Harry's Wand Conjures the Dark Mark - Significance?

Steve Binch stbinch at actionsd.com
Wed Jan 29 22:30:03 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 51017

On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 11:07:25AM -0700, I wrote:
> I was just re-listening to GoF and was wondering what significance there
is
> in Barty Jr. using Harry's wand to conjure the dark mark. JKR could have
had
> Jr. use any wand, but she made it Harry's wand. Has there been any
relavence
> to this later in the book?

On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 20:34:27 +0100, Trond Michelsen replied:
>Depends on how you define "relevance" I think. It's a sneaky way of
>demonstrating the effect of Priori Incantatem for the reader, so that
>they'll recognize it in the graveyard scene.

Me again:
I overlooked the whole Priori Incantatem thing. That satisfies my desire to
find significance in the use of Harry's wand. Thank you very much to the
haggle of you that answered that for me.

-Steve





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