when did Harry become unfrozen?
wynnleaf
fairwynn at hotmail.com
Tue Oct 31 21:41:42 UTC 2006
No: HPFGUIDX 160768
I cannot remember where we learned (at least I thought we learned),
that a spell such as the one Dumbledore used to freeze Harry on the
tower, would automatically end with the death of the person that
cast it.
The reason I'm wondering is because at the moment that Snape AK's
Dumbledore, Harry -- being shocked -- tries to scream, but it is a
silent and unmoving scream. If the AK had killed Dumbledore,
wouldn't Harry's scream have become audible the moment Dumbledore
died?
Then, of course, all of the Death Eaters and Draco exit the tower in
turn before Harry becomes unfrozen and follows.
We can imagine that Harry had actually become unfrozen prior to that
and only realized it after everyone left the tower. But the silent
scream seems to contradict that. The scream would have been
involuntary, and one would expect that it would have become audible
the moment Harry was released from Dumbledore's spell.
So the question I'm wondering is what is the evidence for a spell
ending the moment the person who cast it dies? I feel sure we got
this info somewhere either in the books or in JKR interviews, but
can't find it.
wynnleaf, who would happily receive an email with this info if you
don't want to spend a post on it.
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