OOTP Dumbledore's silver instruments & 'in essence divided.'

Kathy pkdailey at comcast.net
Wed Jun 25 18:50:09 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 63792

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> After Harry has the dream
> that is not really a dream where he sees Nagini attack Arthur 
Weasley,
> and he is standing in Dumbledore's office - what is Dumbledore 
doing,
> and what is he talking about, when he uses that silver 
instrument...
> This is on pages 415-416 (not the US edition, the UK one)...so here
> are my questions:
> 1) What do you think the silver instrument is used for?
> 2)What does Dumbledore mean by "naturally, naturally" - I think 
that
> it might have something to do with the fact that Voldemort was 
using
> Nagini to scope out the situation at the MoM...What does everyone 
else
> think?
> 3)What did Dumbledore mean when he said "but in essence divided" - 
and
> why did the snake head split into two heads when he said this?

When I read this I felt as if Dumbledore is using this instrument to 
determine if Harry was possessed by LV or just seeing through his 
eyes.  Dumbledore already knows that Harry and LV are connected and 
that they share some of the same thoughts and feelings.  By asking 
the question "in essence divided", I felt Dumbledore was seeking 
confirmation and assurance that Harry is still Harry and LV is still 
LV.  I suspect that Harry's and LV's minds are beginning to meld 
together, but with very conflicting results.  Harry is the conscious 
and LV is the ID, in Freudian terms.  One mind but two souls.  I 
also expect to see more of Harry having these experiences, but using 
them to control LV instead of the other way around by stopping him 
from doing certain things-- like murder.  Don't get me wrong... I 
don't think Harry would do this intentionally, but from an emotional 
standpoint I think that he will have as much an effect on LV as LV 
has on him.  Any thoughts? 

Kathy  






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