[HPforGrownups] Re: Unwelcome visitors and drinks in HBP chapters 1-4 (Wa...

[OctobersChild48 at aol.com]

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In a message dated 6/17/06 11:34:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
joemurphyus at sbcglobal.net writes:


> In the case of DD with the Dursley's I think JKR was going for 
> comedic relief with the glasses of mead bonking the Dursley's on the 
> head so that they would take them and drink them. DD was about to 
> upbraid the Dursley's on their behavior toward HP so a bit of 
> knocking them upside the had may have been appropriate. I didn't find 
> it sinister. I didn't think it was casting a shadow on Dumbledore 
> moral authority at all. 
> 
> Joe.
> 
> 

Sandy now:

This is pretty much the way I read this scene too. The Dursleys had made 
Harry as miserable as they could while living under their roof and DD was just 
giving some of it back to them. They were obviously terrified of having DD there, 
and most certainly uncomfortable so DD used it to give them a little payback. 
I thought it was hilarious, so much so I laughed out loud, and I saw nothing 
remotely sinister about it. If he had cracked their skulls open it wouldn't 
have been half what they deserved.

Sandy


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