Draco the Death Eaters and Voldemort (was: Re: Draco's culpability...)

[phoenixgod2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 140020

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sistermagpie" <belviso at a...> 
wrote:

> I don't think he *does* get a pass from her (correct me if I'm 
> wrong, of course, Betsy).  Her point isn't that working on the 
> cabinet has nothing to do with DD getting killed.  What Betsy is 
> doing, from what I read in the thread, is not trying to absolve 
> Draco of responsibility that is obviously his, but focusing more 
> on the meaning the act in the context of his story and character.  
> The fact that he focuses on fixing the cabinet is very important 
> in terms of what's happening to him, because even though this is 
> part of the assassination attempt it still shows Draco trying to 
> avoid the actual murder he's supposed to commit, because he is 
> slowly learning what murder really is, and developing a horror 
> of it. The DEs are supposed to be there to give him alone a clear 
> shot at DD.

Except he puts the Vanishing cabinet in motion long before 
he 'discovers what murder really is'. It's a part of his long term 
plot against Voldemort. His working on cabinet can't be a 
manifestation of any sort of reluctance to kill because when he walks 
into borgin's shop, he hasn't tried to kill anyone yet.

phoenixgod2000