Does Harry believe Voldemort is dead? I thought he learned he was alive way back in Chapter 6:
“He’s not dead, is he,” Harry sighed.
“Mr. Potter—”
“The Dark Lord is alive. Of course he’s alive. It was an act of utter optimism for me to have even dreamed otherwise. I must have taken leave of my senses, I can’t imagine what I was thinking. Just because someone said that his body was found burned to a crisp, I can’t imagine why I would have thought he was dead. Clearly I have much left to learn about the art of proper pessimism.”
“Mr. Potter—”
“At least tell me there’s not really a prophecy...” Professor McGonagall was still giving him that bright, fixed smile. “Oh, you have got to be kidding me.”
Harry expresses a lot more skepticism than that a lot more recently. Chapter 86:
“So I see,” Harry said. His hand rose up, rubbed the scar on his forehead. “But… okay, if this is really all we know… look, I’ll just put it bluntly. How do you know that the Dark Lord actually survived?”
And:
The scarred man turned back to face the Headmaster, though his wand stayed pointed low and in Harry’s general direction. When he spoke his voice was gruff and businesslike. “I have a lead on a recent host of Voldie’s. You’re certain his shade is in Hogwarts now?”
“Not certain—” Dumbledore began.
“Say what? ” Harry interrupted. After having nearly concluded that the Dark Lord didn’t exist, it was a shock to hear it being discussed that matter-of-factly.
Does Harry believe Voldemort is dead? I thought he learned he was alive way back in Chapter 6:
Harry expresses a lot more skepticism than that a lot more recently. Chapter 86:
And:
Harry believes horcruxes to be bunk, on the basis that souls don’t exist :/