Why did Voldemort die though he had Harry's blood?

[Steve]

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---  "juliemarie1967" <sassynpink at ...> wrote:
>
> > Pooja (snipped):
> > I percieved that LV was killed inspite of the blood
> > protection as he had the sacrifical blood in him. 
> > Harry's mother sacrificed herself, Harry himself 
> > sacrificed to save the wizard world and now it was
> > LV turn to sacrifice himself unknowingly though.
> 
> > So Harry's blood increased the chances of LV to 
> > die as in HP4 Dumbledore smiles when he comes to 
> > know that Harry's blood has been taken.
> 
> sassynpink:
> 
> As I understood it, when LV killed Harry, the 
> protection of his mother died with him. When Harry 
> came back, it was gone. In turn, though, because 
> Harry sacrificed himself for his friends they had
> an added protection.
>

bboyminn:

Hummmmm...I can't understand why anyone would think
the Lily's protection died with Harry's near-death.
Of course, I can't say you are wrong, that may be
what the author intended, but I don't see anything
in the books to support it.

What died with Harry's near-death is the soul-bit
belonging to Voldemort that resided in Harry. 

Now it seems from the graveyard scene that Voldemort
did gains some degree of protection from Harry's
blood, but I think that protection had it's limits.
He could touch Harry, but after that incident in the
graveyard, Dumbledore says that Harry still has 
Lily's protection. So, it seems that the protection
wasn't neutralized by Voldemort having Harry's
blood. 

Further, it would seem that as long as Harry lived,
that is, he came back from near-death, Lily's
protection would also continue to live.

I think JKR intentionally made the resolution to 
the final confrontation between Harry and LV
ambiguous. There are several factors that could
come into play, and any one or all of them could
be the thing that saved Harry. 

On one hand we have the rebounding curse thing. That
was demonstrated when Harry and Draco dueled in the 
hallway, and re-enforced again in the LV/HP graveyard 
duel. When simultaneously cast curses collide head-on,
they rebound off of each other. That alone could
have been enough to save Harry. 

Others speculate that the Elder Wand can not and will
not kill its Master. Maybe, but I don't think the books
clearly support that idea. In fact, I don't think the 
books clear support Harry being the Master of the Wand.
We and Harry don't know with absolute certainty that
Harry truly is that Master; though I think he is. All
we know for sure is the Voldemort is not the true 
Master.

Then we have Lily's protection, that alone may have
been sufficient to save Harry and cause the curse to
rebound on Voldemort again for the second time. We
have no indication that Lily's protection has weakened
over time. Of course, we have no indication that it
has not weakened. 

So, my point is JKR left it unclear; it's a mystery.
All of these things and more could have been the key,
or it may have been none of them, and just blind
dumb luck. We do know that something worked, and that
is all that counts.

For what it's worth.

Steve/bboyminn