Department of Mysteries Locked Room

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No: HPFGUIDX 117448


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Andrew" <nepenthales at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "glavgirl" <zacksmom3 at b...> 
> wrote:
> > 
> > Glavgirl:
> > In the end of the book, Dumbledore told Harry that there was a 
> > locked room in the Department of Mysteries that holds that power 
> > that Harry possess.  We know it was his heart that kept Voldemort 
> > from possessing him for any amount of time.  Any ideas on 
> > what "power" is behind the locked door?  It would be hard to lock 
> > up feelings in a room.  Especially something that would melt a 
> > knife.
> 
> The door has always left me perplexed.  Many people (myself 
included) 
> have surmised from Dumbledore's speech at the end of the book that 
> the "power" in that room is love, or compassion, or some other 
> similar thing.  This makes some sense, but it seems incomplete or 
> somehow only partially realized to me.
> 
> The question that comes to my mind when I read the passages about 
the 
> door isn't about what is beyond it.  I'm more interested in knowing 
> *why is the door locked*.  There is apparently some significant 
> interest in keeping the contents of this room under lock and key, 
but 
> why?  What in this room is more dangerous or important than the 
veil 
> in the Death Chamber, the time-turners, and the prophecies?
> 
> -Nepenthales
> Who really should be working.

Snow:

Could it be that the door is locked out of protection? Is this 
symbolized by the way Harry (the one who has so much of the power 
within this room) is locked away from the wizarding world in a closet 
under the stairs in a muggle home protected by his mother's sacrifice 
and compounded with Dumbledore's added protection?