The Prophecy, the End, & The Trinity

[linlou43]

No: HPFGUIDX 70331


In response to my analysis of the prophecy Steve wrote:

> > The one part of the prophecy that has eaten away at me since I 
> first
> > read it, is this line-
> > 
> > " ... And either must die at the hand of the other for neither 
can 
> > live while the other survives... "
> > 
> > Specifically, the use of the word 'either'. Why would an 
> accomplished
> > write like JKR use such awkward phrasing unless she was 
> intentionally
> >  hiding something in that phrasing.


   I, in, turn responded:

>  Your comments gave me a possibility out of this dilema. What if 
the 
> *either* refers to Voldemort/Tom Riddle? What if the final battle 
is 
> not between Harry and the Dark Lord but between the two natures of 
> V/R? Would this bring the rest of the prophecy into focus? I think 
> this could work! 


Then T.M. added(actually in reply to Steve's post):
 
> 'Either' can also mean 'each'.  Rowling has used the word in this 
> sense when describing the quidditch field: the goal posts are at 
> either end of the field.  So the prophecy might mean that both 
> must die.


 Now back to me (linlou):

              I had left this thread behind a couple of days ago 
thinking I had read all the replies connected to it, but somehow I 
missed T.M.'s post and I am so very glad I went back to look at it 
again. I think a merging of the two last stements, T.M.'s and mine. 
May give us the answer.  Perhaps Harry is destined to find some kind 
of spell that forces the dual natures that make up Voldemort to 
conflict and actually destroy each other- some kind of a previously 
unheardof incantantion maybe. Perhaps the weapon is not so much love 
as self acceptance and love combined, neither of which the Dark Lord 
could tolerate. It's another possibility anyway.

    Any takers?

    -linlou