Voldemort as Christ figure; Ira, not Cole

[coriolan_cmc2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 37130

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "kscottmccormick" <ksmccormick at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Philip Nel <philnel at k...> wrote:
> > 
> > While it's true that (as CMC points out) the phoenix is a symbol 
of 
> resurrection, it (he) is also a character in E. Nesbit's _The 
Phoenix 
> and the Carpet_.  His symbolic value may be as likely tied to E. 
> Nesbit as to Christian symbolism.
> 
> 
> The symbolism is not necessarily Christian.  I would say the 
phoenix 
> represents rebirth more than resurrection.  

Symbols - as opposed to allegories - are (as Freud said) open to 
hyperinterpretation: that is, they can be (indeed, must be) 
interpreted on multiple levels to be fully understood. Interpreting 
JKR's Phoenix in an alchemical manner, or establishing a literary 
link to Nesbit does not invalidate the Christian interpretation. 

   - CMC