Rowling and Macbeth

I daresay a number of you have found this already, and as I recall we talked about it, but I thought it was still interesting. :-)


"If neither boy [Harry or Neville] was pre-ordained before Voldemort’s attack to become his possible vanquisher, then the prophecy (like the one the witches make to Macbeth, if anyone has read the play of the same name) becomes the catalyst for a situation that would never have occurred if it had not been made. Harry is propelled into a terrifying position he might never have sought, while Neville remains the tantalizing ‘might-have-been.’"

--J.K. Rowling, FAQs, jkrowling.com