Percy Weasley and the Camelot connections of the Weasleys

bookworm857158367 bookworm857158367 at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 9 14:51:10 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 100566

> 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. 

  "Obvious" to me, mainly, and that's probably a poor choice of 
words. I guess I see elements of the Camelot legend in all the 
characters, but not an exact blueprint. Arthur Weasley fits because 
of his name; Harry because he's the lead of the series who makes the 
sacrifices, etc. 
> 
> > 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.

Again, "obvious" is probably a bad choice of words, but for me all 
the clues point toward some sort of Ginny/Harry connection -- maybe 
romantic, maybe tragic. I do think Ginny and her family's Camelot 
names are significant in some way.






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