A threefold look at Voldemort: Literary (Shadow/Symbol of Evil), Psychological (Sociopath/Narcissistic Personality Disorder), and Ethical (Sinner/Moral Culpability).
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Pub Menu (previous posts/pubcasts on Voldemort):
- PubCast #14: The Psychology of Voldemort and Harry (with my wife, Tricia)
- The Suffering “Baby”
- Merope Gaunt and the Paradox of Evil and Choice
- Deathly Hallows Week, Day 2: Will Voldemort Die? (which contains some relevant analysis, even though the question itself is now settled)
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Loved this one! It might spawn a few posts for me as well.
Travis, that was excellent. Thanks so much for posting it. There is so much to think about with the nature of evil, how it’s represented in all the books, and you’ve brought out some very interesting parallels of characters and situations, and how it all works in the books, as well as how it applies to our own lives.
I can see why some said this was their favorite of the conference.
Pat
Great talk, I look forward to hearing the phoenix one. This is unrelated, but I thought you would find it interesting. It is an mp3 of a lecture by Peter Kreeft for the Maclaurin Insitute called 10 uncommon insights about evil in the Lord of the Rings. It is obviously not Potter related, but I thought there was a lot of crossover and I really enjoyed it. http://maclaurin.org/mp3s/maclaurin_institute__copyright_20032.mp3
Corey, Kreeft is great. I’m sure I’ll like the talk. Thanks for the link!
I thought your talk was brilliant. Very well done.