Dumbledore dead?

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 151664

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Beatrice23" <beatrice23 at ...> 
wrote:
 There are a couple of things that bother me 
> about DD's death that leave a small opening for his return in my 
> opinion.  (snip)> 
> 1.  It seems odd to remove DD now when there is still another 
book. (but what do I know?)
> 2.  There was an odd thing that happened with the curse that 
killed DD. .. but if you look at 
> Cedric's murder in GOF, when he is hit by the AK he simply 
crumples to the ground.  Rather anti-climatic.  But DD is thrown 
into the air, sails over the parapet wall and falls to the ground 
hundreds of feet below.  There is a huge difference between 
crumpling to the floor like Cedric, Frank Bryce, the spider, etc. 
and being blown off your feet several meters in the air and blown 
backward.  It may just be for dramatic effect, but still a bit odd.
> 3.  Gandalf returns... it is always worth looking a patterns of 
other  novels particularly one that has many things in common.


Tonks:
First most think that DD had to go so that Harry, our hero, can 
mature and go on alone. It is a coming of age, epic story sort of 
thing, according to those here who understand classic story lines.

As to the AK: I think the reason that AK cast by Snape sent DD over 
the tower was to prevent Greyback from eating the body. Snape may 
have used a non-verbal plus the AK to send DD gently over the tower 
and to the ground. 

Now there is one other thing. Apparently the AK kills instantly. If 
that is so, wouldn't the spell holding Harry have gone in the same 
instant?  There was enough time for Snape to grab Draco and get the 
other DE off of the tower before Harry was released. Of course, we 
could assume that Harry was in such a state of emotional shock that 
it took him a few minutes to realize that DD's spell had been lifted.

I am sure that DD is dead, and dead at the hand of Snape. It has to 
be this way for the rest to play out and to fit with the underlying 
framework of the story. IMO. But the question is: when exactly did 
DD die? Was it instantly? And if so why didn't Harry notice the 
spell lifting? Does it take a few minutes for a spell to lift once 
the caster is dead?

Tonks_op
Who expects the reserrection of DD in book 7.