In the examples you give, even if the symbols have been dressed in modern terms, they are still validated. Luhrman didn't negate Shakespeare, he just highlighted his work in a new setting.
JKR has yet to validate any of the myths and symbols that she is using. Which means I don't trust anything she writes now. In HBP, she is playing with allusions to Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". But will she do justice to the Bard? In that story all the love pairs were thrown together with love potion lies. So is that what she is trying to convey with her pairs? Or is it just a really "kewl" element she threw in just to show she likes that play?
Yes, if a writer wants to negate the symbol, he/she must show where the allusion ends. You're right, JKR doesn't throw in the red arrow. Because she is so caught up in being a mystery writer. She has to have her clues. All she needs now is special guest star parts for Scooby Doo and Blue. As long as she's in that realm, why not include Sherlock Holmes? Maybe Sherlock is the "power he knows not". Guaranteed old Sherlock will have great speedballs to cook up for everyone when this story explores deeper thickets of confusion.
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Date: 2005-11-17 02:44 am (UTC)JKR has yet to validate any of the myths and symbols that she is using. Which means I don't trust anything she writes now. In HBP, she is playing with allusions to Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". But will she do justice to the Bard? In that story all the love pairs were thrown together with love potion lies. So is that what she is trying to convey with her pairs? Or is it just a really "kewl" element she threw in just to show she likes that play?
Yes, if a writer wants to negate the symbol, he/she must show where the allusion ends. You're right, JKR doesn't throw in the red arrow. Because she is so caught up in being a mystery writer. She has to have her clues. All she needs now is special guest star parts for Scooby Doo and Blue. As long as she's in that realm, why not include Sherlock Holmes? Maybe Sherlock is the "power he knows not". Guaranteed old Sherlock will have great speedballs to cook up for everyone when this story explores deeper thickets of confusion.