Just for Fun was Re: Why RAB should be Regulus Black

[Randy]

No: HPFGUIDX 153343

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Randy" <estesrandy at ...> wrote:
>
> I know this has been discussed and is no longer a mystery to most 
> people, but there is another reason why RAB is probably Regulus 
Black.
> 
> Regulus is Latin for Prince (or Little King) , and Regulus Black 
would 
> be the Black Prince.  If you remember the Chess board from the 
first 
> Book in the Chapter called "Through the Trapdoor", Harry,Ron and 
> Hermione become chess pieces for the Black side.  Ron becomes a 
Knight 
> and Harry becomes a Bishop and Hermione becomes a castle (or Rook).
> 
> In other words, the threesome perform service for the Black King.  
In 
> fact Ron says:
> 
> "I suppose we've got to take the place of three of the black 
pieces..."
> 
> As an analogy, Harry takes on the role that Regulus Black started 
to 
> destroy the Horcruxes of Voldemort.
> 
> 
> The other interesting analogy for Regulus Black is that Regulus is 
a 
> bright double star in the constellation of Leo (the Lion).  This 
ties 
> nicely with Griffindor and the Lion symbol.
> 
> I think JKR likes to use names for symbols.
> 
> Randy
>


Just for Fun......

If you take the chessboard analogy a little further, you could 
speculate about book seven.

Harry is a Bishop which serves as an authority over the church (in 
sucession to the Apostles).  Given the title of Bishop, you could 
refer to him as a Chosen One.

Ron is a Knight which serves allegiance to a King (or a champion to 
a fair Lady like Hermione).  He performs military duties to defend 
his sovereign.  In the story he sacrifices himself, so that Harry 
may go on to defeat the White King.  When I say he sacrifices 
himself, he knowingly moves to a square that must be taken by the 
white pieces.  This allows Harry to move to checkmate.  I believe 
Dumbledore has just done the same thing at the end of Book Six.
I think a trap has been set for Voldemort just like the chessboard 
maneuver.  

Another analogy for this trap setting is spiders.  Not only did 
Snape make a vow at Spinner's End, Aragog the spider died.  When 
Dumbledore takes Harry to Ron's house, he is covered with little 
spiders in the shed.  Spiders spin webs which are in essence traps 
set for other insects.  

The spider references have been in these books since the first 
book.  In Chapter Two of Book One:  "Harry was used to spiders, 
because the cupboard under the stairs was full of them, and that was 
where he slept."

I really think these silly analogies are not just coincidences.  I 
think JKR gets mischievous delight out of making little comments and 
references throughout the books that have a second meaning.  If I 
spent 3 years writing a plotline for seven books, and I knew the 
ending before the first one was published, that is exactly what I 
would do.  I think she plans to have a nice discussion of all of 
these after the books are finished.

Randy