Is Harry really capable of great love?
bennetfan101
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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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