SHIP-less Austen-Harry Potter Parallels

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "erisedstraeh2002 
<erisedstraeh2002 at y...>" <erisedstraeh2002 at y...> wrote:
> I can't resist jumping in on the discussion about Jane Austen-Harry 
> Potter parallels, but as I'm not much of a SHIP-per, I'd like to 
take 
> a different perspective.  
> 

Apart from the ones you mentioned, I tend to see the strongest JA 
parallels in the supporting players.  Petunia Dursley, for example, 
is almost a dead ringer for "Sense and Sensibility's" Lady Middleton 
(she wasn't in the film, if you're confused), especially in her 
generous praise of her holy terror of an offspring.  Lockheart seems 
equal parts John Thorpe and George Wickham, and Draco Malfoy would 
fit right in with Austen's snobbish characters.
Some of Rowling's narrative tends to have an Austenish air to it as 
well--the famous opening line of PS/SS strikes me as having the same 
sort of sly wink to it as the opening to "Pride and Prejudice."

~Christi, major Austen nut