Harry Vanquishing LV without killing him.

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 146515

> Geoff:
> I see it as the other way round - the prophecy appeared to Macbeth 
to 
> be a literal one and hence could not be fulfilled but the outcome 
was 
> a metaphorical interpretation of what the witches prophesied.

a_svirn:
I guess it depends on how we understand *metaphorical*. When I say 
that Macbeth interpreted "no man of woman born" and "until //Great 
Birnam Wood, to high Dunsinane Hill" metaphorically I mean that he 
saw these phrases as nothing more than figures of speech meaning *no 
one* and *never*. And that's what metaphor is – a figure of speech. 
As it turned out, however, the meaning was literal and not at all 
figurative. 

> Geoff:
> By the by, I think you mean "son and heir". I don't think that 
Edward 
> I borrowed his son from the local library..
> :-))
>
a_svirn:
I suppose. He would have done a better job of it if it had been this 
easy. I only meant to stress that he had *his* son proclaimed the 
Prince (rather than Llewellyn's). But you are right, the emphasis 
was unnecessary.