Notes and queries

[louiselux]

Harry used an unforgiveable curse, and he wasn't punished. He crucio'd Bellatrix Lestrange.

And why did Dumbledore say, at the end of the book, in his office ...'it means you're still a man.' Was there a possiblity that he'd be anything else? It's significant that Dumbleore says says 'man', instead of 'boy'.

The room where Sirius dies is called the Death Chamber, which, coupled with the ledges, made me think initially that they might execute people there, which seemed a bit too sinister, even for Fudge. But then I remembered that Dumbledore did say that there is a room at the Dept of Mysteries devoted to an emotion, and the emotion he's referring too is obviously love. Why would they have a room devoted to an emotion? Probably to try and understand its power. Maybe there's a room devoted to understanding death too, and that's what the Death Chamber is. Perhaps there's desire, destruction, delirium, despair and dream as well. *g*

A chamber devoted to love, one to death, and what else?

And what are the Unspeakables again? Are they unutterable or merely unmentionable?

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[illiterate.livejournal.com]

And why did Dumbledore say, at the end of the book, in his office ...'it means you're still a man.' Was there a possibility that he'd be anything else?

My guess is that there is an unspoken "as opposed to a monster, like Voldemort" in there. Harry is still a thinking, feeling, caring individual, and thus-- a man. I think Dumbledore fears that Harry will somehow head down the same path as Voldemort, so this is significant for that reason as well.