Aragog

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 136074

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ersatz Harry" 
<ersatzharry at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lisa graves" 
<monalila662 at e...>
> wrote:
> 
> > But does anyone have a theory on the significance of Aragog's 
death? 
> > Am I reading to much into it? 
> > 
> > One other question--- just who IS guarding Azkaban these days? 
any 
> > thoughts?
> 
> I touched on the first point some dozens of messages ago, with my
> question really being about what was going to happen with the venom
> that Slughorn extracted from dead Aragog.  My guess is that the 
death
> was put in simply to arrange for that extraction, with the venom 
used
> in some important way in Book 7.  What that way will be is unclear, 
of
> course, but if I recall correctly, a couple of respondents suggested
> that it might be used as some sort of counter to basilisk venom (the
> basilisk was/is the acromantulas' worst enemy).  Another thought is
> that it will be a critical ingredient for some potion or other.
> 
> Your other question has also been raised, but the only real 
suggestion
> I recall has been that some Aurors have been put in charge of the
> place for now.
> 
> Ersatz Harry

Hickengruendler:

Another reason might be, that now, that Aragog is dead, there is 
noone anymore to controll his spawn. If I were living in Hogwarts, I 
would be really uneasy about the idea that a group of very large and 
out-of-control spiders is living in the forest near the castle. Maybe 
the spiders will be another danger in book 7.