LOTR Parallels in HBP

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 133289

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Katherine Coble <k.coble at c...> 
wrote:
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> WARNING! SPOILERS FOR BOTH LOTR AND HBP
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> We have:
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> 1.  Pieces of soul stored in a ring
> 2.  Evil giant spiders
> 3.  The bodies of the dead guarding a path through water (Inferi in 
HP; 
> Dead Marshes in LOTR)
> 4.  Evil servants bent and twisted to the nefarious purposes of the 
> leader (Death Eaters in HP; Nazgul in LOTR)
> 5.  Young, purehearted heros (Frodo & Sam; Harry & Ron)
> 6.  Great Wizards (Dumbledore; Gandalf)
> 7.  Reflective basins which reveal hidden thoughts of the past 
> (Pensieve in HP) and future (Galadriel's Mirror in LOTR).
> 8.  Wise forest creatures who speak in riddles (Ents in LOTR; 
> C'ent'aurs in HP)
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> Any others I've missed?
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> Not that I think JKR is copying (she's most definitely not....)  
but 
> what are the odds we'll see Dumbledore resurrected in some form?

vmonte:

How about Gollum = Snape

Vivian