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Near [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Little Hangleton|Little Hangleton]] village, Bob Ogden approaches a ramshackle cottage. A young wizard with several missing teeth and small, dark eyes staring in opposite directions appears and challenges Ogden, speaking in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Parseltongue|Parseltongue]]. Ogden is jinxed before stating his business. An older wizard appears and addresses the younger one as [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Morfin Gaunt|Morfin]]. He identifies himself as [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Marvolo Gaunt|Mr. Gaunt]]. When Ogden says he is there about Morfin, Gaunt invites him in. Inside, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Merope Gaunt|Merope]], Gaunt's teen-aged daughter, is in the kitchen. She has a plain, heavy face, and, like Morfin, her eyes stare in opposite directions.
Ogden says Morfin jinxed a [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Muggle|Muggle]], whereupon Merope drops a pot, causing Gaunt to taunt her. Ogden, saying Morfin has broken Wizarding law, produces a summons. Gaunt shows him a ring that he says bears the Peverell coat of arms, and also points out Merope's locket, claiming it is [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Salazar Slytherin|Salazar Slytherin's]], saying they are his descendants. Ogden dismisses this, their heritage has no bearing on Morfin Jinxing a Muggle. Horses are heard approaching outside. In Parseltongue, Morfin says it is the Muggle that Merope fancies and the one he Jinxed. Gaunt demands to know if Merope is chasing a Muggle. When she does not answer, he attacks her; Ogden defends her and is attacked in turn by Morfin, but Ogden escapes, catching a glimpse of the Muggle and his female companion. Harry and Dumbledore exit the memory.
Dumbledore says Ogden quickly returned with [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Ministry of Magic|Ministry]] reinforcements; Morfin was sentenced to [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Azkaban|Azkaban]] for three years while Marvolo Gaunt received six months. Harry instantly recognizes the name: Marvolo was [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Lord Voldemort|Voldemort]]'s grandfather. Dumbledore says that Merope was Voldemort's mother, and his father was the elegant Muggle on horseback that Morfin attacked. Harry wonders how the extremely handsome [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Tom Riddle Sr.|Tom Riddle]] could possibly have married the equally unattractive Merope; Dumbledore suspects she used a love potion. The two ran away together, causing a scandal; Marvolo never forgave her and died shortly after his release from Azkaban.
A few months later, Riddle returned to his manor house alone, saying he had been hoodwinked. Dumbledore suggests that either Merope believed bearing Tom's child would bind him to her and stopped using the love potion, or else she lost her ability to perform magic. Voldemort was raised in an orphanage when Merope died soon after giving birth.
Dumbledore agrees that Harry should share this with Ron and Hermione, but warns against spreading it any further. Harry notices a cracked ring on a table, the same ring Dumbledore wore when they visited [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Horace Slughorn|Slughorn]], and the same ring Marvolo Gaunt was wearing in the memory. Dumbledore says he acquired it recently, but turns aside further questions, and sends Harry to bed.
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== Analysis ==
If another student was using the Prince's textbook, Hermione, who is a [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Major Events/Prefects|Prefect]], would likely have confiscated it and reported them. However, she says nothing about Harry, and instead voices her disapproval directly to him, though she knows it will have little effect. This is a typical behavioral pattern for Hermione, who only once has reported Harry for something. In [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Prisoner of Azkaban/Chapter 11|''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'']], she informed [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Minerva McGonagall|Professor McGonagall]] that Harry had received a [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Brooms|Firebolt broom]] from an anonymous donor (who she suspected was [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Sirius Black|Sirius Black]], then believed to be trying to murder Harry). Hermione's motivation was genuine concern over Harry's safety rather than reporting him for mischief. Unfortunately, her actions resulted in a severe backlash and being shunned by Harry and Ron for months, causing her much anguish. Hermione staunchly believes in obeying school rules, but she fears Harry and Ron's retaliation even more, and she frequently overlooks their minor misconduct. And while Hermione remains disapproving over Harry using the Half-Blood Prince's notes, and resents Harry outperforming her in Potions class, she remains silent, likely fearing another reprisal. Over time, she actually becomes quite curious about the Prince's identity
The Half-Blood Prince's textbook has also subtly changed the Trio's relationship. Ron and Harry have usually sought out Hermione mostly for help or information, though they occasionally had to suffer her disdain for their academic laziness. Now Harry has another avenue for finding the information he needs, at least regarding Potions.
