[HPforGrownups] DADA position.

[Melanie L Ellis]

No: HPFGUIDX 58696

On Mon, 26 May 2003 12:20:01 EDT CareALotsClouds at aol.com writes:

> Lupin doesnt perform dark arts, and neither does Lockhart (but thats 
> because  he doesnt have the ability to), Moody doesnt do dark arts so
really, 
> I dont  think they do need to know the dark arts.  If you look at their

> lessons there is  no dark magic going on (only Crouchs forbidden curses
but those are 
> banned  and illegal, he shouldnt have done it).  The class get taught 
> DEFENSE against  the dark arts and thats exactly what it is.

No, I think DD really did ask Crouch/Moody to cover those curses in
class. Of course, he would never condone teaching the students how to
*do* them, but he did want them to learn to defend themselves. The only
way to do that is to subject them to those curses in a controlled manner,
and I think DD would know this and allow Moody (who he thought was Moody,
anyhow) to perform the Curses in class. (Excepting the AK, of course!) I
don't see any indication that Crouch/Moody actually taught the children
how to perform the Curses, so I don't think he was doing anything illegal
at all.

Also, even though the real Moody did not use the Curses during the
Voldemort years, I think the text implies that he did know how to use
them, but he was a good enough person to not succumb to the temptation of
using them even for a "good cause".


Melanie Ellis
Alabama Homeschool Message Board
http://pub77.ezboard.com/balabamahomeschoolmessageboard

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