JKR's FAQ Poll- Ambiguity in the Prophecy

gelite67 gelite67 at yahoo.com
Tue May 24 00:13:23 UTC 2005


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I found it intriguing that JKR seems to apply a straightforward 
analysis of the prophesy to the facts as we at least think we know 
them (i.e., LV marked Harry by trying to kill him, etc.); yet, she 
admitted the prophecy remains ambiguous to her fans and to her 
characters.

Her characters, hmmm.  The only characters that we know for certain 
know about the prophecy are DD and Harry and the prophecy-keeper 
(Wonder who that is and why LV didn't go after him?). Sybill acted 
like she didn't know about the prophecy she made in POA, so I assume 
it was the same for the other prophecy.  While there may be others 
who are/were aware of the prophesy we haven't been told who they are.

Harry hasn't really had time to digest the prophesy yet, although 
based on Jo's response to the poll question, he mulls it over in 
HPB.  No biggie for me there.  And I seriously doubt that Jo was 
referring to the prophesy keeper.

But what about DD?  Is the prophesy still ambiguous to him, or does 
he think he has it all figured out?  Could this be Jo's way of 
hinting that DD may be wrong in his interpretation, still yet?

Angie






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