Theory of the Dark Mark

[karenoc1]

No: HPFGUIDX 60582

Kelly Grosskreutz wrote:
> What I just noticed when I reread Snape's quotes was something else 
he said
> that intrigued me.  From page 710:  "It was a means of 
distinguishing one
> another, and his means of summoning us to him."  The first part of 
that
> quote is what I'm looking at.  What does he mean, distinguish one 
another?
> Does he mean that it distinguishes them as a DE, a member of 
Voldemort's
> inner circle?  Or does it imply that each DE's Mark is slightly 
different
> from everyone else's?
> 
> Kelly Grosskreutz
> http://www.idcnet.com/~ivanova

And karenoc1 writes:

I don't believe that all Death Eaters know exactly *all* who are 
Death Eaters and all who are not; only Lord Voldemort has this 
knowledge, as it is a further means of control.  So if a given Death 
Eater needed to determine if someone else was (or was not) a Death 
Eater, he/she could examine their arms for the mark.  Hence, Snape 
could determine if, say, Barty Crouch, Jr. were a Death Eater, if he 
didn't know for certain already, simply by examination.

I hope that made sense!