[HPforGrownups] Green and red symbolism again (WAS Happy-enough endings)

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No: HPFGUIDX 32519

In a message dated 1/1/02 5:31:27 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
UcfRentLuvr at cs.com writes:

<< At the Quidditch World Cup, Ireland's colors are green 
 and Bulgaria's are red. We all know that Fred and George bet Bagman that 
 Ireland will win but Bulgaria will get the Snitch. Now, this might be a bit 
 far out, but what if, because of the green and red colors, the teams 
 symbolize kind of what will happen at the end of the books?  Ireland, the 
 green, symbolizes the "good" side, Harry's side. Bulgaria, the red, is 
 Voldemort and the Death Eaters. The good side wins, but at the cost of 
losing 
 the Snitch--Harry (who, whether by coincidence or not, we all know to be the 
 Seeker of his own team.)  That would mean that Voldemort might be defeated, 
 but Harry would still die. >>

It's an interesting possibility. Of course, green and red have usually been 
associated with Slytherin and Gryffindor in the books, so the red has tended 
to have a more positive connotation than the green. Wonder what that does to 
the theory? It does kind of imply a "win the battle but lose the war" 
scenario, though. 

Tracy