How did Dumbledore get cursed?

In the Summer of 1996, when Dumbledore found the ring under the rotting floorboards of the Gaunt shack, he saw it immediately as the Hallow that he had desired for so many years, the Resurrection Stone. Almost immediately, the curse triggered, and nearly killed Dumbledore.

Was Dumbledore a hero or a villain?

Dumbledore is definitely a hero in the books, and the difficult decisions he has made with regards to Snape and Harry are all vindicated in the end, but the reader and many characters are left feeling that he should have found a more humane way to defeat Voldemort.

Is Dumbledore a bad character?

Actually he’s a good character, complex and layered. Whether he was a good person is another thing. He started his life believing that he should act for the Greater Good of Wizardkind. The Greater Good he fought for at the end of his life was not the same Greater Good he believed in when he was young, that’s true.

Was Dumbledore really good?

Dumbledore is a fantastically “grey” character! He is, overall, a good person. But he has done some terrible things, too. No one is all good or all evil, and even good people do bad things sometimes.

Why is Dumbledore’s death a bad thing?

Dumbledore let himself be killed by Snape in front of Harry without first informing him of his plans. This wasn’t so much a mistake as a cruel thing to do to Harry. When one doesn’t have all of the facts and is emotionally distraught, all logic goes out the window. So this is bad.

Is it appropriate to say that Professor Dumbledore is flawed?

Flawed is, indeed, the appropriate word to apply to Professor Dumbledore, even by his own admission. “Can you forgive me?” he (Dumbledore) said. “Can you forgive me for not trusting you?…Harry, I only feared you would fail as I had failed… …that you would make my mistakes…I have What exactly made Professor Albus Dumbledore so imperfect?

Why does Dumbledore ignore Harry’s attempts to contact him?

One of the most frustrating parts of Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix is Dumbledore ignoring Harry’s attempts to contact him. Dumbledore believes his reason is a valid one and he is protecting Harry and the Wizarding World from Voldemort.

What could Dumbledore have done to have better prepared Harry Potter?

Even so, there are many things Dumbledore could have done to have better prepared Harry. The wizard’s love of sweets is well-known, so anyone can guess that his passwords might be acid pops, sherbet lemon or toffee eclairs.