Dumbledore's private lessons are hardly what Harry expected. Rather than learning new magic, he is to study Voldemort's past by viewing other people's memories. Exactly how this can aid Harry is still unknown, but learning more about his enemy may help defeat him. Clues about Voldemort's own personality has been gleaned from studying the Gaunts, who had sunk to a low social status and lived in poverty after previous generations squandered the family fortune. Regardless, they still considered themselves superior to other wizard clans based solely on their bloodline's descent from Salazar Slytherin, and therefore expected preferential treatment. This reflects Voldemort's own attitude. And while the Gaunts apparently felt little need to educate or cultivate themselves, the sad, pathetic (and physically unattractive) Merope secretly yearned for a better life, despite her severely limited prospects. When she fell in love with the Muggle, Tom Riddle, she magically entrapped him to escape her abusive family and abysmal life. Unfortunately, as soon as the enchantment wore off, Riddle abandoned the pregnant Merope, who, deeply despondent and either unable or unwilling to use magic to care for herself, died soon after giving birth, leaving her son, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Tom Marvolo Riddle|Tom Marvolo Riddle]] (Voldemort), to be raised in an orphanage. While Harry, and readers, may see Merope as a sympathetic character, it should be remembered that she magically entrapped Tom Riddle, Sr., who otherwise would never have had any interest in her. It is unknown why Merope stopped using magic on him, though perhaps it becomes less effective over time, she was affected by pregnancy, or she may have hoped that Riddle would eventually fall in love with her on his own. While Riddle had every right to leave the bogus relationship, Merope likely believed that he would not abandon an innocent child, so may have simply discontinued using magic on him in the fond and mistaken belief that he would remain with her to raise his child. This is all speculation, of course; Merope may not have revealed her condition before Riddle was gone, though the orphanage where Tom Jr. was raised may have known Riddle Sr.'s identity. It is never known if they were ever in contact with him about his son, however.▼
▲Dumbledore's private lessons are hardly what Harry expected. Rather than learning new and powerful magic, he is to study Voldemort's past by viewing other people's memories. Exactly how this can aid Harry is still unknown, but learning more about his enemy may help defeat him. Clues about Voldemort's own personality has been gleaned from studying the Gaunts, who had sunk to a low social status and lived in poverty after previous generations squandered the family fortune. Regardless, they still considered themselves superior to other wizard clans based solely on their bloodline's descent from Salazar Slytherin, and therefore expected preferential treatment. This reflects Voldemort's own attitude. And while the Gaunts apparently felt little need to educate or cultivate themselves, the sad, pathetic (and physically unattractive) Merope secretly yearned for a better life, despite her severely limited prospects. When she fell in love with the Muggle, Tom Riddle, she magically entrapped him to escape her abusive family and abysmal life. Unfortunately, as soon as the enchantment wore off, Riddle abandoned the pregnant Merope, who, deeply despondent and either unable or unwilling to use magic to care for herself, died soon after giving birth, leaving her son, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Tom Marvolo Riddle|Tom Marvolo Riddle]] (Voldemort), to be raised in an orphanage. While Harry, and readers, may see Merope as a sympathetic character, it should be remembered that she magically entrapped Tom Riddle, Sr., who otherwise would never have had any interest in her. It is unknown why Merope stopped using magic on him, though perhaps it becomes less effective over time, she was affected by pregnancy, or she may have hoped that Riddle would eventually fall in love with her on his own. While Riddle had every right to leave the bogus relationship, Merope likely believed that he would not abandon an innocent child, so may have simply discontinued using magic on him in the fond and mistaken belief that he would remain with her to raise his child. This is all speculation, of course; Merope may not have revealed her condition before Riddle was gone
== Questions ==
Hàng 32 ⟶ 34:
=== Further Study ===
# Hermione, a Gryffindor Prefect, strongly disapproves
# How could Salazar Slytherin's once-wealthy descendants have fallen to such a lowly social status? Why do they still consider themselves superior to other wizards?
