is Dumbledore really dead?

[Lisa]

No: HPFGUIDX 171620

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Adam Chase <Adam.Chase at ...> wrote:
>
> Frankly I'm not really sure he is.  <snip>

Lisa:

I think JKR wrote the funeral scene to hammer home that yes, Dumbledore 
is indeed dead.  There was such an uproar over whether Sirius was dead 
or not (and even though she has definitively answered that he IS, there 
are those who still insist that he's not), I think she wanted the 
readers to be absolutely certain of Dumbledore's death.  I think we'll 
see Dumbledore again, be it in his portrait, pensieve memories, etc.  
But dead?  Yes, I do believe he's quite dead.  Further, I think the 
phoenix shape that Harry saw arise from Dumbledore's tomb was 
Dumbledore's patronus, flying away with a message from Dumbledore from 
beyond the grave that the Order needs to still trust Snape ... and 
hopefully why.  

Lisa