How's Harry going to learn the curses?

spang_b at yahoo.co.in spang_b at yahoo.co.in
Thu Dec 18 04:26:28 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 87263


Jazmyn writes:
> Harry should NEVER learn those curses. They are illegal and called
> 'Unforgivables' for a reason. He can find some other way to kill
> Voldemort then breaking the law to do it. IMO, Harry should NOT ever
> have to kill anyone. He is JUST A KID---

 If Harry  shouldn't do the killing because he is a kid, then why 
would Dumbledore be so afraid to tell him about the prophecy? He 
could  have just said," Harry you are in danger but just be careful, 
we'll do all the dirty work." He told Harry about the prophecy and he 
did not kill Voldemort himself because of his belief that it is 
Harry's job to vanquish the Dark Lord.
  I agree that the prophecy says ' vanquish' and this does not 
automatically mean 'kill'.  But a sentence from OOTP goes something 
like this--- either way his life would in murder(quoting from memory).
 So Harry will have to kill Voldemort or will be killed himself. 
 And as I said, he might not use unforgiveable curses on Voldemort 
but he will use them on others. And they don't seem to be so 
unforgiveable after all. The fake Moody used Imperius curse on Harry. 
I think Dumbledore allowed this so that Harry will be trained to 
thwart off that curse when it is applied on him. So Dumbledore 
already made an exception for Harry's sake. He might make more.
spangb
PS: Yeah, I will look up the previous threads. Thanks.






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