Slytherin, the Chamber and the Basilisk (Re: Choice over Heritage/Heirs)

[bugaloo37]

No: HPFGUIDX 46001

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Christopher Nuttall" 
<christopher_g_nuttall at h...> wrote:
> <snip>  
> We don't know why he left the baslick in the chamber.  It could 
have been captured by him and he locked it in the chamber so that no 
one else would be hurt by it.  Coming to think of it, what else is in 
the chamber?  
> 
>From what I can gather from CoS, the actual chamber has the 
appearance of being a kind of shrine to Salazaar Slytherin.  There is 
a giant statue of him in it.  This is my impression of the chamber, 
IMO, it was created by Slytherin to leave his mark at Hogwarts-
something to act as a catalyst for future generations.  The basalisk 
is simply  used by Slytherin as a symbol-a very destructive therefore 
effective symbol of his power.  Just waiting in that chamber for the 
next power hungry muggle hating wizard to utilize.  IMO, we have no 
canon to support the concept that the basalisk was placed in the 
chamber in order to protect anybody.  If that were the case, surely 
there would have been a way to prevent it from ever being released-
instead of creating some type of access to it-such as being the heir 
of Slytherin.  IMO, Slytherin knew what he was up to-he was biding 
his time until someone-like Tom Riddle came along-who not only met 
any heritage qualifications for opening the chamber but had the 
desire to do so-which may be the most important "qualification" of 
them all.  After all, IMO, if we are to gather anything from CoS -or 
the whole series for that matter-it is that heritage/bloodlines 
matter very little, it is what is in the heart that determines what 
road you will take.

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