Harry Potter, from the story’s bad guy to the bad guy’s story

The connection between Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter is revealed over the course of increasingly nuanced and complex encounters. Beyond this specular relationship between the hero and his double, we are dealing with a dual infantile relationship that brings into play the monstrous fantasies of orphaned, bereaved, and traumatized babies. Voldemort is the object contained in Harry’s psychic crypt, and only the ethical sacrifice of the latter allows the fight against death to find a humanized solution.