Harry LIVES! (was: prophecy wording)

[Justine]

No: HPFGUIDX 104510

Carole:
"either must die at the HAND of the other" 

Justine responds:
Wow!  This sounds silly, but I've never read it with that emphasis 
before, and it seems to make all the difference in the world!

So, the prophecy (which was worded carefully by Trelawney and JKR) 
states that "either must die at the HAND (emphasis Carole's) of the 
other."  This brings me back to Dumbledore's look of triumph in 
GoF.  It is only after Harry tells him that Voldemort touched his, 
Harry's, face, that Dumbledore's face takes on this expression.  
Voldemort was, consequently, happy that touching Harry's face does 
not harm him.  What he fails to realize, however, is that Harry is 
left unharmed as well.  Harry does feel pain, but his head is 
already aching from the scar, and the scar gives Harry pain whenever 
Voldemort experiences emotion, the intensity of the pain varying 
with the intensity of the emotion.  Imagine the strength of 
Voldemort's happiness when realizing (incorrectly) that Harry's 
touch will not kill him!  Harry is not hurt, *certainly* not killed, 
from the touch of Voldemort's hand.  Dumbledore is triumphant 
because *Harry did not die at Voldemort's HAND* and therefore 
Voldemort must be vulnerable to the touch of Harry's HAND, and not 
his FACE or any other part of his body.  We've already seen Quirrell 
die because of contact with Harry's hands--that isn't just movie 
contamination, is it?  Perhaps Dumbledore now knows that, according 
to the prophecy, Harry cannot be killed by Voldemort.  Then, 
logically, Harry is the one with the fatal touch!

Perhaps I'm only trying to comfort myself with this "evidence" for 
Harry's survival...

Justine