"Stand aside, girl" and the End

[juli17 at aol.com]

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Carol wrote:

At any  rate, I see no need for fancy theories explaining Voldemort's
motivation,  which is explained by the need to kill Harry and the lack
of need for  killing Lily.


Julie:
I agree that the most straight-forward explanation for Voldemort 
offering Lily her life is that he was focused on Harry and  contemptuous
of her abilities. But I still wonder why JKR made a point of the fact
that Voldemort has never offered to spare anyone else's life. Cedric,
for instance, was no threat whatsoever, but Voldemort killed him 
simply because it was expedient. At Godric's Hollow it would have
been more expedient to kill Lily immediately rather than wasting
additional seconds telling her to stand aside. Which makes me
suspect there is still some unknown reason Voldemort spent even 
that minimal amount of time offering Lily her life. 
 
 
Alla wrote: 
> <snip> Now, I agree with you that he will  discover power of Love in
himself fully and his forgiveness of Snape will  somehow play into it,
but I  doubt that it will be connected with  Voldemort tempting Harry
to come to the Dark side. :-) IMO of  course.

Carol responds:
Hey, Alla, we agree on this one! Does that  mean we must be right?
 
Julie:
I don't think it must be Voldemort per se tempting Harry to come
to the "Dark" side. The Dark side is easy, because it would take
no effort for Harry to give into his hatred and thirst for vengeance.
Choosing to do the right thing over the easy thing is always harder,
as Dumbledore told Harry. If Harry holds on to his hatred and 
thirst for vengeance, and is unable to fully  use his greatest power,
Love, Voldemort may well be able to defeat him. And, yes, if 
Voldemort realizes Harry's darker impulses weaken his  power,
including those impulses to exact vengeance on Snape, then
he would certainly use that against Harry if he could.
 
The real question is whether Voldemort can actually understand
the source of Harry's power, and thus attempt to thwart it. 
 
Julie 
 


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