Etymology of Lupin's name (Was: The Names of the Books and the Teachers . .

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No: HPFGUIDX 148024

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Randy" <estesrandy at ...> wrote:
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> While you may not be interested in the allegorical exploration, I was 
> taught that studying the underlying themes and structure of 
> literature gave insight into the actions of the characters and the 
> plotline.
> 
> For instance, the jealous actions of Hermione in Book Six that so 
> many people find "out of character" could be explained by her need to 
> be praised (a form of greed) in her grades and in her reactions to 
> Harry in Potions class in this book.  

There is studying underlying themes and wishful thinking and fantasy.
When you want to link books to the seven sins, why suddenly link
jelousy to greed instead of seeing it as the expression of the sin of
envy? I'm sorry, but I think you can make up cases for every sin and
every virtue in every book and it will have nothing to do with true
themes, but everything with seeing what you want to see.

Gerry