evil Slytherin

[storm stanford]

No: HPFGUIDX 1837

Slytherin is not inheretly evil - It/He is about ambition - now if that's your primary thing you are *likely* to get in to trouble - but not always. some ambious ppl turn out to be good folk (no examples, sorry). I think JKR overplays the horrible nature of the Slytherins in the physical descriptions (but I love them). thinking of Snape, he is not *all* bad, (though it appears he had a go at it being a death eater).

excess of anything (even bravery or cleverness) can be unpleasant and lead one into dark ways.

anyway I'm tired so I don't know that i'm making any sence but READ THE SORTING HAT'S SONGS (opps shouting, sorry.) I've lent my copy of PS to a friend but we had this very self same argument last night!

storm
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kelley 
  To: HPforGrownups at egroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 3:38 PM
  Subject: [HPforGrownups] Dept. of Mysteries (was Re: Dumbledore's Mistake)



       
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  --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Scott " <harry_potter00 at y...> 
  wrote:
  > >
  this dept of Mysteries (DoM), could it be where James and Lily 
  > worked? 
  >> What do we know about the DoM? Not much. We know that Augustus 
  > Rookwood was working for Voldemort from inside this dept, and that  
  >is a part of the ministry of magic.
  >  
  > There are two basic interpretations of what the DoM might do.  1) 
  > Nobody knows...that's why it is a mystery  2)  They department 
  works  on solving and discovering ancient mysteries, this could be 
  like any profession from Archeologist to Historian...(Maybe the 
  Author of  "Hogworts: A History" worked in this dept...
  > 
  > Scott

  So perhaps James and Lily did work for this Dept.  Since we know so 
  little about it, and them, it's certainly a possibility.  What would 
  it mean if the author of "Hogwarts: A History"  worked there?  Do we 
  even know who the author is?  This made me think of something else-- 
  was Salazar Slytherin not always evil?  I say this because apparently 
  Gryff, Huffle, and Raven, are 'good' and 'noble', and if this is so, 
  why would these three found a school with an evil guy?  Did he turn 
  evil after he and Gryff disagreed over allowing muggle-borns in?  Any 
  ideas?

  Kelley


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