DH and PS/SS

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 175528

Annemehr wrote:
> Talisman is the only one I know of who wrote such theories about
that *particular* patterning (not that I can be sure I haven't missed
something, of course).
> 
> The original such, she ended up calling "Goblet Theory" -- events
are mirrored in pairs of opposites in the books thusly: 1/7, 2/6, 3/5,
*and* furthermore, each mirrored pair is represented by a skewed, or
parodied, version in GoF.  Unfortunately, though the search function
has shown me a few oblique references to it, I can't find anywhere 
where she really expounds on it. <snip>

> I see that your examples involve things that are the *same* between
1 and 7, whereas Talisman's theory involves mirrored symmetry.  I'll
just point out that symmetry involves two main qualities, 1)a 
fundamental *sameness* between the two parts, but 2)they are reversed
 images of each other.  A mirror image looks just like you, except for
the one detail that right and left are reversed.  In some of my 
comments on your examples, I note where I see mirror-images.
<snip>
> I feel quite sure it was conscious -- there's just too much of it to 
> be otherwise.

Carol responds:
Leaving out GoF, a number of character arcs in DH mirror those in
SS/PS, notably Hagrid carrying Harry in his arms (and Hagrid on
Sirius's flying motorcycle, a nearly fatal "rescue" attempt) and my
favorite, Snape looking into Harry's eyes in SS/PS and Harry looking
into Snape's eyes in DH. Platform 9 3/4, though not a character,
reflects the state of the WW before VW 2 and after it. Ollivander and
Griphook reappear from book one as well.

All of these instances seem to be attempts to bring the plot threads
and character arcs full circle.

Carol, thinking about eyes in the series and realizing that Snape's
life would have been even shorter if his had been windows to his soul