The Dark Lord

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No: HPFGUIDX 104614


> mcdee1980 wrote:
> 
> Has anyone else noticed that the Prophesies made by Trelawney use 
the
> title "The Dark Lord" rather than Voldemort or He Who Must Not Be
> Named? This struck me as both odd and alarming. Why would JKR
> choose to have her revelations coming from someone who sounds like 
a
> Death Eater.

Becki's thoughts;

Please forgive me if I am repeating.  I was on vacation and trying 
to get caught up is impossible so I will just jump in here;

We have to remember that it is not Trelawney that is making the 
prophecies, it is her great-great-grandmother.  That is 5 
generations prior. Cassandra may not have even lived during the rein 
of the Dark Lord.  However, to refer to him as The Dark Lord is a 
more general term, instead of calling him Voldemort or Tom Riddle, 
which is more specific, which the prophecy is not.  It is very 
general when it comes to names.  

Most of the prophecy has already come true;

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches...Born 
to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month 
dies..."

already happened, Harry was born and LV was vanquished when he tried 
to destroy him.

"And the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal,"

already happened, lighting bolt scar.

"But he will have power the Dark Lord knows not,"

LV didn't know about the power HP's mother gave him, he admitted 
that in the graveyard scene

"And either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live 
while the other survives"

This of course is the tricky one. Although there are lots of 
arguments that it may not be referring to HP and LV but they are the 
only two being referred to in the prophecy, it has to be them.
Trying to remember my semantics class in high school, I  believe it 
does mean that either Harry or LV must kill the other.  Hey, even 
Dumbledore says that is what it means.

Becki (who is so excited about her acquisition of a complete UK 
version of the series from her vacation across the pond).