Harry Potter: 10 Fascinating Hidden Meanings And Metaphors

1. Horcruxes Are Symbols Of Voldemort's Insecurities

With some of the most powerful magic that history had ever seen, Lord Voldemort split his soul into pieces, and placed these fragments into magical items. Voldemort picked these particular items as his horcruxes for a reason, but there's some fascinating insight into the Dark Lord's mind when you actually delve into the meaning behind these items.

The first part of his soul was stored in his diary, suggesting that his beliefs and opinions were integral to his character, but with the murder of his father, he stored a part of his soul in an heirloom from a pureblood family. Voldemort would then go onto place his soul in items of great relevance to great wizards, creating horcruxes from Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem and Salazar Slytherin's Locket among other things, before making a horcrux of his snake, Nagini. All this shows though, is that the half-blood Voldemort wanted to be considered a great wizard. He built his reputation on his controversial viewpoint, and as he spiralled out of control, he longed to be seen as a pureblood, legendary Parselmouth and among the greatest wizards ever to grace Hogwarts.

Perhaps most indicative of his insecurities though, he accidentally placed a part of his soul in Harry. It was his biggest fear to be defeated; admittedly though, he thought that Dumbledore was his biggest threat. It seems that when he created his horcruxes, we saw the true colours of Voldemort's soul, fear not exempt.

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