The Harry Potter films are, without a doubt, the best fantasy mystery adventure ever witnessed on a big screen to date. In our opinion, the 2009 installment of the Harry Potter series ranks third in our favorite Potter film list, trailing The Deathly Hallows (2011) and Prisoners of Azkaban. Of course, the ranking is debatable, as are several issues with the movie and the choices made by the characters that are still lingering in people’s minds. The Marvolo ring is one of the mysteries that the Potter heads struggle to decode. What drove Dumbledore to destroy the ring? Some people are also intrigued by how Dumbledore destroyed the ring in the franchise’s 2009 film. Potter heads, what are you waiting for?
Let’s wave our magic wands to cast away this confusion. The Half-Blood Prince celebrates the romantic comedy element while also delving into some very dark revelations in the plot. Without seeming hasty, the film has handled big storyline aspects like Dumbledore’s passing and Snape’s “betrayal” masterfully. While everyone agrees that the visuals in Prisoner of Azkaban are spectacular, Half-Blood Prince has by far the best cinematography in the series. It’s fun, thrilling, and emotional, and these aspects make a strong case for its placement in our top 3. Let’s not delay any further and address the major confusion about Marvolo’s ring.
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The History Of The Marvolo’s Ring
The Resurrection Stone set in the ring’s center gave it special meaning. According to The Tale of the Three Brothers, Death himself made the stone and gave it to Cadmus Peverell, the middle brother, who used it to call his deceased beloved. But because the ring only brought back a distorted version of the wearer, it drove Cadmus insane, and he committed suicide in order to join his beloved in eternity. Dumbledore, however, claimed that Cadmus was simply a very strong wizard who made the stone on his own and went insane after failing in his attempt to bring someone back from the dead. The stone was eventually given to Marvolo Gaunt by his family when Cadmus passed away.
He saw the as proof of his pure-blood status. However, he was unaware of the stone’s powers. According to the legend, Marvolo and his son were subsequently detained in Azkaban for assaulting Muggles. After getting released, he returned home and soon discovered that his daughter Merope had already fled. After discovering everything that had occurred, Marvolo passed away and left his son, Morfin, with the ring. Years later, Tom Riddle—the future Lord Voldemort—found Marvolo while looking for him and learned why his father had abandoned his mother.
He then killed his father and his grandmother with the use of his wand. He altered his uncle’s memories to make it appear as though he carried out the murders and fled with the ring. He initially wore the ring in Hogwarts. But after learning about Horcruxes from Slughorn, he stopped wearing the ring and made the decision to keep it safe by putting it in the Gaunt Shack. He cursed the ring with a lethal curse and enchanted the area where it lay with many strong enchantments to keep anyone who came looking for it away. It’s interesting that Voldemort’s knowledge of the ring’s connection to one of the three Hallows and the fact that combining them would make him the “Master of Death” itself was never made clear.
Why Did Dumbledore Wear The Marvolo’s Ring?
Dumbledore thought to search the house of Marvolo Gaunt to be able to reveal some information about the Horcruxes. This happened around the time Harry began his sixth year at Hogwarts. Dumbledore thought so because Tom had a tendency to hide important things in places that held special meaning for him. And he was right; he found out that the extra spells were concealing something. He was able to cast all the hefty spells, and then he found Marvolo’s ring in a golden box hidden beneath the floorboards. Dumbledore immediately recognized the second hallow since he was familiar with them.
His rationale that Voldemort definitely would have cursed the ring to prevent the user from interfering with or destroying his Horcrux was overridden by his emotions.
How Did Dumbledore Destroy The Marvolo’s Ring?
So here we are with the answer to the question of the hour. The Horcrux was quickly destroyed by the headmaster using Godric Gryffindor’s basilisk venom-infused sword. His hand then began to turn black as the fatal curse began. Fans have always questioned how a wise person like Albus, who knew everything beforehand, could make such a grave mistake. With Snape’s help, he was able to temporarily contain the curse but was unable to eradicate it entirely. The curse was destined to end him sooner or later, and Dumbledore had only got a year to live due to the curse.
Due to these unwelcomed occurrences, Dumbledore asks Snape to kill him before the curse does. He wanted to sacrifice himself at least to make sure that Snape’s commitment to You Know Who was proven and that Malfoy was stopped from killing in the name of the Dark Lord. We are aware that Dumbledore made a major blunder, yet he died having done everything he could to improve the future of Hogwarts, which makes him one of the most respected characters in the show.
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