Dumbledore Protecting the Stone

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No: HPFGUIDX 39417

Ronald Rae Yu wrote:
> Isn't the Mirror of Erised the protection that
> Dumbledore provided for the Stone?

As far as we know, yes.  In the chapter during which Harry wakes up 
in the Hospital Wing, Dumbledore does admit to the use of the mirror 
as being his idea.

Ronald Rae Yu wrote:
 Then, in the first
> place, what was it doing in the room that Harry
> discovered it in?

That Sly old Dumbledore...he gave Young Harry an Invisibility Cloak 
so he may roam the castle at night, then conveniently leaves the 
Mirror lying around so that Harry can find it. It seems Dumbledore 
suspected all along that Harry would go after the Stone, so I guess 
he left the Mirror there for Harry to figure out what it does before 
he faces it again at the end of the book(infact, Dumbledore makes 
sure Harry knows exactly what the Mirror does).  Of course, that 
doesn't quite make much sense...if Dumbledore knew someone was trying 
to take the Stone, then why didn't he move it?  I suppose to that you 
could argue that he was giving Harry a bit of training.  Although, 
that is a rather big gamble.

*shrugs*  I'm not sure he had to go to all that trouble...he did 
infact say that whoever wanted to find the Stone, and not use it, 
would be able to get it out of the Mirror.  I wonder...what if Harry 
hadn't had part of his thirst for his parents quenched in the 
beginning of the book?  Would he still have seen the Stone in the 
Mirror?

Ronald Rae Yu wrote: 
Does it mean that the Stone was not
> _initially_ provided protection for by Dumbledore? I
> know this may not imply anything but I just like to
> point this out.
 
Hmm...I never actually realized the Time Span involved.  It does seem 
as though the Stone spent half the year at Hogwarts without any 
protection from Dumbledore- that is, if Dumbledore provided no 
temporary defense while the Mirror was busy elsewhere.