[HPforGrownups] CHAPDISC: DH 22, The Deathly Hallows

[Laura Lynn Walsh]

No: HPFGUIDX 183204


On 2008, Jun 09, , at 03:24, jmnabers wrote:

> Harry suddenly remembers that Marvolo Gaunt, Voldemort's
> grandfather, claimed to be a descendent of the Peverell family. In an
> intuitive leap, Harry speculates that Marvolo's ring must contain the
> Resurrection Stone; furthermore, he realizes that Voldemort must not
> know about the powerful Deathly Hallows if he risked destroying one
> by turning it into a horcrux.

I apologize if this has already been discussed.

Why does it follow that Voldemort could not have known
that Marvolo's ring was a Hallow.  In fact, that would make
it seem more LIKELY to me.  Voldemort loved trophies
and he thought he was the only one who knew about this
one.  Why couldn't he just make it into a horcrux and bury
it until he finds the rest of them?

It seems more likely to me that the reason Harry can know
that Voldemort doesn't know about the Hallows is that, if
he knew and if he suspected that the ring was one of the
Hallows, and since he also knows that Harry has an
invisibility cloak, it would make VM more interested in
capturing Harry's cloak, in case it is the right one, rather
than killing Harry.  None of the DEs chasing Harry ever
mention trying to steal the cloak.

LauraW
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Laura Lynn Walsh    lwalsh at acsalaska.net
http://llwcontemplations.blogspot.com



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