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Even something as fantastical as the wizard Dumbledore's "pensieve" - a magical basin that stores and reveals memories - has relevance for scientific study, said Flourish Klink, 22, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student in comparative media and a board member of the Harry Potter Education Fanon, a nonprofit that takes an academic approach to analyzing Potter culture, books and films.
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Your post made me think about the "pensieve" in Dumbledor's office in the Harry Potter books.
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Your post made me think about the "pensieve" in Dumbledor's office in the Harry Potter books.
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Wouldn't it be wonderful if, when we're finished with a thought/memory for the moment, we could clear our heads by simply removing them to the pensieve?
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Wouldn't it be wonderful if, when we're finished with a thought/memory for the moment, we could clear our heads by simply removing them to the pensieve?
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If Lucius is in a portrait, it will be part of a memory Harry sees in Dumbledore's pensieve or we'll get another glimpse of the Slytherin dorms, with the portrait of Lucius in Draco's room.
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However what is the new pensieve all about is this the new modern one they came up with.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - What Did You Think? | /Film 2009
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There are several shots of Harry with Dumbledore in what looks like them traveling to the past by way of a pensieve.
New ‘Harry Potter’ Images & The Japanese Trailer Mystery 2009
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Voldemort is absent from the movie completely except in the pensieve (or flashback) scenes with Dumbledore.
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They pour the memory into the pensieve and jump in.
Lianna Kong: Half The Blood, Seven Times The Voldemort: Chapters 21 - 25 of Harry Potter Book 6 2008
CaldronHolly10920 commented on the word pensieve
Pensieve is the combination of 2 words from the English language.
1. Pensive - a. (adj) dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood. b. (adj) expressing or reveiling thoughtfullness, usually marked by some sadness: a pensive adagio. (Dictionary.com)
2. Sieve - a. (n) an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, itc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations. b. (n) a person who cannot keep a secret. c. (v) to put or force through a sieve; sift. (Dictionary.com)
August 16, 2012