Percy Weasley and the Camelot connections of the Weasleys

[greatelderone]

No: HPFGUIDX 100534

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bookworm857158367" 
<bookworm857158367 at y...> wrote:
> This has probably been discussed before, but does anyone else find 
> the echoes of Camelot and the Weasley family names interesting? 
J.K. 
> Rowling knows her legends and has deliberately included a lot of 
it 
> in her plotting of these books.
> 
>  There's Arthur Weasley. King Arthur? Then there's little Ginny, 
> whose full name we've just found out is Ginevra -- the Italian 
form 
> of Guinevere. 
> 

GEO:And lets not forget the possible similarities between Ron and 
Sir Gawain.

> I like the Ginny/Ginevra/Guinevere connection. I've thought she'd 
> probably end up with Harry ever since I read the first scene in 
the 
> first book. 

GEO:Explain to me again why exactly Harry is the King Arthur 
analogue here? I thought it was obvious that Arthur Weasly was the 
one with the whole possibility of him becoming MoM and the thing 
between him and Lucius like King Arthur and the so called Emperor 
Lucius.

And even if we agree that Harry is King Arthur in this story then 
I'd say that Hermione fits the analogue of the LotL and possibly 
also that of Guinevere better seeing how she leads to the creation 
of the DA much like Arthur's marriage of Guinevere lead to the round 
table given to Arthur as a bridal present. 

> The little red-headed girl running after the train, the 
> baby sister with the crush on her brother's best friend, the 
damsel 
> in distress he rescues, the girl Harry ignores -- come on. 
Everyone 
> knows the ultimate ending to that fairy tale. J.K. Rowling has 
> actually played it so casual that the archetype is glaringly 
> obvious. 

No she hasn't. If the ending or Harry's fate is so obvious then I 
dare say quite a few of us wouldn't be reading the books.