Who killed Dumbledore? Heroes and Not. / guilt / hero's journey

[unlikelyauthor]

No: HPFGUIDX 145163

> >Sydney:
> >To my mind guilt and letting go of guilt is the whole point 
> >of Snape's role thematically
> 
> Orna:
> <snip> I think, that perhaps their mutual hate has to do with 
> it, if you feel burdened by guilt, you are bound to feel some 
> hatred towards the person signifying your guilt, which in turn 
> arouses more guilt, etc – a truly vicious cycle. Letting go of 
> guilt isn't "paying back" your debt, or forwarding the guilt 
> to someone else, but something entirely different, which Harry 
> hasn't been able to do until now. 


unlikely2: 

A couple of things come to mind.

Harry discovering himself to be, even in part, responsible for 
DD's death might give rise to the 'long dark night of the soul' 
element of the hero's journey. 

Book six has been described as 'half a book'. This being so,
certain elements from the first book seem to me to be being 
repeated, the 'giant' who arrives to embarrass the Dursleys 
and tell Harry what he needs to know, for example. The 
misidentification of Snape as the bad guy could be another. 
This wasn't really addressed in PS. Perhaps it will be in the 
last. 

unlikely2

who wonders if letting go of hatred in order to bring about a 
necessary alliance with Snape would be the act of a hero?