Harry's green eyes

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 85292

Alshain wrote:
Eyes are the windows of the soul, or so the trite saying goes. Has
anyone ever had the simple yet beautiful idea that Harry having his
mother's green (quite unusual and memorable) eyes is a metaphor for
him having a mind and a spirit like the one of his mum rather than his
dad? That he views the world like she might (his compassion for Snape,
for example?) 
 
James is still a good guy in my books, but I don't think he scored
very high on ethics or empathy. He was the cool, intelligent, popular
one who had the easy life -- properties that people keep projecting on
The Boy Who Lived, defeater of You-Know-Who, youngest Seeker in a
century, extremely talented in DADA, etc. His "Inner Harry" seems to
be more similar to Lily.
 
Kylie, I think the "red + green = gold" theory is rather interesting
as well. Just as another thought, could the fact that the combination
of the forces is golden have some significance?

Carol:
I hope you're right that the green eyes reflect Lily's soul and that
the resemblance rather than the color is significant. But what's
extremely odd is that the eye colors and wand light colors are
opposite. In other words, Voldemort has red eyes but the light from
his wand is green, matching Tom Riddle's old house: Slytherin. Harry
has green eyes but the light from his wand is red, matching the
scarlet of Gryffindor.

What on earth does it mean? It can't be that green (Slytherin) = evil
and red or scarlet (Gryffindor) = good. That's too simplistic and the
eyes suggest the exact opposite (though of course Slytherin = good and
and Gryffindor = evil is even more absurd). The union of the houses?
The end of rivalry and division at Hogwarts? Is gold associated with
Fawkes the Phoenix? The only thing I can think of now that's golden is
the snitch, and that leads us exactly nowhere.

Carol