Resolutions/ Draco

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 183514

> Jen: Your line of thinking reminded me of another option, one 
readers 
> who've said the story is more Christian allegory than anything else 
> have proposed:  That the sun is really the Son, whose polyjuice 
> potion turns 'bright, clear gold' and who is accused of '[wearing] 
> that scar like a crown.' (DH, p. 130)  Harry, the only one with the 
> power to vanquish the Dark Lord, would be intended as somewhat more 
> than a man then.  JKR definitely scattered more Christian symbolism 
> in DH than prior books.  

a_svirn:
I think reading it as Christian allegory is rather misleading (even 
if Rowling herself responsible for any such ambiguities). Christ 
wasn't a hero or a superman, was he? He didn't fight any celestial 
battles (that had been Archangel Michael's job) or any other battles 
with Satan for that matter. (Well, there is Book of Revelation, but 
since it is about the end of the world it doesn't seem to apply 
here.) His mission was to vicariously atone for the original sin, not 
to save the world as it was known. The hero fighting the evil and 
saving the world is more common for *pre-* Christian mythologies than 
for Christianity. Harry and Voldemort's battle has in fact more 
similarities with Marduk overcoming Tiamat, or Thor killing 
Jormungandr etc. But yes, this is more in keeping with mythological 
worldview than with "historical" one, so to speak. 


> Jen: And if this is the authorial intent, then my 
> next thought is she never needed more than a handful of secondary 
> characters to begin with.  

a_svirn:
Well, yes. I mean she is very good at coming up with subplots and 
secondary characters, but in DH where the grand scheme of things was 
to be revealed at last these characters suddenly became redundant. No 
wonder she killed them off in droves. 
a_svirn.