Hermione's Jealousy (Was Ron & Jealousy)

[GRACE701 <grace701@yahoo.com>]

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 Jo Serenadust wrote:

>> I saw that quote too, and thought it might pop up soon ;->.
>> I don't think that anyone has said that Ron *never* experiences 
>> jealous feelings.  The perception that Dicentra debunked (IMO) in 
>> her "Rift" posts was that Ron's character is defined by jealousy 
>> demonstrated in the R/H fight in GoF.  I can see all 3 members of 
>> the trio exhibit jealousy in this book, but none of them suffer 
>> from  the "soul destroying, deadly-sin" sort of jealousy Ron has 
>> been accused of in the past.  I really don't think that JKR was 
>> indicating that sort of character flaw in the above quote.
 
Now do you really think that Hermione's jealous.  I *sometimes* 
interpret her "jealousy" to her becoming more conscious, politically 
*and* socially.  She realizes that Ron and Harry are wooed by the 
veelas; Ron's wanting to go to the Yule Ball with a real pretty girl 
and his silliness towards Fleur Delacour (I don't think I spelled 
that correctly).   

She is, of course, more mature than them and realizes that beauty 
comes from the inside.  At least I think she does, because we all 
remember her crush towards the goodlooking Lockhart.  Yet like every 
other girl she feels as though she's not pretty enough to get Ron's, 
or Harry's, attention.  Which makes us go back to square one with 
Hermione: her lack of self confidence.  

Greicy