Sexuality as a theme in HP (long)

[doddiemoemoe]

No: HPFGUIDX 119698


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, olivier.fouquet+harry at m... 
wrote:
> Some read HP books as mysteries, other like to see them as of the 
> adventure and fantasy genre, and some as fairy-tales. There are 
even 
> readers that see in them deep christian or symbolic meaning. In 
this 
> post, I try to explore the way I read them: as the journey from 
boyhood 
> to manhood, with an explicit reference to sexuality. Just as a 
> forewarning, I insist that the following will deal with adult 
theme. 
> Other posts on this subjects include  #47966, #83372, #101297 and 


--major snippage--

I read through all the posts and just had to mention that you cannot 
proceed on the sexuality themed thesis with only the "serpent" in 
COS..

you were lacking in your symbolic feminine approach..it's not about 
the picture in Griffindor tower either...
but if the serpent represented manhood/fatherhood/male coming of 
age...then it was the spider(symbolic of motherhood) who represents 
the female side..in psychology..arachnids are akin to mother/female 
issues..

I don't think this symbol in your theory is far off either if you 
see and take note of Ron and Harry's reactions to spiders in the 
story...nor how Hagrid goes out and procures a spider of his own who 
he takes care of.

Psychologically---serpent=male then spider=female..

Doddie