Harry LIVES! (was: prophecy wording)

[celestina707]

No: HPFGUIDX 104632

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Justine" <sweetface531 at y...> 
wrote:
> Carole:
> "either must die at the HAND of the other" 
> 
> Justine responds:
> 
> 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.  

<snip>

> 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.  



Wonderful theorizing, and now from SS pg. 299 (american edition)
Dumbledore to Harry "Your mother died to save you. If there is one 
thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. He didn't realize that 
love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark. Not a 
scar, no visible sign.....to have been loved so deeply, even though 
the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection 
forever. It is in your very skin."

This confirms Carole's theory about the "hand" being the way 
that Harry can kill Voldemort.

Celestina (who is glad to meet other adults who are as obsessed as 
she is with all things Harry Potter :)