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

[Wanda Sherratt]

No: HPFGUIDX 77716

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "S Handel" <fc26det at a...> 
wrote:
> 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?
> 
I'd say it's possible, because the prophecy doesn't specify in what 
way they are equal.  It seems to be Voldemort's call, though - *he* 
is the one who looks at Harry and for some reason says "We are 
equals" (not literally, of course).  What does he see in Harry that 
equals himself?  I'm wondering if it may be their circumstances, 
because he refers to that in a number of places.  I don't have my 
books, but in the confrontation with Harry in CoS he points out how 
similar they are, even down to their looks.  I think he mentions it 
again in GoF, when he compares Harry's mother with his own father, 
and says how they were both Muggles and both died the same way.  
Perhaps he sees Harry as another Tom Riddle.

Wanda