[HPforGrownups] What's in it for Witches?

[Iris FT]

No: HPFGUIDX 44073

 
  Irene Mikhlin <irene_mikhlin at btopenworld.com> a écrit : 
"Emma Hawkes" wrote:

> This is an interesting list.  Witches have a limited range of 
> employment possibilities, none of which stray too far from what is 
> normal in contemporary Britain.  Witches may have authority over 
> children, but the top jobs are reserved for men (headmaster, Dark 
> Lord). 

The trouble with the theories is that one counter-example is enough
to refute them. I could say many words on the topic, but
two will do for starters: Madame Maxime.

Irene Mikhlin


I'd like to add two more: Lily Potter.

There are many father figures around Harry (all male characters in the books can play that part) but there's only one important mother figure, Lily's. I read a very good essay by a philosopher about this topic. Witches seem to have less authority in Harry's world because in the boy's heart and mind there's only his mother. Mother and son still have a fusion relationship, beyond time, beyond death. That's a very particular way of telling us about Oedipus complew.One of the next things Harry will have to learn will be to renounce to this fusion, if he wants to become a full grown up being. As somebody in this group (sorry, I forgot the name)wrote, these story are also about growing up.

Iris



 
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