CHAPDISC: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Ch. 19: The Silver Doe

[hp_fan_2008]

No: HPFGUIDX 182820

> Questions
>  
> 1.  Phineas Nigellus learns critical information about Harry's 
> location, which Hermione carelessly provides while the beaded bag is 
> open.  Has Phineas really been hanging out in that cramped bag all 
> this time?  Why is he willing to do this?
>  

I think there are 2 versions of him, each can go into the other to be
in the other frame. So most of the time, Phineas Nigellus is in both.

> 3.  How long do you think Snape stayed behind the trees to watch?  
> Did he leave when the sword was recovered, or might he have seen the 
> destruction of the locket?  How might Snape have interpreted this 
> action, given that he was unaware of the nature of the Trio's mission?

I think he was under orders from Dumbledore to make sure they get it,
once he has information on where they are. This included watching
until the sword was removed from the lake. It also would have meant
rescuing Harry from the lake, had Ron not done it. In addition, I
think Snape was hoping to get more information on what DD had been
talking to Harry about all last year - and thought that this may be a
chance to get a clue.

>  
> 5.  Why did it have to be Ron who destroyed the Horcrux?  Wouldn't 
> Harry have been able to destroy it just as effectively?  If Harry had 
> wielded the sword, do you think the locket would have found a way to 
> torment him instead?

It didn't have to be Ron. However, since Harry had already destroyed a
horcrux (the Diary), it couldn't be Harry. Ron was there, so he did it.

> 8.  What, if anything, do you make of the fact that the sword of 
> Gryffindor was used only to destroy Horcruxes with a significant 
> Slytherin connection (the locket, the ring and Nagini)?  

Was the ring connected with Slytherin? We don't know enough
information about the family tree, it's possible that Slytherin never
owned the Stone of Resurrection - and that some descendant of his
married a descendant of Cadmus Peverel.

                  HP fan 2008