Questions! Questions! Questions!

[mochajava13]

No: HPFGUIDX 110396

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "djrfdh" <djrfdh at y...> wrote:
> Why didn't Voltemort die when he attacked Harry? And why didn't 
> Dumbledore kill, or at least try to kill Voltemort in the Ministry 
of 
> Magic , (OOTP)

I've got some theories on this one.  Voldemort didn't die when he 
tried to attack Harry because of all the magical transformations he 
underwent.  I'm wondering what those transformations are.  The death 
eaters know and were probably there.  I think that there's some kind 
of dark ritual that tied Voldemort to the living side of the veil.  
His body was destroyed but his essence wasn't.  I think in normal 
circumstances, a person's essence crosses through the veil when they 
die.  Voldemort did something so that his essense would remain 
behind even if his body was destroyed.  Not a ghost, but the essence 
of what makes a person human.  Also, it's from the prophecy.  
Voldemort could only be destroyed by someone he marked.  The 
rebounded curse marked Harry and created the one that could destroy 
Voldemort.  Make any sense?  

And as to why Dumbledore didn't try to kill Voldemort, I don't think 
he is able to.  Probably because of the prophecy.  Also why no one 
can destroy Voldemort besides Harry.  Here's my theory: Voldemort 
and Harry are connected.  That's pretty obvious.  They're two sides 
of the same coin.  Like Yin and Yang, they are two parts to one 
whole.  I think they're the live/death cycle.  (Far fetched but 
here's my reason: their wands have a phoenix feather core.  A 
phoenix is a symbol of death and rebirth.  Voldemort's wand is made 
of yew, considered the tree of  death.  Notice the thestrals were 
seen peeking through yew trees in OotP in Hagrid's class on 
thestrals.  Harry's wand is made of holly, a symbol of life.)  
Voldemort is death; he brings death where he goes and looks like the 
grim reaper.  (Tall thin and wrapped in a cloak with pasty white 
hands.)  Harry is life.  Just like life and death can't exist at the 
same time, Harry and Voldemort can't exist at the same time.  

Also, another theory that I've had for a while about the connection 
between Harry and Voldemort: I think that Harry has some part of 
Voldemort in him from the rebounded curse.  In SS, Harry remembered 
a lot of green light and a searing pain on his forehead.  Maybe the 
pain was part of Voldemort getting seared into Harry's brain?  Now, 
the part of Voldemort in Harry allows Harry to access Voldemort's 
thoughts and feelings.  

So, the only way to completely destroy Voldemort is for Harry to 
destroy the part of Voldemort that resides in him.  Anyone else 
killing Voldemort wouldn't destroy him.  Make any sense?
Sarah