[HPforGrownups] Re: Danger in designating an "Other" / Slytherins / DH as Christian Allegory

[Janette]

No: HPFGUIDX 174090

>
> SSSusan:
>
> Alas, the RoR scene during the Battle of Hogwarts erased any
> possibility of that (unless I'm misreading Draco there?).  I mean,
> he, Crabbe & Goyle there, trying to foil Harry, trying to capture
> him to take him to Voldemort?  This does seem like Draco willingly
> going along with the Dark Lord's plans. :(
>
> So I can see why this is a frustration, if you were expecting Draco
> to have taken his own reservations & hesitations to heart, DD's
> words on the tower to heart... because it didn't come to fruition.


montims:
let's put the RoR scen in context, through Draco's eyes.  We see in other
scenes how fond the Malfoy family is of each other.  Narcissa is prepared to
lie to LV in order to get into Hogwarts and find Draco.  Draco is no doubt
worried sick about his disarmed mother and father out in the Forest with the
DEs.  If he brings back Harry Potter, maybe they will again rise in favour.

And yet again - I wonder if we do know the truth about Draco's actions.  He
is there with Crabbe and Goyle, yes -  the pair who "'ung back... decided to
bring you to 'im".  Do we know that his time with Snape, the shock of DD's
death, and his subsequent insight into the realities of LV's violence didn't
change Malfoy?  Do we KNOW that he wasn't playing a watching game, like
Snape?  Crabbe starts the violence, and all we hear from Malfoy is not to
kill Harry - the Dark Lord wants him alive.  Just like Snape.  We are only
absorbing the scene through Harry's perception, and we know how we have been
misled throughout the series...


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