Hermione's name

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Philip Nel <philnel at k...> wrote:
> Greetings:
> 
> The subject line of Joshua Dyal's post prompts me to note that 
Hermione's name comes from Shakespeare's _A Winter's Tale_: Hermione 
is believed dead (by many, at any rate) until what appears to be a 
statue of her comes to life (at the end of the play).  Another 
possible parallel with our friend Hermione (i.e., the Hermione of 
HP's world) is that Shakespeare's Hermione is unjustly accused.  In 
Shakespeare, she's unjustly accused of adultery; in Rowling, she's 
unjustly accused of
> two-timing Harry (in GoF).
> 
> I expect that these parallels have already been remarked upon, but 
there it is.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Phil



Yes, our rather facetious reference was to the fact that Shakespeare 
himself go the name from the daughter of Helen and Menelaus.  I 
wouldn't be surprised to see some parallels (minor) between Hermione 
of Shakespeare and Hermione of Rowlings (and very few if any between 
Hermione of Homer et al.) but I still suspect that Rowling just like 
the name rather than taking much more from the story than that.

Joshua Dyal