Sunday, July 03, 2005
2. The Hat, the Sword and the Stone
In Book Two of the Harry Potter series, “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, Harry pulls Godric Gryffindor’s sword out of the sorting hat. This is a direct reference to the young Arthur, “the once and future king”, pulling Excalibur from the stone.Harry in this book is for a long time suspected of being the Heir of Slytherin and even suspects it himself. He discovers in due course that he isn’t. Dumbledore tells Harry that only a true Gryffindor could have produced the sword. In fact, maybe you don’t just have to be a true Gryffindor, but rather the one true Gryffindor: the Heir of Gryffindor. The Harry Potter series as a whole centres upon a main theme of Good versus Evil, and so clearly for the purposes of literary symmetry, the existence of an Heir of Slytherin requires the existence of an Heir of Gryffindor. Referring back to the legend of Arthur then allows us to predict that the Heirs of Gryffindor and Slytherin will meet in a final battle in the same way that Arthur is involved in one final confrontation with Mordred.
Lots more to come on HP from Nahs & Nai including the identity of THBP....just watch this blog!
Rite of passage 1: Arthur pulls Excalibur from the stone.
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