

Without the elder wand twist, how would Harry have beaten him would he have defeated him in a duel? The story sets it up pretty well that that’s just not plausible. You don’t have to be as maniacally evil as Voldemort to cause serious damage.Īnd then there’s the issue of how Harry would defeat Voldemort after the Horcruxes were destroyed. And thus, the story shows that there is a sliding scale in getting carried away with power. But he did get carried away with the idea of the elder wand. Similarly to Harry, Dumbledore was never going to murder someone to gain immortality. In addition, they were important in Dumbledore’s background. But the Hallows were necessary as objects that would tempt Harry, as obviously Harry was never gonna go murder someone and split his soul, but he might get carried away by the idea of the elder wand and the resurrection stone. Of course, you might say that that is redundant with the Horcruxes. As a whole, they reflect the lesson of not seeking immortality. The wand and the ring reinforce two of the biggest lessons in the series: not to seek too much power, and not to dwell on trying to bring loved ones back. I feel like they were very thematically necessary though.

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