Wands/Brooms and Chat (was Ebony's S.O.S.)

[Ebony Elizabeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 2088

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> Ebony Elizabeth wrote:
> 
> > The tone of my draft is
> > quite complimentary... psychoanalytic criticism by nature is both
> > probing and reaching.  It'll be hard to do, but by using only the
> > essentials from Freud and relying heavily on Lacan's theories, I'm
> > trying to avoid any offensive conclusions re: any sexual 
implications
> > inherent in PoA's ending.  Again, hard to do--if you know Freud, 
you
> > know sex is *everything*--"the rest is just details".
> 
> Okay, but remember, sometimes a wand is just a wand.
> 
> --Amanda

LOL!  You went there, I didn't.

But I can just *see* my professor writing in the margins, "What about 
that broomstick?"  Liberal English types who haven't even read the 
books would pick up on that.  I'm also positive that when I read the 
paper out loud in class a couple of months from now, *someone* will 
try to throw a monkey wrench into my argument by pointing out every 
single phallic symbol I missed.  That's why I'll be using Lacan 
instead of Freud for my theoretical basis.

As for me, I've been told that I tend to be very obtuse about that 
sort of thing in real life.  Until I found groups like this online, I 
guess I subconsciously thought everyone in the HP novels save the 
parents were monks.  I can easily skirt around the "s" word by 
focusing on displacement and wish-fulfillment, both of which are 
present in PoA's ending.  

All the same, it would have really helped if I hadn't joined the PoU 
list and been utterly, totally corrupted.  :-)

I was really, really trying to make chat today, but if I don't leave 
the house now, I never will.  Have lots of fun, and as usual, let us 
know any interesting topics discussed so that we can continue on list.

--Ebony