Mr Potter, he dead.

[Kirstini]

No: HPFGUIDX 83929

I wrote:
 
>> 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.>> 


To which Berit replied:
> Neville, Luna and Ginny also felt drawn to the veil. It was only 
Ron and Hermione who kept their wits and weren't "entranced" by it... 
Are you suggesting everyone but Hermione and Ron will die? :-)> 

A fair point, but no, I'm not. I wasn't talking about the fact that 
Harry was drawn to the veil, I was pointing out the use of language 
in the passage - the focus on the fact that he finds the veil (which 
equals death) strangely beautiful, and that he's inclined to walk 
through it (ie to kill himself, although the reader/Harry doesn't 
know this at the time). We now know that Harry finds death beautiful, 
that he's attracted to it, even - in strong contrast with Voldemort. 
We don't have this sort of information on Neville, Luna and Ginny - 
we don't know their feelings about the veil, only that they were 
entranced by it, which could be for entirely different reasons. 
Anyway, more to come if I manage to get a wriggle on with thiis Big 
Bumper Death post
Kirstini