Harry's Putative Death

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No: HPFGUIDX 42021

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Richelle Votaw" <rvotaw at i...> wrote:
> Well, if that was it he'd have to die to save mankind.  But then 
he'd have
> to be raised again three days later.  So he would become immortal 
so to
> speak.  I'd never read that quote, I don't know how JKR could write 
it that
> way and make it believable, but who knows.
>

Not necessarily.  C.S. Lewis' Aslan is probably the strongest (and 
most deliberate) Christ figure in fantasy, but you'll notice that 
Aslan's passion doesn't coincide 100% with Jesus' (to begin with, 
he's dead for perhaps half a day, instead of three).

I think when/if JKR said this, she was speaking in terms of the 
general archetype--the notion of self-sacrifice and salvation, and 
perhaps rebirth--rather than in terms of Jesus himself.

~Christi