Snape as *also* the One in Prophecy
d.
doliesl at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 4 19:45:22 UTC 2005
No: HPFGUIDX 136446
Most of you who reply this thread is not really reading the actual theory.
It is not to say Snape replaces Harry as "the chosen one", because Voldemort clearly
*chose* Harry instead of Neville, hence Hary is the chosen/marked one. The theory is
that, if you read the Prophecy carefully, it seems to state TWO persons who have power to
vanquish dark lord.
The Prophecy is break down into 5 lines:
1. The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ...
2. Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies ...
3. And the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord
knows not ...
4. And either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other
survives ...
5. The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month
dies...
Both Line 1 and Line 5 stated "the one", why repeat twice if there's only the one?
Especially when these two lines doesn't seem to be pointing to the same person because
of its different grammar. The one in line 1 "approaches", he already exists. The one in
line 5 hasn't set yet, but it 'will be born"...and it's not certain who yet because Dark
Lord have to "choose" and "mark" this particular one. So line 2-3 describe what will
happen to the one in Line 5. Line 4 is the ambiguous line, describing what? We don't know
yet.
So if we have Line 1: Snape the eavesdroper, and Line 5: Harry the one Voldemort chose.
Then we have two "the one" and the Line 4 "And either must die at the hand of the other
for neither can live while the other survives ..." can open to many interpretation if the
'either' and "each other" are referring to Snape and Harry (not Harry and Voldemort).
Or, in Voldemort is involved, we can interpret it "And either must die at the hand of the
other for neither can live while the other survives ..." in the context of three people.
I like the prophecy ambiguous and a big twist to come, the current interpretation DD and
LV made are too boring and predictable.
D.
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