Voldemort and the Garden of Eden.

[sevenhundredandthirteen]

No: HPFGUIDX 55735

Voldemort and the Garden of Eden.
Christian Mythology in the Graveyard.

The potion that Voldemort uses to resurrect himself in the graveyard 
is very similar to the creation of Eve from Genesis in the bible.

Voldemort uses the combination of:

"Flesh, Blood and Bone" (Chapter 32 GoF)

And in the bible, Eve is created as such:

"Bone taken from my bone and flesh from my flesh." (Genesis 2:23)

The uses of flesh and bone to create Eve from Adam is very similar to 
how Voldemort creates his 'version 2' self. (I'll bring up the blood 
later)

So, how could this relate to the future of Voldemort, if his 'birth' 
parallels the birth of Eve? Well, Eve was the one who was tempted to 
eat the fruit of knowledge in the garden.

"You mat eat the fruit of any tree in the garden, except the tree 
that gives knowledge of what is good and what is bad. You must not 
eat the fruit of that tree; if you do, you will die the same day." 
(Genesis 2:16)

Compare this to what Quirellmort says at the end of PS/SS:

"There is not good and evil, there is only power and those too weak 
to seek it." (Chapter 17 'The Man With Two Faces' PS).

What I'm getting at is that  Voldemort survives on his ideal that 
there is no good and evil, but if he were to 'eat' is own 'fruit of 
knowledge' he would become able to discriminate between good and 
evil. The temptation of the snake could be seen as the temptation of 
power- Voldemort gets seduced by his own lust of power and ends up 
with a massive weakness that his 'Version 1' self never had- a 
conscience.

I've so far not mentioned the blood of Harry. I think this can be 
paralleled to Christ's life. Before His death Jesus uses the motif of 
His 'blood' being shed as the new covenant- to cleanse the original 
sin of Adam and Eve. So, I think that Harry's blood may be the 
intrinsic element of 'good' that Voldemort could eventually 
be 'afflicted' by.

What an ironic end to Voldemort if he was defeated by a piece of good 
which was inextricably bound to his own life. 

So, Voldemort (super-evil guy) is seduced by power (the Snake) and 
creates his body from flesh and bone (Adam and Eve) as well as 
Harry's blood (Christ's sacrifice) which is pure, hence instilling in 
Voldemort the ability to realise what is good and bad (the fruit of 
knowledge). 

(AN: Voldemort being able to tell what's wrong and right  doesn't 
necessarily have to be a *willing* choice, nor instantaneous. It 
could end up being an accumulative thing that progresses over time, 
to which Voldemort has no control. I'm by no means suggesting that 
the effects have already occurred.)

So, in short, I'm theorising that Voldemort's eventual downfall may 
end up being an issue of conscience, to which he hasn't yet foreseen.

~<(Laurasia)>~