Names and their meanings...

[Lillian]

No: HPFGUIDX 107117

I was just doing some research online about CoS and I found something
interesting. I was looking for a list of all the characters in the
book. I found a website called SparkNotes. SparkNotes are like
CliffsNotes. A summary of a book that mostly teens use so they don't
have to actually read a book for school. Anywho... I went to a section
entitled: Themes, Motifs, and Symbols. They had a section about some
of the names in the book. They talked about the origins of
Dumbledore's name and of Lucius Malfoy's name. The one that interested
me though was what they had to say about Gilderoy Lockhart's name.
They said that Lockhart's name describes his locked heart, or secret
identity. I am wondering if that is significant. I think that a lot of
people, myself included, wrote off Lockhart as being a fool and a
liar. I can tell you that I didn't like him at all and was kind of
glad that he lost his memory at the end of CoS. In OOtP we see him at
St. Mungo's and see that he hasn't recovered all of his memory. He is
still signing autographs but I don't think he knows why he is. I
believe that in a J.K.R. interview she said that we would be seeing
him again, although she may have been talking about when we see him in
book 5. I don't know if this means anything or not but I thought it
was interesting. What secrets could he be hiding? Any thoughts?  I
hope that this hasn't already been covered. I have been trying to read
all the old posts but there are quite a few. 

Lillian