Ending the series (was Dept. of Mysteries, "Love" room.)

[eggplant107]

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 "greg_a126" <grega126 at a...> wrote:

> In order for this book to entire the 
> list of all time classics, good has 
> to triumph over evil. That means 
> Harry has to beat Voldemort,
> not "tie" him by dying with him. 

I think you're way off the mark with that, most of the really great
classics are tragedies, because it gives the stories a certain
gravitas they would not otherwise have, at least that's what the
ancient Greeks thought and I agree . In Shakespeare's best plays the
hero dies and they are still enormously popular 400 years later; in
the most profitable movie of all time, Titanic, the hero also dies. I
think Harry will die too.

>JKR has to know that.

JKR knows that if she kills Harry it will be extraordinarily
controversial, people will say she is traumatizing children, there
will be gnashing of teeth and riots in the street. How could any
author resist doing that, she's need a will of iron. 

Eggplant