Is Harry really capable of great love?

bennetfan101 bennetfan101 at yahoo.ca
Fri Aug 5 05:11:48 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 136515

Hee, those were two of my very favourite moments in the books. Harry 
has already been set up as loving his friends and mentors very 
strongly, and really all that is left is whether or not he will be 
able to love his enemies. Tom Riddle and Draco Malfoy are indicators 
of his learning to do this eventually, but I personally think that
the 
biggest hurdle will be Snape. Snape seems to have so much to do with 
Harry in the series; JKR has now confirmed that the Harry/Snape 
vendetta is much more personal than Voldemort/Harry. This is 
understandable; in Harry's mind, to date, Snape has helped cause the 
deaths of Sirius, James, Lily, Dumbledore...it seems as though his 
reasons for hating Snape are piling up by the year. And yet Snape is 
clearly going to be a very big figure in this war somehow; if he can 
kill Dumbledore before Harry's eyes and STILL remain as ambiguous as 
he is, we know he has to be really important. So I would totally be 
unsurprised if compassion for Snape actually happened to be the sort 
of love required from Harry to defeat Voldemort. It's stretching, but 
it would be a good message to portray...of course, they'll have to 
resolve a heck of a lot before it comes to this...-_-*

bennetfan101







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