Immortality: Does It Make Any Sense?
Oct 14th, 2009 |
At one level, the Harry Potter series is about a very old conflict, the conflict between fearless living, symbolized by Dumbledore on the one hand, and fearful grasping, symbolized by Voldemort on the other. It’s a conflict inside ourselves. Dumbledore and Voldemort are archetypal figures; each exists within us, I think. When Dumbledore calmly informs Voldemort that “there are things worse than death,” I cheer his courageous truth-telling, but I know that I cheer him on because there is a bit of Voldemort in me, grasping for the permanence of my ego, and needing Dumbledore’s dramatic lesson.
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