The Snape debate

[annemehr]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at ...> wrote:
 
> CW:
> > 1.Severus Snape – general character studies
> > 2.Young Snape & MWPP
> > 3.Who is Snape working for?
> > 4.Snape & love
> > 5.Vampire/bat/animagus!Snape 
> > 6. Snape + Harry 
> > 7. Snape + teaching style
> > 8. Snape as a literary construct/character
> 
> Jen: Could 1 & 8 go together? Maybe we could call number 3 'Snape's 
> loyalty'?

Anne:
The two are actually quite different. Category 1 is for examining his
character from within the story -- e.g. is he emotional, evil, nasty,
poetic, prejudiced?  Category 8 is more for literary criticism --
what's his function in the narrative? Is he a Byronic hero?  Things
like that, looking from without.

Anne