Of essence divided?
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elizabeth.lacey at international-brand-id-ltd.com
Sun Jun 25 18:43:04 UTC 2006
No: HPFGUIDX 154489
> distaiyi wrote:
> > <snip> "But in essence divided?"'
> >
> > This to me appears to bolster the argument that perhaps Nagini
> > is a horcrux for LV. If LV was not part of the snake how could
> > Harry see through the snake's eyes...
> Carol responds:
> Snape provided the explanation: Voldemort was possessing Nagini at
> the time. (OoP, the "Occlumency" chapter, IIRC.) So Harry sees
> through the snake's eyes and feels her urge to bite, but he also
> senses Voldemort's will guiding the snake. She (Nagini) is not
> supposed to bite the man (Mr. Weasley) until he wakes up and she
> has no choice. So the snake (Nagini) is "in essence divided"
> because she has her own mind and will, but she also has
> Voldemort's--rather like Quirrell, the man with two faces, who
> retains his own mind and will, however weakened that will may be,
> and is still capable of failing Voldemort or pleading with him.
Elizabeth:
Hello; the scene in DD's office refers to the smoke augury. The
smoke auguror puffs out some smoke which takes the shape of a
serpent's head, mouth wide open and DD murmurs "naturally." Is
there a shared nature between LV and Harry? The single smoke
serpent answers yes there is; they share a serpent nature, but
divided one nature, two essences. This is symbolism of Christ
both essessence both Divine and Both Human.
Harry is choosing Life over Death whereas LV is choosing the way
of death. It's about us muggles being double minded; Jo just isn't
telling a story about a boy who lived here, she is teaching us
about life and how our choices affect us and those around us.
You would have to read John Granger's book "Looking for God in
Harry Potter" to fully understand the methods of her writings
which is brillant.
See my website page:
http://www.thewandshoppe.org/LookingforGodinHarryPotter.html
I am putting up scanned pages of this work from my own copy.
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