[HPforGrownups] Re: Portraits - Additional: Actors Playing a Role

[Scott Santangelo]

No: HPFGUIDX 75041



Donna <deemarie1a at yahoo.com> wrote:
"Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
Portraits are actors in two senses; they are playing the role of the person in the portrait and the are playing the role OF a portrait...I ...suspect that since they are actors portraying a role, they do to some extent reflect the world's perceived belief in who they are. So a wizard who was perceived to be evil, would reflect an essence of evil in his portrait. Although, I think that would be more hinted at, his real personality would dominate.
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Interesting theory, but I tend to think the "real person" is somehow represented (and not by an "actor"). In DD's office, we see the former headmasters, and I can't imagine they are anyone other than the "real" thing. No idea how it happens (magic!), but their reactions/actions don't suggest anything other. Phineas Nigellus is a good example, as he turns from the snippy, dark headmaster-character to the concerned distant relative when he learns that Sirius is dead. My two knuts!

owlery2003



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