Questions

[dewey_demon]

No: HPFGUIDX 134304

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Neisha Saxena 
<neisha_saxena at y...> wrote:
> I'm still wondering about some DD clues and
> how will we will ever learn the answers?
> 
> The big kahunas are: 
> 
> And why didn't DD kill Voldemort at the end of OOTP?
> Was it just because he can't be killed in that way?
> But, DD says there are things worse than death.  What
> would those be for Voldemort? 

Dewey Demon now: I think the reason for Dumbledore not killing 
Voldemort is as simple (?!?) as the fact that it's impossible to 
kill him while the horcruxes still exist.  It is unclear whether 
Dumbledore is absolutely sure of their existence at this point, but 
within a few weeks he ha located the ring and de-horcruxed it, so he 
must suspect.  Until all the horcruxes are destroyed, Voldemort 
cannot be killed.

As for what would be worse than death?  For Voldemort, nothing.  For 
many others, immortality would be far worse than death (many 
lifetimes of watching loved ones grow old and die, for instance).  
Or some form of undeath.  Or only have a small part of your soul 
left, because most of it is split into shreds and deposited in 
various objects...  But to Voldemort, any of these options is 
preferable to death.

David