One for Sorrow

Right--and I don't know if it can be over-simplified to be sexist or not. But I do think there's ultimately an imbalance when it comes to the male and female characters, even in cases where the female characters set things in motion. Merope, for instance, essentially started the whole story by doing something active, but even then she later died once Riddle was born, so her story was sealed off at that point. Lily died after giving Harry life, as did Mrs. Crouch die to give Barty Crouch a second life.