Merlin's Beard!

[A.J.]

No: HPFGUIDX 126581


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, imamommy at s... wrote:
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at y...> wrote:
> > I still don't think that Merlin is the half-blood prince. The 
half-
> > blood prince will have to be a Christ symbol
> 
> Why do you suppose the HBP necessarily needs to be a type and 
shadow 
> of Christ? 

I wanted to thank Tonks for pointing that out.  And to imamommy, I 
think that 'symbol' may not mean necessarily 'type and shadow.'  The 
other week I pointed out how John Granger had pointed out before Book 
5 came out that the titles of all the books relate to "Harry Potter 
and the {Christ Symbol by association or metaphor, etc.}"  Then we 
got Phoenix (traditional symbol because it is reborn) and Half-Blood 
Prince (too obvious), so that seemed to fit right in.  I tried to 
link to the web site where you can see more on his literary theories, 
but there was a problem with the site after I posted, so I didn't 
continue the discussion.  (It was hogwartsprofessor.com and had some 
of the essays up, though I recall the above from reading his actual 
books.)  (This symbolism would also seem to preclude Draco as 
HBP...)  

A.J.