Do you think Dumbledore is really dead ????

Answer 1

I'm picturing him kind of like Obi Wun Ken obi (not sure of spelling, sorry)
You know from Star Wars? Yes he has passed on but to a more powerful, mysterious other side where he will be able to guide Harry better than ever before in this life.
That's what I'm hoping anyway. Actually, I'm really hoping he's not dead at all.
Not much of an answer but I love Harry Potter so much it's to much to think of it as being kind of just black or white....there is always something more going on than we can ever imagine or dream.
The Harry Potter series is one of the greatest literary achievements, in my opinion, that the world has ever known.

Answer 2

Yes, and Dee needs to stop copying other peoples' editorials from Mugglenet.

Dumbledore: he was blasted with the killing curse and fell of the astronomy tower. Come on people, did you read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince or not? I felt that the chapter about Dumbledore's funeral was written with such passion and closure.. It would be extremely cheap if J.K. Rowling were to come back in book seven and be like, "Gotcha, everyone! Dumbledore's alive and here do pilot Harry's adventure for him! Sorry for making all of you hardcore fans upset!" If Dumbledore were to come back in the last book of the series, I would be very disappointed. Harry needs to go out on his adventure by himself.
If you are not convinced, here are some other reasons:

1. If Dumbledore did not die, why didn't Snape from breaking the Unbreakable Vow with Narcissa Malfoy? Snape would die if he broke his promise to protect Draco. If Dumbledore were still alive, that would contradict Snape's vow.

2. What do you say about Dumbledore's portrait? J.K. Rowling specifically mentions a portrait of his being hung in the office with all the previous headmasters and headmistresses. In the Potterverse, they are only of dead people.

3. In an interview by Emerson Spartz and Melissa Anelli, J.K. Rowling responded to "The wise old wizard always dies," with "That's what I'm basically saying, yes." J.K. Rowling wouldn't lie to us. If she said he's dead, he's dead.

For those of you who believe that Dumbledore is alive, you may need to go back and do some re-reading.

Also, please read the link in my sources. It is an excellent essay about Dumbledore's death from leakynews.com

Answer 3

No, the killing curse only works if the person truly means it and Harry saw a phoenix bird fly into or out of Dumbledore's coffin.

I believe that Dumbledore can turn into a phoenix bird.

Answer 4

ya dumbledore is dead! Theres some people that said some incorrect things on this questions answers. I really doubt it that theres even a slight chance that hes alive. I loved his character but i think he really is dead.

Answer 5

Dumbledore is not dead, but Richard Harris is.

Answer 6

No, I think JK Rowling is ripping off the Lord of the Rings and he'll re-appear in the next book.

Answer 7

I think he is dead (unfortunately) but that he will be contacted via the portraits in the headmasters office so he will still be a part of the books.

Answer 8

um they buried him ! how can he crawl out of the grave even if he is a wizard. Now Sirius on the other hand might still be alive, since there was no body, no funeral, he just fell behind a veil...

Answer 9

I'm pretty sure he is..
Unless JK Rowling invents this new thing that he wasn't completely killed and there is some healing thing or something magical like that..

Answer 10

No cause if you are a true Lord Of The Rings fan then you would have seen that he came back to life!!!!!!!!