Why didn't Dumbledore give Harry the elder wand?

Dumbledore had the elder wand and if he had given it to Harry, he would have become way stronger and had a better chance at beating He who must not be named
He who must not be named
Throughout the series, Rowling establishes that Voldemort is so feared in the wizarding world that it is considered dangerous even to speak his name. Most characters in the novels refer to him as "You-Know-Who" or "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" rather than say his name aloud.
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. The wand combined with the cloak would have also made it much easier to find all of the horucruxes.
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Why did Dumbledore not want Harry to have the Elder Wand?

He thought he would die the master of the wand because Snape killed him on his orders. He died on his own terms. Dumbledore just didn't recognize the significance of Draco disarming him. Dumbledore was afraid that Harry may repeat his youthful sins of searching the deathly hallows for wizard dominance.
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Why didn't Harry take Elder Wand?

Harry broke the wand because he did not want it to fall into the wrong hands again like it did with Voldemort and almost kill everyone in his quest to kill Harry Potter. Show activity on this post. Harry puts back the elder wand on Dumbledore's Tomb ,as mentioned by DavRob60.
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Why didn't Dumbledore use the sword of Gryffindor?

So Dumbledore had to ensure that Harry was kept in the dark about the Sword until the right time; bringing the Sword with them to the Horcrux Cave would have given everything away and perhaps rendered the Sword of Gryffindor useless in the long run.
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Why didn't Dumbledore tell Harry about the Deathly Hallows?

He didn't tell Harry about the Hallows because he thought Harry would go after those instead of the horcruxes and would get them when the time wasn't right.
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Why Dumbledore Was NEVER Owner of the Elder Wand - Harry Potter Theory



Why was Snape not allowed to teach defense?

To help maintain illusion that Snape wasn't fully trusted, for Voldemort's sake.
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Did Dumbledore know Sirius was innocent?

They could have learned it at Hogwarts. Dumbledore did know that Sirius was innocent, because he is the one who set up the fidelius charm and the Potters almost chose Sirius, but Sirius thought it would be obvious, so he suggested pettigrew to be the secret keeper.
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Why didnt Dumbledore tell Harry How do you destroy Horcruxes?

Dumbledore made no plans to inform Harry of how to destroy Horcruxes. It was only sheer, dumb luck/quick thinking on Hermione's part that meant that the trio knew the theory of Horcrux-destruction. Dumbledore just left the Hogwarts library books lying around in his office and made no attempt to bequeath them to Harry.
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Why did Dumbledore wear the cursed ring?

He put the ring on because what he wanted was not to use the Stone, but to own and control it, as one of the object that could make him the Master of Death.
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Why did Dumbledore let Draco disarm him?

“Dumbledore didn't want to lose his wand at that point and Draco disarmed him. So that meant that the wand gave Draco its allegiance, even though Draco never knew it, even though Draco never touched it. “From that moment on, that wand gave its allegiance to Draco, and it wouldn't work as well for anyone but Draco.”
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Who has the doe Patronus?

Case study 2: Severus Snape

A doe. And in his final battle with Lord Voldemort, Harry explained the significance of this to his adversary, and to us: 'Snape's Patronus was a doe,' said Harry, 'the same as my mother's, because he loved her for nearly all of his life, from the time when they were children'.
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What happened to Harry cloak of invisibility?

The Cloak of Invisibility was passed down to Ignotus's son. Ignotus's son had no male heirs so his oldest daughter, Iolanthe, inherited it instead.
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Why didn't the Elder Wand belong to Voldemort after he kills Harry?

Though Voldemort had the wand at the time, Harry was its true master. Therefore the wand wouldn't allow Voldemort to kill Harry. When Voldemort tried, he instead destroyed the Horcrux that he never intended to make in Harry.
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Who was more powerful Grindelwald or Voldemort?

Not only is Grindelwald more powerful than Voldemort, but he's also a more compelling villain, which is why audiences will be seeing more of him in Fantastic Beasts 3.
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Who is the Elder Wand loyal to?

We know the Elder Wand allied with Draco Malfoy, who disarmed rather than killed Albus Dumbledore. It later switched its loyalty to Harry Potter during his escape from Malfoy Manor.
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Why was Lucius hesitant to give Voldemort his wand?

Giving up their wand would be like declawing a cat, leaving it defenseless. Besides, no one at that table trusts Voldy. No one is there out of loyalty, but fear. As Voldemort says to them, not one of them tracks him down after his death at the Potters' hands, no one but Peter Pettigrew.
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Why did Dumbledore ignore Harry in Order of the Phoenix?

He has grown afraid of Harry's connection to Voldemort. Perhaps Voldemort, knowing Dumbledore's love for Harry, would possess Harry and provoke Dumbledore to kill him. So, Dumbledore attempted to avoid Harry throughout Book 5 for Harry's own good.
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Did Voldemort know Harry was a Horcrux?

Voldemort wasn't aware of Harry being a pseudo-horcrux because he didn't plan it, and Harry didn't know either until Voldemort “killed” him, but he actually killed the piece of soul kept in him.
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Why didnt Dumbledore just cut off his hand?

By that logic, Dumbledore could have been cursed, but the affects of the curse were confined to his hand and would eventually spread, so cutting it off wouldn't have helped.
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Why did the Basilisk fang not destroy the Horcrux in Harry?

So, in conclusion, the reason the last (Harry) Horcrux was not destroyed from Basilisk bite was because the Phoenix tears stopped the venom spread and healed the damage before the Horcrux vessel (Harry) was completely destroyed.
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Can Voldemort look at the Basilisk?

Conclusion; neither Tom Riddle, Harry Potter, or any other person who can talk Parseltongue is immune to the stare of a Basilisk.
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Did Hermione know Harry was a Horcrux?

People have taken this, together with this scene where Harry says "I think I've known for a while, and I think you have too," to mean that Hermione realised that Harry was a horcrux (okay, not a horcrux but let's call him that for simplicity's sake).
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Why is Harry's dad called Prongs?

James Potter

James's Animagus form was that of a stag, which earned him his nickname, Prongs. Strikingly, Harry's Patronus was a stag and his mother Lily's was a doe, a female deer, showing that the family's characters were in harmony and formed part of the same animal group.
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Did Dumbledore know Moody was an imposter?

The only time he acted out of Moody's character was when he took Harry out of Dumbledore's sight in the aftermath of Voldemort's return, and Dumbledore immediately noticed it as such and realized he was an imposter, which is how he saved Harry's life (again) at the end of Goblet of Fire.
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Why are they called the Marauders?

They may have named themselves after the English word Marauders-which meant "raider". This could be a reference to all the people they bullied and "raided" in their time at Hogwarts.
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