[HPforGrownups] Re: The Death Chamber

Tanya Swaine swaine.t at xtra.co.nz
Sat Sep 27 09:00:07 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 81708

Entropy wrote:
>Yes, surely "dead is dead." But you must admit that there are myriad
>examples of JKR's "cheating" a bit on the dead stuff. From the house
>ghosts, to the figures dripping from Voldemort's wand in the
>graveyard, to the listening/sleeping/gossiping portraits in
>Dumbledore's office, the WW is certainly a place where the dead are
>never quite completely gone.
>And, as a side note: although I wouldn't be particularly happy to see
>Harry fall through the veil in a firestorm of curses and kadavras,
>only to be reborn by coming back through at a later time (it seems so
>"Dallas"/it-was-all-just-a-dream), it would tie up the whole "phoenix"
>imagery rather well, don't you think?



I wondered about that too, death in these books is not absolute.  This
might be a way out idea, but the thought just struck me reading this post.
What if this does happen and Harry re emerges from the veil.  It might be
possible that he gets back everything he has lost, family etc, and is able
to lead them all back.

Tanya






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