Dumbledore's Portrait

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 134967

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:

bboyminn:

> Actually, Dumbledore's protrait was mentioned today, although I'm 
not
> sure who mentioned it. None the less, I think you are right, the
> appearance of Dumbledore's protrait is a sure sign that he is dead.
> 
> It's true Harry can talk to Dumbledore's portrait and certainly he 
can
> gain some insight and information, but let's remember that the
> portraits are not a duplicate of the original person, they are a
> representation, much, as I have always claimed, like an actor 
playing
> a role. The portraits do have a good handle on the original 
character
> and may even carry some of the original knowledge and information of
> the original character, but when probed at depth, they will fall far
> short of duplicating the original. They will certainly have the
> personality of the original, but they will lack the intellectual and
> emotional depth.

Geoff:
There has been discussion on portraits in the past as to what they 
can discuss and understand etc. 

One such discussion I can point to is a thread entitles "Empty 
portrait" starting at message 95040 which might be of interest in the 
present context.