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	<title>Comments on: Goblet of Fire: The Death Eaters &amp; Priori Incantatem (Chapters 33 &amp; 34)[JAB]</title>
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		<title>By: John</title>
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		<description>[JAB] At long last--some answers!

1.F/T  The entire statement is actually true, however the order of events listed implies that Voldemort restored Pettigrew&#039;s hand before the other items when in fact Voldemort made Pettigrew suffer for a long time before restoring his hand.
2. T
3. T
4. F The statement fails on the last word which should read &quot;foe&quot;.
5. T
6. F  There is no interruption, Harry defeats the Imperious Curse outright.
7. T
8. T
9. F  Cedric does not mention Cho (although Cho will later ask if he did.)
10. T

Under discussion points:

Voldemort used Harry&#039;s blood so that he could acquire a portion of the shield Lily gave Harry--and inadvertently set up the scenario for his own downfall by providing Harry a way back from the verge of death in DH.

Harry is not &quot;in his grave&quot;, but he is bound helpless to a gravestone; yet he overcomes apparent certain death to escape at the last minute.  Symbolically, if not literally, returning from the Dead.  Each Resurrectee had to have assistance along the way, neither Harry not Voldemort could &quot;come back&quot; by themselves.  So there is a great deal of parallelism in the two story lines.

The Dark Lord&#039;s speech indicates that in Voldemort&#039;s opinion, he is all that matters in all the world.  Everything in the whole world is defined to him in terms of whether it helped or hindered him on his journey to his destiny.  To LV, his followers have no reason for existing except to serve him.  In complementary fashion, his followers accept this role!  They fear Voldemort, and are attracted to that fear hoping that by ingratiating themselves to the Dark Lord, they will escape being harmed by him.  It is a relationship based on Mutual Assured Terror.  The Terror is mutual because all through the speech LV continuously dwells on his despair that any of his &quot;loyal&quot; followers would ever come.  LV is terrified his followers won&#039;t follow.

The contrast of the various duels between Harry and LV shows an interesting progression:

The first meeting, that could barely be called a duel occurs in Philosopher&#039;s Stone where Harry is an untried stripling with no idea whatsoever of how to resist or defend himself; but LV is also a captive existing only in Quirell&#039;s head.  Harry outsmarts (or out &quot;good intentions&quot;) LV, but it is Dumbledore that sends LV fleeing in terror.

The next duel (CofS) has Harry starting to take the initiative and do something resembling fighting, but LV isn&#039;t really there, just a hint of a long ago former self that can&#039;t apparently do much more than sic other monsters on Harry...although he is getting stronger all the time.  Harry &quot;wins&quot; but &quot;dies&quot; in the process.  Fawkes saves the day so many times that it can hardly be said that Harry &quot;won&quot;.

The next duel is in the Shrieking Shack in PofA.  Here LV technically is not present at all.  The duel is between Harry the Avenger and Harry the Justice Seeker.  Harry the Just wins in a symbolic victory of the Ethos of Dumbledore (Love and Forgiveness) over the Ethos of Voldemort (Hate and Vengance).

Then we hit GOF&#039;s duel.  Lord V is wholly restored, and although he is still doing &quot;stretching&quot; exercises he appears to have Harry dead to rights.  Harry escapes when 1) LV underestimates Harry&#039;s power (H. escapes the Imperius Curse) 2) Harry offers unexpected strong resistance, 3) the wands suddenly take over the duel. 4) Harry is able to (unwittingly but effectively) summon aid from LV&#039;s past victims.

