Triumph in tragedy

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No: HPFGUIDX 107177

Hans:
> Of course all this debating and exploring the depth of HP increases the
> tension as we all wait for the Great End. To me the most satisfactory end
> would indeed be what I've said before: after all Harry's suffering, after
> all the tragedy and tribulations, after his defeat of Voldemort and the
> Death Eaters by an act of love or forgiveness (I can't imagine what yet), he
> will be faced with the final choice: to enter the rapturous ecstasy of
> Nirvana beyond the Gate of Saturn, or to yield to the overwhelming
> compassion for the rest of the human race, by becoming gate-keeper for those
> who wish to go the Alchemical Path that Harry has completed. Only the second
> option would satisfy me: Harry ending up as ferryman to the first years at
> Hogwarts. 

Hans,

More and more, I subscribe to this (or some permutation of this) 
being the end that we will see.  If done right (and with JKR writing 
these books the way she has, you know it will be), it'll be the best 
ending possible, even for those that may want to see something 
drastically different.

I think the way this would be viewed would be "tragedy" by those 
who've yet to walk the alchemical path (i.e. the same way Draco sees 
Hagrid as some type of "servant"), but "triumph" by those who have 
or are on the path to understanding.  Does that make sense?

I do have one question about the whole alchemical pattern, though - 
where does Snape fit into it?  I of course see Hagrid, Dumbledore, 
Sirius, Ron and Hermione, but does Snape portray any specific role 
in the alchemical wedding?  If so, please enlighten me.  Thanks!

Geoffrey Hooper (my real name), who was too much of a whiner to be 
picked for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

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