“It would have been a cop out to kill him,” J.K. Rowling says:
In many ways it would have been a neater ending to kill him. For sure, I knew that all along. felt that the books’ overriding message was that love is the most powerful force in this world. My model with Harry really was [...]
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Harry, War Hero
October 9th, 2008 — , Harry, Harry A History, J.K. Rowling interviews, Melissa Anelli book, death from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
Rowling, the Veil, and the Afterlife
September 26th, 2008 — , Melissa Anelli, Rowling on faith, Rowling on the afterlife, death from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
John Granger quotes a section of one of Melissa Anelli’s interviews with J.K. Rowling in which she talks about the veil and the afterlife:
But when they surround that veil [in Order of the Phoenix], I was trying to show that depending on their degree of skepticism or belief about what lay beyond - because Luna, [...]
Episode #83: Patterns in Potter - Deathly Hallows
July 1st, 2008 — , Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter, Patterns in Potter, Podcasts, aeschylus, death, faith, trust, william penn from harrypotterprogs@yahoo.com (Harry Potter Prognostications) @ Harry Potter Prognostications Podcast
We’re back for another action-packed episode of Patterns in Potter. This time, we take on the latest contender in the Harry Potter series, The Deathly Hallows. We begin with an analysis of the prologue, of both The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus, and William Penn’s More Fruits of Solitude. From there, we discuss the apparent connection to Chapters 2 and 3, [...]
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Family and Some Other Things…
April 9th, 2008 — , Fate and Choice, Harry, Voldemort, death, emotion, love, maturity from Dave the Longwinded @ The Hog's Head
by Dave
Last Wednesday, I found out my paternal grandfather passed away at the age of 88 at 7:30 that morning. My memories of him are sparse and fuzzy — tied to some history before my parents split. I have an odd affliction with memory; nothing serious mind you, just a strange dividing line [...]
Hog’s Head PubCast #44: Tolkien and Rowling on Death
February 14th, 2008 — , Gryffindor Common Room, JK Rowling, Podcasts, death, tolkien from Travis Prinzi @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head Pubcast - A Harry Potter Blog!
Tolkien and Rowling on death; Gandalf, Aragorn, Frodo death/resurrection; news and commentary
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Episode #58: Harry Potter Potpourri
November 21st, 2007 — Albus Dumbledore, Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter, Lord Voldemort, Podcasts, Severus Snape, afterlife, death, immortality, interviews, jkrowling, religion, souls, wiliam penn from harrypotterprogs@yahoo.com (Harry Potter Prognostications) @ Harry Potter Prognostications
The more interviews J.K. Rowling gives, the more show topics we get. This time, J.K. Rowling spoke with the Dutch newspaper Volksrant (not to be confused with Volkswagon or Voltron) and discussed many topics. Amongst them were the issues of life after death in the Harry Potter books, as well as more details [...]
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September 27th, 2007 — Deathly Hallows, Gryffindor Common Room, Hogwarts School of Literature, death from Dave the Longwinded @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast
by Dave
If a reader drops Deathly Hallows on the ground in expectation of the book opening to the literal center of its story, she will more than likely find Chapter 21, “The Tale of the Three Brothers”. Presented as a children’s story of three brothers attempting to cheat Death, Beadle the Bard’s tale narrates [...]
Voldemort and the Perversion of the Hero
September 18th, 2007 — Fate and Choice, Good vs. Evil, Harry, Hogwarts School of Literature, Severus Snape, Voldemort, death from Dave the Longwinded @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast
by Dave]
The heart of the classical Hero type drives towards some sacrifice — either in a quest for glory sometimes doomed from the start, or on the behalf of something judged “the greater good”. Classical epic heroes struggle against their humanity, often goaded by the self realization of their partial divinity. They hope [...]
Hog’s Head PubCast #33: The Meaning of the Phoenix
August 22nd, 2007 — Hogwarts School of Literature, Podcasts, Symbology, death from Travis Prinzi @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast
The Meaning of the Phoenix: Love’s Victory Over Death in Harry Potter
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The Meaning of the Phoenix, Prophecy 2007 Version
August 22nd, 2007 — Albus Dumbledore, Harry, Hogwarts School of Literature, Symbology, Voldemort, death from Travis Prinzi @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast
This essay is also available in audio form in PubCast #33.
From The Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the question of death has been explored in the pages of literature, not least in mythological works. There is hardly a more universal human experience than death, and its chilling finality has caused [...]
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The Suffering “Baby”
July 24th, 2007 — Deathly Hallows, Voldemort, death from Travis Prinzi @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast
Spoiler Alert!
“[Harry] recoiled. He had spotted the thing that was making the noises. It had the form of a small, naked child, curled on the ground, its skin raw and rough, flayed-looking, and it lay shuddering under a seat where it had been left, unwanted, stuffed out of sight, struggling for breath…. ‘You [...]
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July 6th, 2007 — Book7, John Granger, Theories, death from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
A few years ago before the publication of Book 6, I actually had the time to post my theories like everyone else. Over on the Leaky Lounge,the awesome Asphodel Wormwood made an offhand remark about Harry possibly being like Aeneas, and that sparked an …
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July 6th, 2007 — Book7, Rowling, death from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
There’s an interesting Associated Press article today on MSNBC where university profs have a go at the question of whether Harry will die or not. I’m with Philip Ray of Connecticut College who says “For Rowling to have put Harry Potter through all seve…
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