timing of DEs' arrival at DoM (was: Snape and Occlumency)
justcarol67
justcarol67 at yahoo.com
Sat Jan 15 01:13:02 UTC 2005
No: HPFGUIDX 121989
Carol earlier:
> > One tiny thing about that scene bothers me. The narrator says
early on that Harry could see their eyes through slits in their hoods,
which doesn't make much sense. Hoods go over the head and around the
face, not over it. <snip> Later, though, JKR has at least three of
them (Dolohov, MacNair, and Bellatrix) remove their masks, so clearly
it's the mask, not the hood, that has slits for the eyes. A tiny
detail, but as an editor, I'd have pointed it out and asked JKR to fix
it or fixed it myself and queried it with "Edit okay?".
>
Jocelyn responded:
> I was assuming that the hoods were more like the hoods you see in
the classic depiction of executioners. Rather like a sack over the
head with a slit for the eyes? I have always heard that particular
garment described as a hood, although it is quite different from the
hood one thinks of in connection with a cloak.
>
> Do you know the sort I mean, or should I try and hunt up a picture?
>
>
> ----------
Carol again:
Like Buck's would-be executioner (presumably Macnair, though he's not
named) wears in the PoA film? That's an idea, but the term "masks" is
definitely used later. I picture them as hooded and cloaked, with
masks over their faces. Babyhead loses his and Macnair and Dolohov
remove theirs in front of Harry, which is how their identity is
revealed. Maybe JKR is using two different terms for the same item,
but I'd rather she were consistent! Thanks for the idea, though. You
may well be right.
Carol
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