Self-destruction of "essentially divided" Dark Lord
Florentine Maier
florentinemaier at hotmail.com
Wed Jul 16 10:27:58 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 70809
Hi together,
I've continued pondering over the prophecy...
I think the word "either" is the key to the real meaning, for it can
have two diametrically opposed meanings:
1) one OR the other
2) one AND the other
Second ingredient:
The scene in chapter 22, where Dumbledore consults one of his
instrumens. It shows him a puff of smoke shaped like a snake. Then DD
says, "Naturally. But in essence divided?" and the snake divides into
two snakes. DD observes this with "grim satisfaction."
There hasn't been any solution for this scene, so I think it contains
an important clue.
So here's my latest proposal:
The Dark Lord is in essence divided, because he is composed of two
personalities: Tom Riddle and Lord Voldemord. Harry Potter has the
power to vanquish the Dark Lord by making Tom Riddle and Voldemort
fight against each other. Riddle and Voldemort will kill each other
and both die.
Do you think that might work?
Florentine
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