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Kristine Plocher Illinois College Harry Potter and the Master of Death: Biblical Allusions and Death in J.K. Rowling’s Seven-Part Series “In fact, death and bereavement and what death means, I would say, is one of the central themes in all seven books” (How Harry 63-4). Spoken by J. K. Rowling these words refer to her unbelievably popular, seven-part book series, Harry Potter, and its overarching theme of death. Death is as essential to the series as magic; the story’s catalyst is Harry’s survival of the death curse that kills his parents and its conclusion is the death of the immortality-obsessed Lord Voldemort. Few would deny the overwhelming presence of death in the novels, but the books have often been scrutinized by religious groups claiming the series goes against biblical teachings. Yet, to acknowledge the death theme is to acknowledge the use of biblical references because closer inspection of the series reveals that Rowling’s central theme is undeniably rooted in Christian theology. Throughout Rowling’s great work, biblical allusions reinforce the theme of mastering death, specifically in reference to Harry and Lord Voldemort. Rowling’s ultimate hero and villain both attempt to “master” or “defeat” death, but to very different effects. Voldemort’s fear and hatred of death can be seen through his satanic development, while Harry’s emergence as a Christ figure at the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is due to his acceptance of what Dumbledore calls “the next great adventure” (SS 297). In Deathly Hallows, Harry and Hermione encounter the two most obvious biblical allusions while visiting his childhood home in Godric’s Hollow on Christmas Eve. While exploring the cemetery, Hermione discovers the headstone of Dumbledore’s mother and younger sister which includes the quote: “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” (DH 325). Though neither Harry nor Hermione acknowledge it, the quotation comes from the King James Version of Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount in 262
Matthew 6:21. On the Dumbledores’ grave it serves as a reminder that “there are consequences for trying to store up treasures on earth while not laying up treasures in heaven” (Neal 223). This idea is especially important when discussing Voldemort’s use of Horcruxes and Dumbledore’s temptation for power. Harry and Hermione discover another biblical quotation on Lily and James Potter’s grave, a quote from 1 Corinthians 15:26 that reads: “The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death” (DH 328). Seeing these words on his parents’ grave worries Harry, who thinks of “destroying” death as an idea Voldemort and his Death Eaters celebrate. Luckily Hermione explains “It doesn’t mean defeating death in the way the Death Eaters mean it…It means…living beyond death. Living after death” (328). Harry is not fully satisfied with her answer, insisting that his parents are dead beneath their feet, but readers familiar with the biblical passage understand Hermione’s meaning perfectly. Though Harry doesn’t see it, this reference is perhaps the most obvious of Rowling’s many hints about the series’ climactic end. Indeed, Rowling herself describes this quote as “the theme to the entire series” and once explained that she was glad no one has asked her to explain her religious beliefs in too much detail because “if [she talked] too freely about that [she thought] the intelligent reader, whether 10 or 60, [would] be able to guess [what was] coming in the book” (Duthie 32; Neal 226). She was right to be secretive; readers who know this reference would realize that it comes from one of Paul’s letters in which he explains that Christ defeated death through his resurrection which allows the faithful to hope for life after death (Neal 226). By placing the quote on his parents’ grave, Rowling foreshadows Harry’s Christly sacrifice and furthers her theme of mastering death. Defeating death could refer to Voldemort’s perverted attempts at immortality, but biblically literate readers know it also means accepting it as a natural part of life and a transition from one life to another. In this way, the quote and Harry’s negative reaction to it not only furthers Harry’s budding association with Christ, but also illustrates Voldemort’s anti-Christian attitude toward mortality. 263
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