The eavesdropper: round up the usual suspects...Plus more Prophecy
meriaugust
meriaugust at yahoo.com
Wed Dec 31 23:07:06 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 87882
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jotwo2003" <jsummerill at s...>
wrote:
> Although I bet we won't find out until book 7, I thought it might
be
> useful to list all the characters who may be the eavesdropper who
> overheard the prophecy, and why.
snipping the majority of the post
> Dumbledore says that the eavesdropper could not inform his master
> about the second half of the prophecy
more snipping
This line caught my attention while reading this post. I just
finnished OotP last night and was struck by how the results of the
prophecy were described by Dumbledore. He is specific that only part
of the prophecy was heard by the spy, and that this small part was
enough to convince LV that a baby boy would be born at the end of
July (seemingly Harry or Neville) that would have the power to
destroy the Dark Lord. Can anyone guess as to which part of the
prophecy specifically the spy heard? Here is the full text of Prof.
Trelawny's prophecy:
"The One with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches...Born
to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month
dies....and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will
have power the Dark Lord knows not...and either must die at the hand
of the other for neither can live while the other survives...The one
with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh
month dies..."
Any speculations about how the birth of (specifically) a baby boy is
prophecized here? Or what parts they heard? Or who threw them out
after they had overheard?
Meri
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