Why didn't Lily have to die?

[justcarol67]

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> Greatelderone:
> I agree her sacfice is one of the keypoints of the book. However if 
> Voldemort was just going to kill her after her son then I don't 
> really see how it's a sacrifice.


I don't think Voldemort's intentions matter. Certainly if he had
killed Harry and then killed Lily, her death would not have been a
sacrifice, regardless of his intentions. It would only have been a
second murder. But IMO it's Lily's intentions that matter. It's her
death that saves her son and her deliberate giving of her life that
makes her death a sacrifice.

Carol, hoping that this post is clear and abandoning all hope of
dropping the topic