore (character sketch)

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Caius Marcius" <coriolan at w...> wrote:
<Masterful,thorough, most excellent summary of Albus Dumbledore 
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(maybe we 
> can it Vold War One, to differentiate from Vold War Two which is 
sure 
> to dominate Books Five-Seven)

I do second this nomination. :)


> 
> 1. We all remember the chilling scene in GoF, when Barty Crouch Jr. 
> explains to Harry how each of his actions as Moody was coldly 
> calculated to advance Voldemort's agenda.  Will there someday be a 
> parallel scene where Dumbledore will explain his own coldly 
> calculated behind-the-scenes maneuverings to Harry? 
> 
<snip>

Perhaps. This would be very interesting to witness, Dumbledore 
showing the more serious side of his character we see in the 
unmasking scene in GoF. 

> 
> 3.Will Dumbledore survive the series? Will he hang in there until 
> Book Seven, or perish earlier? Will be die with harness on his 
back, 
> like good king Macbeth, or peacefully in his bed? 

I don't see him as dying until book seven. He's too vital to the 
structure of the book. I do see him dying though, for various reasons 
we've discussed to death already on this group. How,
> 
> 4. If Dumbledore dies, who will succeed him as Headmaster? 
> 

I say McGonagall. She's already assistant, and is Transfiguration 
prof, like Dumbledore was in his day. 

> 5. Voldy loves nothing more than to talk about himself (see 
Chapters 
> 32-34 in GoF).   By contrast, most of what we know of Dumbledore's 
> past was on the back of a trading card.  What is the significance 
of 
> Dumbledore's consistent refusal to talk about himself?

Humility, most likely. Perhaps an awareness of the tragic aspects of 
his battles with evil, making him unlikely to boast? 

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Rest of the questions I have little idea how to answer, but most 
certainly will be thinking of them whenever book five comes out. 

Charmian