Hermione as mirror of Snape

[fleurmellor]

No: HPFGUIDX 38843

 I read the post about Neville as a mirror of Harry
> and found it 
> > really intresting and started to think of other
> characters in the 
> book 
> > and their mirrors. I started thinking about
> Hermione as a mirror of 
> > Snape.
> > What got me started on this was reading Snape's
> introductory 
> speach 
> > in PS/SS. I had read it loads of times but never
> really analysed 
> it. 
> > When I got to 'even stopper death' I realised the
> speach could be 
> read 
> > as a kind of Voldemorts wish list! for example
bewitching the> mind and > ensnaring 
> > the senses, exactly what he did with the Imperius
> curse to 
> control 
> > many of his minions, bottling fame and brewing
> glory- when  
> Harry 
> > spoke to Tom Riddle in COS he spoke of creating
the
> name voldemort 
> to 
> > be become greatest and most feared wizzard, and
finally, putting
> a stopper in 
> death 
> > is exactly what he strived to do when he went
> after the stone. 
> This list seems to be
> > is what Snape deems as the most important
> teachings of potions, a 
> > completely self surving list of power hungry
> wants. I then thought 
> > about what sort of list another person would
> compile to be the 
> best 
> > things about their chosen speciallity of magic,
and
> got round to 
> > thinking about Hermione and what a different brand
> of teacher she 
> > would make to Snape. I realised that Hermione is
> what Snape could 
> > have been if he used his intellegence positively
> instead of 
> > guardedly and selfishly. The crucial point for
> both of them is 
> when 
> > their lives where endangered and then saved, Snape
> by the Marauders 
> > and Hermione by Ron and Harry. Snape chose to
> think of what could 
> > have been, that he could have died and direct all
> of his hatred and biterness upon 
> > the |marauders, Hermione was greatfull she thought
> of her lucky 
> > escape, she used the experience to bond with Harry
> and Ron and 
> become 
> > friends with them. If Snape had became friends
with James after he saved him, he would be a very
different character! ( I think friends with Sirius
would be a bit too much to ask of him though!)
> > 
> > Snape is judgemental and Cliquey, he judges Harry
> as a bigheaded 
> > glory hunter before he has even spoke a word in
> his class, he even 
> > seems to hate him on first sight because of his
> parentage where as 
> he 
> > favours Slytherins reguardless of bahavior and
> aptetude to his 
> lessons
> > 
> > Hermione is Tollerent and enclusive, she has no
> preconcieved ideas 
> or 
> > prejdudices, she is outraged at the treatment of
> house elves which 
> no 
> > one else worries about because they are so happy
> with their poor 
> lot. 
> > She supports Hagrid when she finds out his mother
> is a giant, she 
> > knows that Lupin is a werewolf and covers up to
> protect him.
> > 
> > Hermione shares her knowledge with others and
> makes every effort 
> to 
> > help, she helps Neville time after time in
> potions, she helps 
> Hagrid 
> > prepare for Buckbeaks trial, she helps Harry
> with whatever his task of the moment is.
> > Snape is guarded and selective with his knowledge,
> he loves to 
> > exploit other peoples ignorance of potions
> (Neville) and is 
> furious 
> > when people help each other, he uses his knowledge
> spitefully, for 
> > instance when he sets werewolf homework for the
> DADA class 
> to 'out' 
> > lupin, Hermione uses her knowledge to help, Snape
to ridducle and harm.
> > 
> > Hermione creates unity, she is the peacemaker
> between Ron and 
> Harry, 
> > she organises and arranges.
> > 
> > Snape creates seperateness, he creates a gap
> batween Slytherin 
> pupils 
> > and Griffindor pupils by shameless favoritism, he
> splits up the trio 
> in 
> > his lesson more than once
> > 
> > Hermione rises above her more unfortunate
> physical attributes 
> (she 
> > is happy to live with her bushy hair rather than
> speand ages on it) 
> > she is un-phased by the Slytherin girls teasing
and
> the articles 
> that 
> > Rita Skleeter writes about her, she is comfortable
> with herself
> > Snapes greasy hair yellow teeth become the sum of
> him. His 
> > unpleasantness inside are manifested in his looks.

Hermione is fiercely loyal and would do anything for
her friends. Snape is a turncoat and a spy. he hasn't
even loyalty to Dumbledore, we see this when Draco
asks him if he will go for the position of headmaster
in COS when Dumbledore is removed. He smirks and looks
very pleased at this and takes no oppirtunity to
defend Dumbledore, can you imagine what loyal
Hermione would do in this position?

Snape and Hermione both came to the school prepared
with magical Knowledge for their first year, but
whereas 
Hermione had researched Hogwarts and some usefull
spells Snape had turned his energy to knowing more
curses than most 6th years according to Sirrius.

Hermione could easily be Snapes best student, she is
top of practically every other class she is in, but
instead he hates her from first meeting, branding her
a know it all, and why does he hate her? because she
is everything he will never be. 
Fleur
*:)*