Molly/SB, Snape's demise, Quirrell coveted stone himself, the room

[Claire]

No: HPFGUIDX 71605

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Dan Feeney" <dark30 at v...> 
wrote:
> 
(snip)

> The Room (reply to Claire et al)
> 
> I find it hard to think the "room" is a room and the "lock" a lock 
in 
> a literal way. It almost reads as if a metaphor has been given 
> physical substance. Odd, huh?

Dan, I don't find the idea of metaphor as physical substance odd at 
all.  I believe that's true of quite a few non-corporeal images in 
the WW.

Claire
(who's grateful this group has reminded me I can still think "out of 
the box")