Glasses

[Tracy Hunt]

No: HPFGUIDX 95235

Lady McBeth:
>In reading the through the Reader's Digest link Pippin left for us, 
I 
> discovered this quote:
> She's thrilled with Stephen Fry's taped version of the books, 
> outraged that an Italian dust jacket shows Harry minus his 
> glasses. "Don't they understand that they are the clue to his 
> vulnerability?"

Tcy:
I know this has been discussed in great depth (what hasn't?) – but my 
sieve-brain and that infernal Yahoo!search prevent me from recall in 
any great detail
so here's my knut and a half:  The part of this 
quote that catches my eye is the use of the word "clue."  She didn't 
say they were the cause, source, catalyst or metaphor – she said 
the "clue."  So his glasses aren't his vulnerability
but the clue to 
it.  So what *is* his vulnerability?  And is it a literal or 
figurative thing?  

Again, more questions than answers.

Tcy
(who also wears glasses and would be quite vulnerable (not to mention 
useless without them)