[HPforGrownups] Did Dumbledore ultimately redeem himself?

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 192867

kennyg1864:
> Did Dumbledore know that Harry would (might) survive the Killing 
> Curse?  Did he know (suspect) that the Curse would be partially 
> absorbed by the Horcrux within? 
Bart:
My take on it is based on the following real world phenomenon: In 
multi-car accidents involving drunken driving, the drunk driver is often 
the least injured. The reason for this is that everybody else's muscles 
tighten in anticipation of the injury, while the drunk driver is more 
relaxed, and his body is able to "roll with the blow" so to speak.

In the case of Harry, the impression I got was that the Horcrux would 
get the brunt of the death spell, but ONLY if Harry left himself 
entirely open to it. If Harry had any hint he was not going to die, he 
would have tensed up, and left himself open to actual death.

     Bart
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