The Greek tragedy of the Weasley family

[vecseytj]

No: HPFGUIDX 80059

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "alshainofthenorth"
<alshainofthenorth at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vecseytj" <vecseytj at t...> wrote:
>  and Percy as Antigone is
> > a streach, because Antigone was not just concerned about the birds
> > picking her brothers bones it was his very soul that she was concerned
> > about.  She didn't want him to never rest in peace, so I also took
> > Antigone as expressing more of a religous motivation.  She was obeying
> > her religous, laws, not the kings law.  
> 
> Drat, seems my point didn't come out the way I wanted it to. No, Percy
> isn't Antigone by any kind of stretch, rather he'd side with the king.
> The dilemma is similar in that both sides in the conflict are
> convinced that they are doing The Right Thing.
> 
> Percy wants power, yes, but at the same time he's probably smugly and
> genuinely convinced that he is doing The Right Thing and that
> Dumbledore is wrong in trying to destabilise wizarding society. Why
> would JKR otherwise describe him as "fussy about rule-breaking" (GOF,
> "Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes")? In OOP he's an opportunist, but he's a
> moralist too.
> 
> Alshain the Sleepyhead

Ahh now I understand... I see your point.  Thanks Tj