Comments on: Deathly Hallows: The Three Temptations of Christ?

By: E.

E. — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:12:30 +0000

After coming up with my own ideas of the hallows corresponding to the temptations I thought I’d search online to see if anyone else thought the same things. Your thoughts are close to mine, though I’d respectfully argue that you have two of the hallows/temptations reversed. The elder wand corresponds to the pinnacle of the temple, and the mountain corresponds to the invisibility cloak. However, I am happy to see that other’s also saw the hallows as the temptations. You can read my post about it all at http://lookingforgeorge.spaces.live.com

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finished! « what’s eating eric — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:15:24 +0000

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By: Richard Williams

Richard Williams — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:31:37 +0000

I think his observations are brilliant. It also occurred to me that Harry’s time alone before willingly sacrificing himself was that of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane.

By: Travis Prinzi

Travis Prinzi — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:14:06 +0000

Not at all, Carla. And just for the future, you always have my permission to use whatever you’d like from SoG.

By: Carla Lute

Carla Lute — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:53:07 +0000

Travis,

I really like this. I’m thinking about making a sort of master list of Biblical quotes/allusions/parallels for ChristnHp.org . Do you mind me borrowing from SoG?

By: Devi

Devi — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:49:57 +0000

I wonder how many days pass between Harry
s conscious decision to forego the Hallows and the final battle? 40, maybe? From March sometime (p 438 US) through “a few weeks” into April (p 510 US) into May (p 522 US)?

By: Danica

Danica — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:58:25 +0000

To connect Travis and christwords … if I remember correctly, Ron thought the wand was the best Hallow, Hermoine thought the cloak was and Harry thought it was the stone. Which corresponds to the physical, mental and emotional breakdown for the three characters that I think you are talking about.

By: Travis Prinzi

Travis Prinzi — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:25:13 +0000

Very interesting points, christswords. Wasn’t there a point in the book when all three stated what they thought the best of the Hallows was, and they all stated a different Hallow?

By: christswords

christswords — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:42:56 +0000

Like the idea and the temptations are key to understanding much of Christ’s words in the Gospels, and I think your analysis is correct, but for different reasons. The simplest way to see the temptations (and to parse them into Christ’s consistent use of symbols) are as physical temptation(bread), mental temptation (testing God), and emotional temptation(wealth and power). The wand is physical. The cloak is mental. The stone is emotional. This is pretty much the Ron, Hermione, and Harry break down as well.

The hardest of these to understand is the cloak as intellectual temptation, but in the book, invisibility is one of the two primary ways that the main characters gain key information. The other is Harry’s mental link to Voldy. Interestingly, in Christ’s words, hidden = spiritual or heavenly.

By: Deathly Hallows and the Three Temptations of Christ « Eating Words

Deathly Hallows and the Three Temptations of Christ « Eating Words — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:59:19 +0000

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