Mr Potter, he dead/LV and Hallowe'en

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 83950

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "maneelyfh" <maneelyfh at y...> 
wrote:

Kirstini: 
> > >> Incidentally, on the archway, I found this nifty little quote 
> that 
> >  must have slipped my eyes on first to third OoP 
> readings: "...Harry 
> > thought the archway had a kind of beauty about it, old 
> > though it was. The gently rippling veil intriguied him; he felt a 
> > very strong inclination to climb up on the dais and walk through 
> > it."
> >  OoP (Bloomsbury), p682.
> > Who's "half in love with easeful death" now? I think that's 
> > foregrounding.>> 

<Berit snipped>
 
Fran: 
> Hmmm, in the US  edition, I dont think an inscription is given. To 
me 
> this is like a prelude to to how Harry was feeling when LV was 
inside 
> him. Imho, I think Harry finds death as a way to ease his pain, not 
> beautiful. The question to me is why were Harry, Neville, Luna and 
> Ginny attracted to the veil.  Is the veils attraction the reason 
why 
> it is in the DOM, as it is something the lures people to their 
death?


Geoff:
I think there is a misunderstanding here. There was no inscription on 
the archway.

When Kirstini wrote, "Incidentally, on the archway, I found this 
nifty little quote..." what was being said was:

"Incidentally, whil on the subject of the archway, I found this nifty 
little quote....."

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On a totally different topic, a thought came to me yesterday. 
Hallowe'en is considered to be a time when the living dead, witches 
and demons come out and are abroad for that one night in the year.

Is there anything interesting in the fact that Voldemort tried to 
kill Harry and lost his powers and bodily form on Hallowe'en itself - 
that the most evil wizard came unstuck on the evening which was 
supposes to favour him and his like?

Geoff