@eliza; Who is Lauren Lopez? Draco has always been played by Tom Felton... so I'm not quite sure what you're eluding to. Plus, Lauren is generally a girl's name, where as Draco has always been a boy/man... or a ferret... was Lauren Lopez the name of the ferret? Beause that would be hilarious.
@memandi; I'm aware that they (the order of the phoenix and us, the readers) were never expressly told that the blockade on the stairs would only let through those who had a dark mark. Although, I'm not sure why J.K. would even mention it if that wasn't the case.
Secondly, in my opinion, Draco was only given the task to kill Dumbledore after he was made a Death Eater. If Draco was not a Death Eater, I am sure that the conversation with Dumbledore would have been shorter (not non-existent as you mentioned to in your comment). Only because I am sure Draco would have been more keen on getting himself and his mother out of harm's way. He was torn between the goodness and innocence in him and the way that he had been brought up (as a pure-blood son of a Death Eater). He was raised to hate "mudbloods" and to believe that the wizarding race was superior to that of mere muggles. He was raised to become a Death Eater, and I believe that Draco, at first, felt that it was an honor to be inducted into the Death Eaters.
Anyway, if we both agree he's a Death Eater, I'm not sure why we are arguing (or disagreeing) on the semantics. |