[HPforGrownups] Quote from GOF

[Rachael Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 56788



On Friday 02 May 2003 14:10, jeanico2000 wrote:
> "You stand, Harry Potter, upon the remains of my late father", he
> hissed softly, "A muggle and a fool...very like your dear mother..."
> I was just reading GOF again to refresh my memory and get ready to
> move on to OOTP and came across this sentence that Voldemort speaks
> to Harry in the graveyard. Why does he compare Lily to his father?
> was Lily a muggle? I thought Harry's parents were a wizard and a
> witch. Any thoughts on this? Maybe I am just not understanding the
> quote properly.
> Nicole

I should think that he meant that Lily is Muggle-born. After all, we know that 
Lily and James were head boy and girl, and that Lily's wand was 'a nice wand 
for charm work' (Philosophers Stone)

Rach