Tragic Endings

I can't remember if I have officially stated these thoughts or whether they have been simply the underpinning of other thoughts I have made informally so I thought I would spell them out formally here, including a further conclusion I have reached on them. There has been much speculation on whether or not Harry will die in book 7 and I have been on the "no" side, especially in my official predictions. Travis over at Gryffindor's Sword has even had "Poll Troll" on the matter and he has also posted on JKR's comments that those who know the Christian story well will be able to make good guesses at the ending and Travis' own feeling (which is also my own) that this does not necessarily mean Harry will die (for one, it would seem more proper to Alchemy for the Golden soul to live after being brought about). Of Course, John Granger seems to come down on the side of Harry dying at the end. By the Way: I think it is great that Rowling is being more open about the Christian theme of the series, kind of simply put to all, "deal with it." For me, my thoughts have centered on the consideration that JKR does not seem to be doing a tragedy in the technical sense of the term (such as Shakespeare's plays falling into distinct categories such as Tragedies and Comedies), but I have come to some further conclusions on this. Although I still think it more likely that she will have Harry live (cf the title of the first chapter of the first book) I have to admit that having him die would still not make the series a formal "Tragedy" in the way that it would if the 4 houses were not reconciled through that death. NOTE: One cool aspect of Harry dying but at least part of my prediction coming true, that Snape is involved and dies with him after removing the scar horcrux with Sectum Sempra, is that it would be a pretty cool adaptation of the Biblical scene of Christ's death: The Salvific death of the savior, and dying on either side of him the good thief (Snape) and the bad thief (Voldemort). Granger has done a good exposition of how JKR is all about the classical formula of leading trios (in The Hidden Key To Harry Potter.)