Dumbledore, wanted, dead or alive

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 156313

Dilia wrote:
<snip>
> > Plus, I can't remember, at the end, there was no body, Harry only
> > assumed that it was Dumbledore's body... (I'm referring at the
> > funeral.)
> 
> 
Kemper responded:
> The funeral did include a body wrapped in a purple (IIRC) shroud.
> Harry (and the Reader) naturally assumes the body is Dumbledore's
> though Harry (and the Reader) haven't seen it.
> 
> I am a believer (with a smidgen of doubt) that DD is alive.  That
> said, I also believe the body Hagrid took to the tomb is Dumbledore.

Carol adds:
While I'm almost certain that Dumbledore is dead, chiefly because his
death makes Snape a more tragic figure and I don't think that JKR
would pull a Gandalf and bring him back to life, I agree that we do
have hints, including the references to the Draught of Living Death
and the Phoenix Patronus (or whatever it was) rising from the tomb,
that suggest DD *may* be alive.

However, I agree with Kemper that what Hagrid carried in his arms was
Dumbledore's body wrapped in purple (DD's favorite color). Hagrid
cries easily, but never fakes his tears. I don't think he could have
cried so copiously at the funeral unless he either knows or sincerely
believes that Dumbledore is dead.

IMO, only one character (other than DD himself if he's alive) knows
for sure whether DD is dead and that's Snape.

Carol, still thinking that DD didn't need a wand to summon Fawkes and
must have chosen not to save himself