Who Does this Sound Like to You?

Randy estesrandy at yahoo.com
Sun Apr 1 01:07:36 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 166966

 I found some descriptions of Envy from Greek mythology and other 
sources on the internet.  Who does this sound like to you?

"Envy never smiles, except at the sight of someone else's troubles.  
She never sleeps either, because she is too disturbed with wakeful 
cares.  She hates the success of others because at its sight she 
pines away.  She is herself her own punishment because as she gnaws 
she is herself gnawed."

"So Athena decided to visit Envy in her cave.  Her home, filthy with 
black gore, is hidden in a valley where no sun shines, and no breeze 
blows."

OVID

"ENVY is frustrated desire turned destructive.  Envy is what leads a 
child to break another child's favorite toy, or a boss to frustrate a 
talented employee.  In Amadeus, Salieri enacts a highly theatrical 
version of envy as he sets out to destroy Mozart for effortlessly 
writing music far greater than all Salieri's labors can produce.  
Impotent to attain the ideal, the envious person feels detructive 
toward it.  Like despair, envy derives from the separation of the 
person from the object of desire, combined with a sense that one is 
powerless to attain what is desired.  In envy, the urge to reach out 
becomes the urge to destroy."

"PHTHONOS was the god or spirit of jealousy and envy.  He was 
particularly associated with the jealous passions generated by love."


In Harry Potter ....

He lives in a dark place with snakes and has a sallow complexion.  He 
may have had passions for someone who he could not have, and is 
tortured by the memory of this lost love.  He never smiles except at 
the sight of someone else's troubles(like Harry's).  He wanders the 
halls at night ( he does not sleep well).

Someone else got all the attention and all the glory.  Someone else 
took something important away from him which he can never have.  He 
is now reminded of this every day by the son who looks just like the 
man who did this to him.

SEVERUS SNAPE ?

Just a thought...
RED EYE RANDY

My opinions are :

1.Quirrell was Pride (could not see himself as he truly was in mirror)
2. Lockhart was Greed ( wanted what others had done for his own)
3. Lupin was Sloth ( was slow to act due to his regrets about life)
4. Moody was Lust (for vengence and retribution)
5. Umbridge was Anger ( it seemed to bubble up to the surface)
6. Slughorn was Gluttony ( he drinks and eats to much)
7. Snape could be Envy ( he is bitter and resentful toward Harry?)

Or you could just make a case for Voldemort who seems to fit this 
description too.

What do you think?







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