Harry's Power

[sephora063]

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 "Doriane" wrote:
To paraphrase: 
Hope would be the worst feeling people can 
feel, because it keeps them fighting against him, no matter how 
powerful he gets.


Hi, 
I thought your post was great and very insightful. Somehow, I like 
this theory better than the love theory, but they are related. 
Interesting enough, Chapter 13 of Corinthians I is the Love Chapter. 
I think everyone has a pretty good idea of what it says. It lists 
the many qualities of love. However, I think the final verse says: 
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest 
of these is love. I have no idea what JKR intends, but I do enjoy 
that there are many possibilities. I think that it might be related 
to these three qualities. 
One way that I can think that love can be awful is when the love is 
unrequited. When love goes bad, all hell breaks loose. Seriously. I 
guess this could bring up the question of whether there is such a 
thing as good love or bad love. Love is an emotion, but it can bring 
about good or bad actions. Perhaps we must diferentiate between 
christian love (as in the Biblical text) and secular love. 
Another possibility, though I don't think this is it: what if what's 
in the room is humanity? I can think of no thing that is both 
wonderful and awful. Human compassion is a great thing as we have 
seen so far in HP, but at this moment we also know that humanity (as 
a species) can bring about much destruction. to quote Walter 
Benjamin: There is no document of civilization which is not at
the same time a document of barbarism. I haven't thought it 
completely out (sorry, so tired...), but maybe this thing (another 
thing) that Voldemort lacks is humanity. He's not human anymore or 
is he? Or is it just mortal? 
Very much enjoying the posts. 
-Sephora