Voldemort: Between Life and Death? (Long)

[lilypo2007]

No: HPFGUIDX 110194

Inklin <inkling108 at y...> wrote:
> The two key questions JKR spoke of today in Edinburg both concern 
> the nature of Voldemort's "life."  Why didn't he die when the curse 
> rebounded, and why didn't Dumbledore try to kill him when he had the 
> chance? 


I'd like to make some considerations about these questions, although
not try to answer the first.

1. Why Voldemort didn't die? I think we cannot really guess what he
had made. JKR herself says so. But I think it's important to think
about its consequences. Crouch Jr., pretending to be Moody, taught his
students that Harry was the only one to survive the AK curse. But this
was as false as himself. Voldemort had survived it too. And will
survive again if nothing is made to eliminate those protections he got
to himself. I think that we should be wondering about this question. I
think that it could mean that Harry won't have to kill LV (I think he
can't kill anyone. Reread the Shrieking Shack scene - he couldn't kill
his godfather when he still thought Sirius had betrayed his parents
and afterwords he couldn't let Wormtail be killed.) If he can undo
Voldemort's protections and someone else kills LV (perhaps even LV
himself, trying to kill Harry again and having his curse rebounded),
the prophecy would be fulfilled, because  Voldemort would have died at
Harry's hand.
(I remember a very old interview when JKR said that she couldn't tell
us about the uses of dragon's blood, because they would be important
later on. Should it have any connection with this protection or its
undoing?)

2. Why DD didn't try to kill Voldemort?
I would say firstly that Dumbledore is not the murderer kind of
people, the same as Harry. Secondly, I think he knows what Lily had
done to protect Harry and knows that the curse rebounded. That means
he is aware that it is not possible to kill Voldemort unless his
protection against death is eliminated. 

"lilypo2007"