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In essence divided ?, Dumbledore's silver instrument
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post Mar 7 2008, 05:25 PM
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As we know by now (DH read.gif ), Nagini's snake venom kills within minutes. Why did Arthur Weasley survive? As far as I know, snakes can decide whether to put venom into a bite or not, but Nagini's mission would have been easier if Arthur was killed ohmy.gif , wouldn't it?

Did Nagini get second thoughts?
Was it Voldemort's decision - if so, why?
Or was it a side effect of Harry "being there", too? And was it the unusual behaviour of Nagini when biting that showed Voldemort that he was not the only one on the ride inside Nagini's head/body?

In short, was what Harry did to Nagini what we usually know as "possession" - making someone "do things"?
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It is mentioned a few times that Dumbledore has these silver, intricate instruments in his office. In the chapted after arthur weasley is attacked in ootp, he consults one of the instruments. If i recall correctly, the instrument he uses emits smoke that turns into a snake. then dumbledore asks, "But in essence divided?" and it splits into two snakes.

what the heck is that? what does dumbledore mean by saying "in essence divided?"

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- Shnoing   In essence divided ?   Mar 7 2008, 05:25 PM
- - Antonija   But how do you know that Nagini's venow kills?...   Mar 7 2008, 05:38 PM
- - harrypottergeek2   Snape's death was likely a combination of snak...   Mar 7 2008, 06:36 PM
|- - kellyn   QUOTE(harrypottergeek2 @ Mar 7 2008, 05:3...   Mar 7 2008, 08:24 PM
|- - WaggaWaggaWerewolf   QUOTE(harrypottergeek2 @ Mar 8 2008, 10:3...   Mar 7 2008, 09:24 PM
|- - harrypottergeek2   QUOTE(WaggaWaggaWerewolf @ Mar 7 2008, 09...   Mar 8 2008, 02:49 AM
- - rowena r   Interesting topic Shnoing ! The reason, I ...   Mar 8 2008, 09:45 AM
- - SnapesSister   From my reading of OoTP, I don't get the impre...   Mar 8 2008, 10:33 AM
- - Oryx   QUOTEAs we see in other visions, Harry believes he...   Mar 10 2008, 09:15 AM
|- - harrypottergeek2   QUOTE(Oryx @ Mar 10 2008, 09:15 AM) QUOTE...   Mar 10 2008, 12:59 PM
- - Antonija   Yeah now that you said that you remained me that I...   Mar 10 2008, 01:08 PM
- - Oryx   He did have a body in GOF - the Babymort form. He ...   Mar 11 2008, 02:20 AM
|- - WaggaWaggaWerewolf   QUOTE(Oryx @ Mar 11 2008, 06:20 PM) He di...   Mar 11 2008, 02:48 AM
- - unicorn_lover   Wow...I never noticed that. But, Snape died cuz he...   Mar 11 2008, 07:55 AM
- - Shnoing   You don't really think that Snape was killed b...   Mar 16 2008, 11:27 AM
- - Arcalus   Another factor we must remember is Voldemort. It s...   Mar 17 2008, 09:49 AM
- - moony_lupin   I think the instrument helped Dumbledore reconscru...   Mar 17 2008, 01:05 PM
- - lirene   There is a thread called "In Essence Divided...   Mar 17 2008, 01:12 PM
- - Shnoing   According to some interview, "in essence divi...   Mar 18 2008, 06:41 AM
- - rowena r   You are right shnoing. Jo did talk about the In es...   Mar 18 2008, 10:16 AM
- - otter_patronus   QUOTE(rowena r @ Mar 18 2008, 11:16 AM) ...   Mar 18 2008, 10:21 AM
- - Shnoing   QUOTE(otter_patronus @ Mar 18 2008, 04:21...   Mar 24 2008, 09:47 AM


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