Similar people, different choice (Was: Giving the map to Lupin)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 89934

Pippin wrote:
> As for whether we "need" a vampire, if  abilities and 
> circumstances are all that matter, we don't need a vampire, and 
> we certainly don't need all those Weasleys. If choices matter, 
> then we need to be shown that people with similar abilities and 
> circumstances can choose different paths.

Carol responds:
We already plenty of foils (similar circumstances, different choices),
most notably Harry and Tom Riddle (see Kneasy's thread on Tom as
victim). We even have, to a small degree, Dumbledore and Karkaroff
(did anyone notice that Karkaroff has white hair and pale blue eyes?).
The pairs of brothers motif may be leading in this same direction,
too--Regulus and Sirius, at least. And we can read Sirius and Severus
(note the similar names) as contrasting pairs (foils) as well. (I
certainly see a lot more similarities between Snape and Sirius, both
physically and temperamentally, than between Snape and Lupin.)

Can anyone else think of any other characters who seem to be
deliberately contrasted, confronted with similar choices but taking
different paths? Is Mr. Crouch, Sr., being contrasted with Dumbledore,
or, alternatively, with Voldemort? (I don't mean obviously different
people like Muggle Petunia and Witch Lily, but similar people whose
choices lead them on different paths, like Harry and Tom Riddle.)

Carol