new thoughts after rereading SS/PS

sberinsky sberinsky at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 21 01:07:50 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 78238

The prophecy talks about voldemort marking harry, which I had always 
taken to mean the scar.  In the first book though, Dumbledore refers 
to Lily marking Harry with her love when she dies to save him.  In 
the fourth book, Voldemort takes some of Harry's own blood, so he 
can get the residing protection.  But it's almost like he's marking 
himself with something good, wherease Harry is good but marked with 
evil.  Like they compliment each other, and in a very strange way 
slowly becoming one.  In the fifth book, this trend continues, with 
Harry lapsing into Voldemorts thoughts, and at the end, with 
Voldemort possessing him.

In book two, Harry himself points out how much he is like Tom 
Riddle.  Except where Tom is choosing evil, Harry is choosing good.  
Opposites.  And Harry shows mercy (book three, when he does not 
allow pettigrew to be killed) wherease Voldemort does not (his 
ditching Quirrel in book one).

The problem with all these theories, is that I cannot tell where 
it's going.  Summarizing, Harry and Voldemort are seeming to become 
one creation, (I keep thinking of them like a Yin and Yang) but 
where do we go from here?

Stacy






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