Unforgivables - from a different angle

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 174562

houyhnhnm:
> I don't like the use of Unforgiveables by supposedly 
> good characters in DH.  Rowling's answer was unsatisfactory.  
> I liked Carol's a little better, at least with respect 
> to Harry's use of them.  I don't have an answer of my 
> own.  Maybe I will when I finish my second reading of 
> the book.  I had to read it through the first time really 
> fast and I'm nowhere near the end on the second go.

Jen: My answer even after a re-read is there is no answer, sort of a 
Ravenclaw password in the making <g>.  Ambiguity reigned when Harry 
chose destruction of the Horcruxes over seeking the Hallows then 
shortly after enjoyed the sensation of 'heady control' from casting 
the Imperius curse - power over another, right?  Maybe there's some 
message in there, Harry's still struggling with 'knowing but not 
seeking' when he casts the Imperius.  If so, there's no explanation 
in the text (and Harry receiving praise for the Crucio later 
diminishes this idea).  Ah, and now I'm back to the circle having no 
beginning....

Jen