[HPforGrownups] Re: Characteristic Dialogue -- a case study

[Rowena Grunnion-Ffitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 28722

--- MMMfanfic at hotmail.com wrote:
> We have a discussion over at snape group about
> Snape's dialogue a 
> couple of months ago.  Some of us think that Snape's
> dialogues and 
> speech pattern noticeably changes if he doesn't know
> he's being 
> watched.  He tends to revert to a more colloquial
> sentences and 
> expressions and this may be a pointer to his
> possibly 'undesirable' 
> background.
> Is JKR  trying to tell us something or are we >
reading too much into it?

   With all due respect I think maybe you're reading
to much into it. The slight difference in speech
pattern does indicate he is 'onstage' when dealing
with students, playing a role, presenting a particular
kind of character; 'strict and sarcastic
schoolmaster'. Alone with other adults, especially
when under stress he relaxes into a less mannered more
natural speech. That's probably all there is to it. 

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