Redemption of Malfoys. WAS:Hiding from Voldemort / Moral Relativism

[taramaya88]

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> >>Tara:
>> <snip> But after one has engaged in repeated acts of murder, torture, etc., surely the road back to the right path becomes increasingly difficult. <<

> >>Geoff:
>> But hopefully not impossible.
>> <snip>
>> Regarding Tara's remarks, again, I have argued in more than one previous post that a redeemed Draco is not impossible. I have quoted the example of Saul of Tarsus who followed the path of persecuting, imprisoning and, on occasions, consenting to the killing of the first Christians. However, after meeting with the risen Christ, he performed a volte-face and went on to become one of the greatest ever champions of the Christian faith. <<


Indeed, I would agree that a redeemed Draco is not impossible. My only point was that for a character to believably redeem himself, he must do something equal in either effort or sacrifice to prove his change of heart. A character who has achieved, for example, wealth,
honor, property and other perks from sucking up to evil all this time, must prove ready to give those things up. A character who has taken lives can only redeem himself with either working on it for the rest of his own life, or--the quick and dirty way beloved of stories for that reason--sacrifice his own life.

Consenting to the death of others is not the same as doing the honors oneself.

Tara

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