Love, Hate, Joy, Despair---the Greatest is Love

[willsonteam]

No: HPFGUIDX 190908

Not to be confused with, but inspired by a thread of a similar name---

There is love, hate and despair in this series, though I'm not sure we see much joy. All of them inspire or drive characters to do what they do--with good and bad outcomes.

There is the history of hatred between Muggles and Wizards,  hatred between Marauders and Snape, between Draco and Harry. There is Snape's despair at Lily's death, Lovegood's despair at Luna's kidnapping, the whole Wizarding World's despair at LV's reign. We see Harry's joy at discovering the WW, Remus's joy at having friends. Love, actually, is all around.

Love is a major theme of the series. It is, after all, Harry's love that saves the WW. JKR shows many types of love throughout her story--and warns about obsessive love.

What do you, kind readers, think of the different ways JKR depicts love? 

Is she right, in your opinion? 

How many examples of love do you see in the book? 

How does love and joy contrast with hate and despair?



Love,
Potioncat