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[Liz Widger]

No: HPFGUIDX 22276

Sorry about the cross-posting!

I was reading a JAG fanfiction today (I know you're already thinking what 
does this have to do with Harry Potter-I'm getting there!) and in it the 
mentioned the story of the Iliad and that when Helen was finally reunited 
with her husband they had a daughter named Hermione. So knowing how JK 
usually has reasons for naming the characters certain names (Krumm-german 
for crooked, Remus-the Roman myth of Romulus and Remus who were raised by a 
wolf) I decided to see if I could find out more. When I searched online I 
came up with an encyclopedia match of Hermione in a Shakespeare play. This 
got me really interested since JK has been known to use Shakespeare in the 
books before (Mandrakes are mentioned in MacBeth). Here's what the entry 
said: Hermione--queen of Sicilia and wife of Leontes in Shakespeare's The 
Winter's Tale. Hermione is a stable, warm-hearted wife and mother whose 
virtue is called into question only by her husband. Unlike Desdemona, 
another of Shakespeare's long-suffering victims of irrational jealousy, 
Hermionethought to be deadis brought to life at the play's conclusion.

Does anyone have any have ideas/theoris to what this could mean for our 
Hermione. I have a feeling it means something-I just don't know what....I'd 
love to hear anyone's theories so please share!
Liz

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