Marvolo-Lockhart-Color Symbolism

[Moonstruck]

No: HPFGUIDX 44464


Daharja wrote:
<[N]ot only is Slytherin associated with emotion and
<unreliability, but with *silver*, which is the colour
<traditionally representative of the female aspect in
<Pagan symbolism (and in the symbolism of several
<other religions). Gryffindor, however, is associated
<clearly with *chivalry* and the colour *gold*, which
<represents the male aspect in Paganism....[W]hy has
<JKR portrayed Slytherin as so evil when she herself
<is female?

 
I'm definitely intrigued by this analyzation of the
house colors -- the HP series is clearly not feminist
in nature. However, going by the silver-Slytheryn-evil
idea, how do you explain Dumbledore, who appears to be
the supreme personification of Good and is often 
associated with lunar/silver symbols (the half-moon
glasses, his silver hair)? And what of the Patronus,
the anti-Dementor spell that saves Harry and Sirius in
PoA? The physical representation of it is a *silver*
mass. The sword of Gryffindor, too, is silver.
 
-Jessica
 



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"Oh, I'll settle down with some old story/About a boy who's just like me/Thought there was love in everything and everyone/You're so naive!/After a while they always get it/They always reach a sorry end/Still it was worth it as I turned the pages solemnly, and then/With a winning smile, the boy/With naivety succeeds/At the final moment, I cried/I always cry at endings"
- "Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying," Belle and Sebastian

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