Misconception: Dorcas likes to be called Doe and sip tea and knit
JK ROWLING LOVES TWO THINGS : 1. the name game & 2. alliterations. she is the queen of taking a name to use the meaning of it to develop her character OR takes a past person with that name to build her character. FOR EXAMPLE :
Minerva = Roman goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare, and the sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy Dolores = pain & sorry Hagrid = having a bad night which he has a lot of Weasley = weasels, known for their bad luck Alastor = the avenger of evil deeds
THE LIST GOES ON! along with it, even though I do not agree with everything she has said after fact, but it is something we need to respect.
Now, I never understood how anyone came up with “DOE” for a realistic nickname for Dorcas. It makes no fucking sense to me & it makes me sick. Therefore, I decided to do some research on this name. Dorcas means gazelle. Gazelles are known for being graceful. The nickname Doe comes from the American meaning of Dorcas which means Doe ( but Dorcas isn’t American ! ). STILL, this is weak compared to her one line, “THAT’S DORCAS MEADOWES….VOLDEMORT KILLED HER PERSONALLY.” animals known for being female & being graceful does not add up to this shit.
It contradicts her own being, her own canon. NOW, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT PEOPLE NAMED DORCAS ! A Dorcas in Shakespeare’s place only dully notes for coarseness. There is a Dorcas ( the original Dorcas in my mind ) from the Bible. She was a woman of stature & power. She was known for her good deeds. mainly providing clothing for the poor. When she died, the widows were weeping in mourning & she ended up being resurrected back to life, there is an implication that she was a widow herself.
THEN THERE WAS DORCAS KELLEY IN IRELAND DURING THE WITCH TRIALS. ugh, my mother. my dear, dear mother. Dorcas “Darkey” Kelley was a brothel owner & serial killer who was burned at the stake for witchcraft in Dublin. On St. Patrick’s Day, her brothel was raided after being accused of killing a shoemaker, & in the authority’s search, found five skeletons. She was sentenced to a partial hanging & a burning. FROM A JOURNAL OF THAT DAY, “She was placed on a stool something more than two feet high, and, a chain being placed under her arms, the rope round her neck was made fast to two spikes, which, being driven through a post against which she stood, when her devotions were ended, the stool was taken from under her, and she was soon strangled. When she had hung about fifteen minutes, the rope was burnt, and she sunk till the chain supported her, forcing her hands up to a level with her face, and the flame being furious, she was soon consumed. The crowd was so immensely great that it was a long time before the f******ts could be placed for the execution.”
There was Dorcas Good ( real name Dorothy ), who was accused of witchcraft at the age of 4. she confessed to being a witch & that her mother was consorting to the devil. it was claimed that the child was deranged & would bite anyone that came near her like a feral animal. She was charged and placed in jail at the age of 5. It was said that this girl was given a pet snake that could talk to her & the girl was its servant.
Then there was Dorcas Hoar who was another widow charged & hanged for witchcraft during the witchtrials. She was a fortune teller & an accused burglar. which makes sense since a widow could not earn money & a fortune teller was one of the only jobs they could legally do. so ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
The name Dorcas has a DARK history with light history. It is a contradiction of stories. A name that is closely intertwined with doing good with stories of witchcraft & brutal murders. DOE IS A SORRY NAME FOR DORCAS. it does not do it justice. no one is going to look up their name & say hey ! this is what I am going to be called. There are two nicknames that come from Dorcas in its natural state. 1. Dor meaning pain. 2. Cas meaning legendary son. Doe is a contradiction & scrubs down the importance of what she did. why a man like Voldemort, with such power & borderline immortality had to come after her himself to kill her. hell no ! this girl did not spend her days sipping tea & knitting sweaters for the poor. this girl was grit. she was conniving. she was a murderer. she was a witch. she was powerful. she had an made immortal asshole quake when he was winning a war. she was a threat. she killed people of his army as easily as plucking petals from a flower. the evidence of it is in her ONE line. VOLDEMORT KILLED HER PERSONALLY! and he made damn well people knew he killed her because all he is known for that killing curse, going in & out, getting his business done. but, no, he sought this witch out for blood. AND WIDOWS WEPT that day because finally their husbands deaths have been avenged. thank you & goodnight.
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