Levels and contradictions in JKR's writing - Twisted Irony

Rebecca Hoskins elbarad at aol.com
Fri Aug 26 17:22:25 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 138812

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "delwynmarch" <delwynmarch at y...>
> And since you were talking about irony, Steve, here's the one I see:
> by making his life near-endless, Tom deprived it of any value. His
> cursed life is simply not worth living, IMO, and I think that's what
> DD alluded to when he said that there are things worse than death.
Tom
> never realised (he couldn't, I think) that quantity doesn't mean
> quality, and that quality of life is what *really* matters. Lily
> Potter, for example, lived a short life, but what a beautiful life!
> But for LV, Lily was just a "silly girl"...


Absolutely. And this is a theme I remember seeing before now.
 
In particular I remember an episode of Doctor Who (the five doctors) 
where the baddy seeks and gains immortality. Unfortunately, in his 
quest for power and immortality he did not question what form this 
would take. He ended up turned into a statue in a crypt: destined to 
spend immortality immobile, speechless, yet conscious. 

I was only 10 when I watched it but I remember feeling horrified at 
that thought of an immortal prision, thinking it the most horrific 
punishment possible.

Rebecca









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