Khác biệt giữa bản sửa đổi của “Harry Potter dành cho Muggle/Truyện/Hòn Đá Phù Thủy/Chương 15”
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== Analysis ==
As punishment, Harry and the others must enter the Forbidden Forest, a dark, dangerous, and foreboding place that is aptly named. The ancient forest contains many secrets, as well as the mysterious, deadly creatures that dwell within. And while a forest contains abundant life, death is always
Rowling uses the forest, the Centaurs, and the Unicorn to convey powerful symbolic meaning and imagery. In literature and western mythology, forests can represent the unknown, a wild spirit, the realm of birth, death, and resurrection, nature's secrets, and even the spiritual world. Unicorns symbolize purity, feminine chastity, morality, and other similar attributes. Harry, pure and innocent, has just entered a dark, frightening place, and he lacks any knowledge about it or its dangers. This parallels his journey into the wizard world, another unknown domain filled with unseen perils. Along both paths, Harry struggles to find his footing, occasionally stumbling as he moves forward. The hooded creature drinking the Unicorn's blood is likely tied to the Dark Lord, and this may foreshadow Harry's possibly confronting Voldemort later in the story, and throughout the series. While in the forest, Harry encounters death. And not just any death, but a creature that represents all that is good and pure has been slain by something entirely vile and evil. Ironically, this
The Centaurs that Harry encounters in the Forbidden Forest are mythological beings, half-human, half-horse, often symbolizing mankind's dual nature, with its lower, savage animalistic side frequently in conflict with higher reason and morality. This struggle between good and evil will be seen throughout the series, not only in the two warring factions (Death Eaters and the Order of the Phoenix) but also within individual characters who must choose to follow either a light or a dark path. The Centaurs seen here provide us small tidbits about their beliefs regarding humanity and wizard-kind. In particular, three Centaurs here clearly show that deep divisions exist among them, with Ronan and Bane advocating shunning humans altogether, while others such as Firenze are willing to set aside their opinions about "inferior races" for the general good of all. Firenze has apparently created a rift within his herd by rescuing Harry and threatening to fight evil alongside the humans. And though the Centaurs are able to see, dimly, into the future, their predictions are so vague and abstract as to be nearly nonsensical, at least to humans. They comment several times that the planet Mars is bright. Mars, being the Roman god of war, hints at a future conflict involving wizards, though Firenze's statement that he will fight alongside them indicates that he understands better than anyone that this growing evil may affect all magical creatures, not just wizards. The Centaurs have apparently foreseen and agree that Harry Potter will play some integral role in this approaching conflict.
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