Help me understand the importance of the prophecy, please

[leb2323]

No: HPFGUIDX 82314

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> So I put in my alternative take. Does it refer to Harry and Voldy 
*only*? His parents are  mentioned obliquely at the start - "born to 
those.." Why not another mention?  Also, why should the "either" and 
the "neither" be talking about the same pairs? This resulted in a 
reading that can be written as "either (Harry or Voldy) must die at 
the  hand of the other for neither (James nor Lily) can live while
the other (Harry) survives.." OK. It's not perfect. But it did seem
to make some sort of sense and fit the canon as we know it up to now. 
It also helps eliminate Neville from DD's calculations. I don't claim 
to be right; it was offered as a *possible* interpretation that 
resolved *nearly all* of the grammatical conflicts.>>
>>



Lots and lots of snipping above but we all know we are rehashing the 
prophecy again (and again and again) right? So here is how I define 
all of the pronouns:

THE ONE (infant Harry) WITH THE POWER TO VANQUISH THE DARK LORD 
APPROACHES...BORN TO THOSE (the Potters) WHO HAVE THRICE DEFIED HIM 
(the dark lord), BORN AS THE SEVENTH MONTH DIES...AND THE DARK LORD 
WILL MARK HIM (the one with the power -- infant Harry) AS HIS (the 
dark lord's) EQUAL, BUT HE (the one with the power-- infant Harry) 
WILL HAVE POWER THE DARK LORD KNOWS NOT...AND EITHER (those who have 
thrice defied him -- Lily & James Potter *or* the one with the power 
-- the infant Harry) MUST DIE AT THE HAND OF THE OTHER (the dark
lord) FOR NEITHER (the potters/infant Harry or the dark lord) CAN LIVE
WHILE THE OTHER (the potters/infant Harry or the dark lord) 
SURVIVES...THE ONE WITH THE POWER TO VANQUISH THE DARK LORD WILL BE 
BORN AS THE SEVENTH MONTH DIES....

Either Lily or James must die -- one of them had to die to give Harry 
the protection; it just happened to be Lily.  But, neither can live 
while the other survives:  LV killed the Potters -- they did not live 
while he survived; and then the next step he turned to kill the
infant Harry who survived but LV didn't, all therefore fulfulling 
their little bit of the prophecy.  

leb