# Considering her father's abusive treatment and her husband's cruel abandonment, why would Merope include "Tom" and "Marvolo" in her son's name?
Hàng 43 ⟶ 45:
Several things in this little scene will prove important. This is the first time Slytherin's locket and the Peverell ring are seen. Both will be turned into [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Horcrux|Horcruxes]] by Voldemort, though we do not know yet what Horcruxes are. In [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Deathly Hallows/Chapter 33|the next book]], readers learn why the ring's destruction is necessary, and how Dumbledore injured his hand. In the final book, it is revealed that the ring's stone is one of the three [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Deathly Hallows|Deathly Hallows]].
Harry chides Hermione for claiming that the Half-Blood Prince could be a girl. While he is quite right that a royal female is a princess and not a prince, in this particular instance Hermione was more accurate. The "prince" referred to here is not a royal title at all. Rather, it is someone's surname, and it could therefore have applied to either a male or female.
The Half-Blood Prince's handwriting could possibly reveal his identity. On the notes that were pinned to Harry's [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Invisibility Cloak|Invisibility Cloak]], the handwriting was described as "narrow [and] loopy." The note about [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Grimmauld Place|Number 12, Grimmauld Place]] was a "narrow handwriting [that] was vaguely familiar." Both were written by Professor Dumbledore, as are a letter in "narrow, slanting handwriting" Harry received [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Half-Blood Prince/Chapter 3|earlier in this book]], as well as the note Harry [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Half-Blood Prince/Chapter 9|just received]], also in narrow, slanting handwriting. Harry recognizes the similar style; and we can suppose that Dumbledore deliberately made his writing more ornate and loopy when sending Harry the Cloak as a gift. However, we are not granted this clue regarding the Half-Blood Prince. In [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Order of the Phoenix/Chapter 15|the previous book]], [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Severus Snape|Snape]]'s grade on Harry's essay is described as a "large, spiky black 'D'," while the Half-Blood Prince's notations are noted as "small, cramped writing." Snape, we will learn, was the Half-Blood Prince, though the handwriting does not reflect this. Snape's writing may have changed over the years, or he may have adopted a different writing style to cram all his thoughts in the limited book margin space. A hint could have appeared in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Order of the Phoenix/Chapter 28|''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'']] when, using the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Pensieve|Pensieve]], Harry observes the young Snape as he is writing. Harry never notices any similarity, however, leaving us unable to make any connection via the writing style.
=== Connections ===
* The Peverell ring will also prove to be a connection. As noted, the ring is now in Dumbledore's office, and broken; it too will be eventually revealed to be a Horcrux, and Dumbledore had destroyed it as a means of defending himself, though it will only be [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Deathly Hallows/Chapter 33|in the final book]] that this is revealed. Dumbledore will secretly send Harry the ring as a bequest on his death. The "Peverell coat of arms" on the ring will eventually be found to be the sigil of the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Deathly Hallows|Deathly Hallows]], and the stone in the ring will turn out to be one of the Hallows, specifically the Resurrection Stone. Harry will use the Stone to summon the shades of his [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/James Potter|father]], [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Lily Potter|mother]], [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Sirius Black|godfather]], and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Remus Lupin|Remus Lupin]], as he goes to face down Voldemort [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Deathly Hallows/Chapter 34|in the final book]].
* The Half-Blood Prince's textbook contains magic that we have not seen before, but which will be used later in this book and in the final book. One spell we have seen before is the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Levicorpus|Levicorpus]] charm; in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Order of the Phoenix/Chapter 28|''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'']], Harry had viewed a memory of Snape's in which Harry's father was using this charm on Snape.
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