DH: The silver doe as Lily's patronus?+Lilly's eyes

[clio44a]

No: HPFGUIDX 172333

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bridgetteakabiit"
<bridgetteakabiit at ...> wrote:
>
> Clio
> > In DH 'The prince's tale' we learn Snape's patronus is the doe. In 'A
> > flaw in the plan' Harry tells Voldemort that Snape has the same
> > patronus as Lily Potter.
> > Odd. How does Harry know? 
>SNIP<

> My pressing question is: what was so important about Lily's eyes? I
> thought there was supposed to be some big huge important thing about
> how Harry had Lily's eyes. Dumbledore points out Harry's eyes to
> Snape, but I couldn't get anything more out of it, except maybe that's
> what encouraged Snape to help protect Harry?
> 
>SNIP<
> 
> I feel the book spent too much time describing them running and
> hiding, and should have spent more time explaining!
> 
> Bridgette
>


I wholeheartedly agree with your last sentence Bridgette. 
On Harry's eyes: I thought it was not Lily's eyes themselves that were
important, but the fact, that Harry has inherited them. That throught
all the James facade of Harry still a bit of Lily shines through. So
Lily's eyes are the constant reminder for Snape that Harry is Lily's
son, no matter how much he looks like James. It is like having tatooed
'my mother was Lily Evans' on his forehead. BTW, I found it one of the
most touching scenes in DH, that Snape's dying request is for Harry to
look at him. He virtually dies looking into Lily's eyes. (Talk of
obsessive love!) Twisted, but really sweet. 

On the doe: Of course it is obvious, that a doe as the stag's mate
symbolizes Lily. But does that necessarily mean that Lily had a doe
patronus? And btw what would that teach us after 30 years of feminism,
if Lily Potter defined herself over being the docile mate of someone
cool? 
And where does say about Snape's mindframe, if his patronus flashes at
him: Not yours!

Clio,
who loved the book, but hated the epilogue. Rosie (LoftR, anyone?) and
Scorpius? Give me a break!