Myrtle's glasses

[Dave]

No: HPFGUIDX 78478

  SD-
> Why then was Myrtle killed when viewing the basilisk straight
through       
  her glasses
> (CS 16)?  Basically, Myrtle shouldn't have died, she should only have
> been petrified because of her glasses just as the camera and Nick
> saved the other two.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
  Ephrem-
>  I can say a majority of people who wear glasses will take them off
if they're crying for a long period of time so they can wipe their
eyes more frequently and easily.  So it's a possibility that she
wasn't wearing them when she was attacked.

  Now me-
  I thought of this possibility too, however if she hadn't been
wearing her glasses, how would she know that she had seen the eyes? 
Wouldn't it have been just a blur.  Also if she were not wearing her
glasses when she died,she wouldn't have had them as a ghost, would
she?  Back on the topic of the camera lens and the distortion it
causes, would a person who is nearsighted (and therefore has distorted
vision) die?
  -SD