Pride and Prejudice (it's OT, honest!)

[Anita Hillin]

No: HPFGUIDX 76546

I was rereading "Snape's Worst Memory" last night with great care, given the lively discussion I've been reading on this list.  As an avid (rabid) Jane Austen fan, I began to compare the James/Lily interaction with the proposal scene between Elizabeth and Darcy in P & P, and I was struck with the similarities.  James/Darcy is an arrogant, overconfident (not without reason) young man who is smitten with  Lily/Elizabeth, and he is rebuffed in no uncertain terms, to the point of saying "You are the last man I'd ever be interested in dating/marrying."  Both Lily and Elizabeth also base part of their dislike on the perceived wrongs James/Darcy have perpetrated on a seemingly innocent victim.  In Elizabeth's case, we discover the truth about the "victim;" what will we discover in James's case? 
 
Without venturing into Sirius/Bingly, Snape/Wickham territory, which is risky at best and foolhardy at worst (however tempting some comparisons may be), I wonder if we will continue to see some parallels.  After all, the end result does appear to be the same.  
 
akh



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