How are we going to Kill Voldemort?

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No: HPFGUIDX 84278

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sbursztynski" 
<greatraven at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <
> > 
> > 
    JKR surely won't have her 17-year-old hero perform an illegal 
curse  (AK) snip> 
> > Carol
> 
 JKR has already had Harry use an unforgivable curse when he used the 
Cruciatus Curse on Bellatrix in the MoM battle after Sirius was 
killed. 

I believe that Wormtail's silver hand will come in to play. This is 
both because Pettigrew has a life debt to Harry and also based on a 
theory I have been mentally kicking around.

There is a great deal of symbolism from a variety of sources in these 
books, much of it Christian and biblical. There is a passage in 
Daniel chapter 8 that particularly caught my eye with regard to these 
books.

In the King James version of the Bible, Daniel 8:22 through 8:26 
talks about four kingdoms standing up out of one nation (immediately 
made me think of the 4 towers of Hogwarts).  In the latter days of 
the kingdom "a king of fierce countenance and understanding dark 
sentances shall stand up". This obviously made me think of Voldemort.

The passage goes on to say that "by peace he shall destroy many". 
This is analogous to the many people in the wizarding world who did 
not stand up to Voldemort, and who permitted him to gain power 
through their silence and complacency.

In describing the downfall of this evil king, Daniel 8:25 says "he 
shall be broken without hand", or not by human hand. This made me 
think immediately of Wormtail. 

Not only does he owe his life to Harry, but he literally has a hand 
that is not human. As we did not hear anything about him in OOTP, we 
do not know how useful a silver hand could be yet. I wonder if it 
could block curses like the statue in the MoM battle.