persephone_kore: (Default)
[personal profile] persephone_kore

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1083935-2,00.html

So when someone interviewing her said that the HP books "are free of references to God" -- which is not really true, as both wizard and Muggle characters swear rather irreverently and we have St. Mungo and the Fat Friar as clear indications of Christian influence hanging around the cultural background -- Rowling responded, 'choosing her words slowly': "Um. I don't think they're that secular. But, obviously, Dumbledore is not Jesus."

Still, as references go... I was actually trying to contemplate the potential powers of the Hufflepuff cup when "Let this cup pass from me" popped into my mind. And that associates with taking on someone else's guilt.

Hrm.

Date: 2005-07-18 08:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sixth-light.livejournal.com
Not to mention the saving power of a sacrifice made for love, the evident belief in an afterlife, Dumbledore's words on resisting temptation...I wouldn't speculate on the specific religious beliefs of every character, but I would say that the background of these books is meant to be like that of modern Britain: increasingly secular to the outward eye, but still essentially Christian.

Date: 2005-07-18 01:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] persephone-kore.livejournal.com
Yeah, that's pretty much what I've been assuming.

In terms of plot speculation, I'm just wondering -- since I suspect there's something more to know about that potion -- whether it has anything to do with Dumbledore coming to mind as someone to tell us wasn't Jesus. *g*

Or it could have been just because he's the character people have most commonly suggested as a metaphor for God. Or, for that matter, to avoid anybody thinking the really freaky funeral with phoenix imagery would mean he was going to be up and around in a few days....

Profile

persephone_kore: (Default)
persephone_kore

January 2014

S M T W T F S
    1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031 

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Jul. 25th, 2025 05:03 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios