OOP: It CANT be Nevilles Prophecy / Can Harry Die?

[Renee Daniels]

No: HPFGUIDX 64656

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sevenhundredandthirteen" 
<sevenhundredandthirteen at y...> wrote:
> Rach wrote:
> 
> > Does the 'kill or be killed' portion mean that Harry cannot be 
> killed 
> > by anyone other than Voldemort? Could he duel with a death eater 
> and 
> > survive simply because they are not fated to be the one to kill 
> him?  
> > Could he jump off the astronomy tower and come off without a 
> scratch 
> > because there is only one way he can die unless Voldemort himself 
> is 
> > dead? 
> 

Laurasia:
> 
> I would say yes- he could die by jumping off the astronomy tower 
> EXCEPT he *won't* be jumping off the astronomy tower. He is fated 
to 
> battle Voldemort, <snip> 

Me:
Actually, the prophecy doesn't say anything about 'the final 
confrontation' it says that Harry has the *potental power* to 
vanquish Voldie, and (in the easiest interpretation) that Harry or 
Voldie will 'die' 'by the others hand.' Literaly this could be taken 
to mean that one may physicaly choke the other to death. Generaly 
this is taken to mean that one will be 'vanquished' in a wizards duel 
between the two, aka wands, no contact. Loosely, this could mean that 
one of the two is primarily responcible for the others death. In this 
interpretation, if depression/promptings caused by Voldie prompt 
Harry to take a swan dive off the Astronomy tower, then Harry 
died 'by the others hand' and the prophecy is forfilled.

~Calimora (Who hates prophecies because language is too imprecise to 
allow for absolute interpretation.)