In future duels, we see the pattern continuing of Harry getting stronger and LV and his minions failing to realize the extent of Harry&#039;s resources.  But in DH we see the ultimate conundrum of the series, and of the Christian story as well.  It is by total sacrificial surrender that Harry wins; and in the end, it is LV&#039;s own wand and curse which rebound to finally do him in.  But those are stories for another quiz;-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[JAB] At long last&#8211;some answers!</p>
<p>1.F/T  The entire statement is actually true, however the order of events listed implies that Voldemort restored Pettigrew&#8217;s hand before the other items when in fact Voldemort made Pettigrew suffer for a long time before restoring his hand.<br />
2. T<br />
3. T<br />
4. F The statement fails on the last word which should read &#8220;foe&#8221;.<br />
5. T<br />
6. F  There is no interruption, Harry defeats the Imperious Curse outright.<br />
7. T<br />
8. T<br />
9. F  Cedric does not mention Cho (although Cho will later ask if he did.)<br />
10. T</p>
<p>Under discussion points:</p>
<p>Voldemort used Harry&#8217;s blood so that he could acquire a portion of the shield Lily gave Harry&#8211;and inadvertently set up the scenario for his own downfall by providing Harry a way back from the verge of death in DH.</p>
<p>Harry is not &#8220;in his grave&#8221;, but he is bound helpless to a gravestone; yet he overcomes apparent certain death to escape at the last minute.  Symbolically, if not literally, returning from the Dead.  Each Resurrectee had to have assistance along the way, neither Harry not Voldemort could &#8220;come back&#8221; by themselves.  So there is a great deal of parallelism in the two story lines.</p>
<p>The Dark Lord&#8217;s speech indicates that in Voldemort&#8217;s opinion, he is all that matters in all the world.  Everything in the whole world is defined to him in terms of whether it helped or hindered him on his journey to his destiny.  To LV, his followers have no reason for existing except to serve him.  In complementary fashion, his followers accept this role!  They fear Voldemort, and are attracted to that fear hoping that by ingratiating themselves to the Dark Lord, they will escape being harmed by him.  It is a relationship based on Mutual Assured Terror.  The Terror is mutual because all through the speech LV continuously dwells on his despair that any of his &#8220;loyal&#8221; followers would ever come.  LV is terrified his followers won&#8217;t follow.</p>
<p>The contrast of the various duels between Harry and LV shows an interesting progression:</p>
<p>The first meeting, that could barely be called a duel occurs in Philosopher&#8217;s Stone where Harry is an untried stripling with no idea whatsoever of how to resist or defend himself; but LV is also a captive existing only in Quirell&#8217;s head.  Harry outsmarts (or out &#8220;good intentions&#8221;) LV, but it is Dumbledore that sends LV fleeing in terror.</p>
<p>The next duel (CofS) has Harry starting to take the initiative and do something resembling fighting, but LV isn&#8217;t really there, just a hint of a long ago former self that can&#8217;t apparently do much more than sic other monsters on Harry&#8230;although he is getting stronger all the time.  Harry &#8220;wins&#8221; but &#8220;dies&#8221; in the process.  Fawkes saves the day so many times that it can hardly be said that Harry &#8220;won&#8221;.</p>
<p>The next duel is in the Shrieking Shack in PofA.  Here LV technically is not present at all.  The duel is between Harry the Avenger and Harry the Justice Seeker.  Harry the Just wins in a symbolic victory of the Ethos of Dumbledore (Love and Forgiveness) over the Ethos of Voldemort (Hate and Vengance).</p>
<p>Then we hit GOF&#8217;s duel.  Lord V is wholly restored, and although he is still doing &#8220;stretching&#8221; exercises he appears to have Harry dead to rights.  Harry escapes when 1) LV underestimates Harry&#8217;s power (H. escapes the Imperius Curse) 2) Harry offers unexpected strong resistance, 3) the wands suddenly take over the duel. 4) Harry is able to (unwittingly but effectively) summon aid from LV&#8217;s past victims.</p>
<p>In future duels, we see the pattern continuing of Harry getting stronger and LV and his minions failing to realize the extent of Harry&#8217;s resources.  But in DH we see the ultimate conundrum of the series, and of the Christian story as well.  It is by total sacrificial surrender that Harry wins; and in the end, it is LV&#8217;s own wand and curse which rebound to finally do him in.  But those are stories for another quiz;-)</p>
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