Let's pick at that prophecy a litle more, shall we?

[S Handel]

No: HPFGUIDX 77712

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "whimsyflower" 
<profwildflower at m...> wrote:
> I appreciated elle's important reminder (ellegir, post 77655, 
8.17.03, 10:47 
> am) that LV does not know the part about the "Dark Lord will mark 
him as his 
> equal."  As I read OoP LV still does not know that part of the 
prophecy.  At this 
> point I think only Dumbledore and Harry know this part (and Sibyll 
Trelawney, 
> if she remembers).
> 
> I'd like to shift focus a bit to the part of the prophecy that 
says, ". . . for neither 
> can live while the other survives."   Forgive me for stating the 
obvious, but 
> since GOF, both Harry and LV seem to be living while the other 
survives.  The 
> fact that they are both living and functioning, and in Harry's 
case, growing 
> seems to fly in the face of this part of the prophecy. 
> 
> Like many of us, I found other parts of the prophecy confusing, but 
I can't 
> make sense of this fragment, no matter how hard I try.
> 
> Whimsyflower

Hi, 
What if the "shall mark him as his equal" is not referring to the 
same powers?  What if it means that Voldemorts evil and hatred are 
equal to Harrys love and goodness.  They can have equal amounts of 
both.  And then the next section of "neither can live while the other 
survives" would work.  Good and Evil constantly battle each other 
even in real life.  Do I make any sense?
Susan