Colors (red&green) (was Re: GG/Weasleys')

[caspenzoe]

No: HPFGUIDX 109522

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vmonte" <vmonte at y...> wrote:
> Caspen wrote:
> I think that they [the Weasleys], with their red hair are the
> prime candidates for an heirship relationship with Gryffindor, and 
> not the Potters.
 
vmonte responds:
> I want the Weasleys to be related to GG but it really is a tough 
> call. On JKR's website she mentions how redheads and weasels are  
> always associated with evil/bad things, and that she thinks they 
> are getting a bad rap.  If the books are about making the right 
> choices in life, I wonder what JKR will write regarding this issue.  
> Are the Weasleys related to SS but choose to value GG's ideology? 
> Or does Harry look like Tom Riddle because he is related to SS but 
> has chosen to be like GG? 
> 
> There is also the whole problem with Tom being the last 
> heir/descendent thing...  (Is he heir or descendent?)....>


Actually, another idea has occurred to me, because I too am having a 
hard time squaring DD's choices determinate doctrine with the whole 
heirship/kinship/blood theme. I'm wondering if, borrowing somewhat 
from Hans' theories regarding the HP series' relationship to the 
symbolism of an alchemical wedding, if the whole red/green, hair 
color/eye color/house colors dichotomies don't symbolize some 
pending alchemical wedding of Gryffindor/Slytherin houses/culture 
for the wizarding world at large, of which Harry is simply the 
integral piece/player/symbol?

I haven't fleshed any of this idea out, and am still trying to 
become more educated regarding alchemical symbolism, but these 
colors along with black and white are so prominent in the books that 
they seem to beg to be analyzed thematically. 

Caspen