| Sirius Black: “I
expect you’re tired of hearing
this, but you look so much like your
father. Except, your eyes. You have…”
Harry Potter: “My Mother’s
eyes.”
PRISONER OF AZKABAN DVD. SCENE 32.
Does that dialogue strike you as odd?
The short conversation Sirius Black
and Harry Potter have together after
Harry and Hermione Granger save Sirius
from going back to Azkaban prison? The
words, “my mother’s eyes.”
Harry receives those same words countless
times from nearly everybody that knew
Lily and James Potter. “You have
your mother’s eyes.” Throughout
the nearly completed series of J.K Rowling’s
acclaimed series yet; Harry Potter;
the colour green is mentioned in so
many ways. But the most common aspect
green is mentioned, is due to the fact
of Harry’s relationship between
his mother Lily Potter. They both share
the same coloured eyes. Green.
But where did Lily inherit her eyes
from? Did she already have her own green
eyes or did she, like Harry, inherit
them from someone down the line of Lily’s
family tree? These are very few questions
that need to be answered regarding the
colour of Harry’s eyes and his
strong relationship of love between
himself and his mother.
Lily, having green eyes and passing
the genes onto Harry, just shows the
only genetic relation between mother
and son. Harry looks very much like
his father, (which is also very much
mentioned) but those aspects don’t
seem to be that relevant. Why? Well,
because they just don’t show a
common path or link to the plot of Harry’s
green eyes. Thus then leads to the assumption
that Lily genetically passed her green
eyes to Harry as a sign of protection.
Of course we all know that Voldemort
can’t touch Harry while at Privet
Drive or even come near him while Harry
is still under the roof of his Aunt
and Uncle, but when Harry is faced against
Voldemort, Harry just seems to have
the strength to retaliate with a force.
Not because of his looks from his father,
but due to the fact that Harry inherited
his green eyes from his mother and one
thing that Harry can never lose or even
have taken away from – his mother’s
love. Harry sees his mother’s
love through his inherited green eyes.
That gives Harry the will power to always
defeat Voldemort.
Green, being the colour of evil in
the Harry Potter books, may just not
have an affect on Harry. Because as
we all know, Harry isn’t evil.
Voldemort is! But the strange thing
is that Voldemort has red eyes. Harry
has green. What a difference! Red can
also mean the colour of evil, but in
the Harry Potter series, it doesn’t
seem that way. Look at the colour of
Slytherin. I am not saying Harry is
evil, (and I’m sure everyone will
agree with me), we all know who is.
However, to me, the colour of Harry’s
and Voldemort’s eyes seem that
it should be the other way around. Harry
with red eyes, I agree, it doesn’t
sound right, but on the other hand Voldemort
with green eyes does sound right. So
to me, are both Harry and Voldemort
in the right ancestry or do they both
belong with the colour in their eyes
they have now?
Voldemort has red eyes. Were they
his initial colour or could he have
possibly been green before he was Voldemort?
Green eyes as Tom Riddle in Slytherin?
That question no one knows as such.
And not even for myself can I work it
out. But it is a possibility that maybe
Voldemort did have green eyes because
when he was Tom Riddle he was in Slytherin.
Now, don’t get confused that I’m
saying everyone in Slytherin house should
have green eyes, but it strikes me as
odd that I do think Voldemort did have
green eyes previously as Tom Riddle,
mainly due to the fact that he would
have be making himself look like Harry
in the sense that possibly some sort
of relation to Lily. Very strange thought
though, but I felt it had to be said
somewhere.
As we all know, Slytherin house is
green and Gryffindor house is red. Harry
has green eyes and Voldemort has red.
But why do both have each other’s
houses’ colour in their eyes and
not their own house colour in their
own eyes? It always comes back to the
eyes, doesn’t it? Yes. The ancestry
or the inheritance. Which to believe
or trust that Harry may just have some
Slytherin in him because eof his inherited
green eyes or that Voldemort has some
Gryffindor in himself due to the redness
in his eyes. I’m not really sure
on that part, but I am convinced that
Harry with green eyes and Voldemort
with red, have some sort of power in
that they can both repair the fight
between Godric Gryffindor and Salazar
Slytherin had when all started to break
lose fifty years ago.
With all that has been discussed due
to the fact that Harry has his mother’s
eyes, it has bow led me to believe that
Harry will find out more about his parents
and the obvious accusation that yes,
Harry does have his mother’s eyes,
but does Lily have a long ancestry that
explains the colour in both Harry’s
and Voldemort’s eyes? |
