Dumbledore's Unspeakable Word
davewitley
dfrankiswork at davewitley.yahoo.invalid
Sat Jun 4 23:04:53 UTC 2005
Kelley wrote:
> To me it's just JKR
> holding back, an attempt to prolong the mystery a bit more, rather
> than any deeper significance via the character of Dumbledore.
>
> --Kelley, miles behind, but loving the discussions...
Also, as Kelley mentioned to me offlist, there's a difference between
being reluctant to say a specific name, and withholding information
about what's in the room. Dumbledore doesn't circumlocute here ("the
power that must not be named"), he simple keeps back what the power is.
David
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