HBP: Hagrid and the Forbidden Forest

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--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, Catherine Coleman 
<catorman at y...> wrote:
> Still
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> Doing 
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> This
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> But
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> I 
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> Can't
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> Believe 
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> Anyone 
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> Is 
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> Still 
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> On
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> Their
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> First 
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> Reading
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> So, I'm firing off random thoughts while rereading, and one thing 
which occurred to me yesterday
> wsa the fact that the forest is becoming even more of a hostile 
environment.  Hagrid was always
> the one person, with perhaps the exception of Dumbledore, who was 
never in any real danger there -
> he was respected by the inhabitants, and essentially had a free 
pass.  This has been eroded over
> the past couple of books - in OoP the centaurs turned on him, and 
in HBP so did the acromantulas,
> after the death of Aragog.
> 
> So now there are vast areas of the forest Hagrid can no longer 
access safely.  Could this be of
> significance, or is it just adding to the general theme of the 
environment around Hogwarts being
> hostile?  I can't help thinking about the rumours about werewolves 
in Philosopher's Stone might
> come into play.  I have a vision of them amassing forces in the 
forest, without Hagrid's
> knowledge, biding their time before attacking the whole Hogwarts' 
population....
> 
> Catherine, who likes JKR's use of the word "culpable" in relation 
to Snape.
> 
> 

Well ok she didn't stage a school play in yr 6 (rats!) but she does 
like MacBeth (which was my first choice if only she had dabbled in 
am. dram.), "I absolutely adore "Macbeth." It is possibly my 
favorite Shakespeare play." quoth she,  and isn't there something in 
MacBeth about forests...??

Regards
Jo

I may be as woefully wrong as Humphrey Belcher, who believed the 
time was ripe for a cheese cauldron.