[HPforGrownups]"other ways of destroying a man . . ."

[gelite67]

No: HPFGUIDX 126020


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, theotokos <theotokos_8679 at s...> 
wrote:
> 
> In Ch.36 of OOTP when DD and LV are battling in the MOM, DD sends 
various spells toward LV while LV appears to mainly rely upon AK.  
> 
>       <snip>  
"There is nothing worse than death, Dumbledore!" snarled Voldemort.
> 
>          "You are quite wrong," said Dumbledore, [snip] "Indeed, 
your failure to understand that there are things much worse than 
death has always been your greatest weakness--"
> 

Angie replies:

I think, at least in part, that DD may be referring to the fact that 
some of Voldemort's opponents would rather die than serve him.  I 
believe Sirius mentioned to the Weasley children, when Arthur was in 
the hospital in OOP that their father understood that some things are 
worth dying for.  

It could also be a reference to the fact that some people are willing 
to die to save someone else.  So, for them it would be worse to live 
if, by dying, they could save someone they love.  (Oh, no, the "L" 
word again.) After all, wasn't that the case with Lily?  Voldemort 
either forgot or didn't place much stock in sacrificial love and look 
where it led him. 

Or perhaps that's it.  To Dumbledore, living without being able to 
experience love is worse than dying.

Too, I wonder precisely what DD means by "weakness?"  The inability 
to perfectly achieve what VM wants to achieve?  A vulnerability that 
will ultimately lead to VM's defeat?  Tunnel-vision when it comes to 
death that prevents VM from seeing things as they really are?  

IMO, this statement is more than DD merely giving his opinion of 
death.  I believe it is related to something that will ultimately 
lead to VM's downfall.  So far, we know VM will go to any means to 
avoid death and that he cannot reside in a body where love lives.  I 
don't know what other weaknesses he has.  But, I believe that since 
he is now in human form again, he can now be killed.  I think Harry's 
blood has contributed to that and that was why DD was pleased to find 
out VM could touch Harry in GOF. But perhaps I digress . . . .