Wormtail's silver hand (was: Thoughts on Wormtail's activities in OOTP )

justcarol67 justcarol67 at yahoo.com
Tue Nov 11 01:03:43 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 84569

> Carol wrote:
> 
> > There is no solid evidence that he's a vampire... I don't mean to be
> > rude or dismissive, but I don't understand why anyone would want him
> > to be a vampire. What is the attraction of this theory?
> 
> Me:
> 
> I myself am not atttracted to the idea of Snape beng a vampire, and I 
> really hope he is not :-) The only "real" clue for him being a 
> vampire (or a "half vampire") is as I see it the interesting little 
> detail that Lupin assigned a vampire-essay to be written by the 
> class, after Snape had made them write an essay about werewolves 
> clearly wanting someone to discover Lupin's identity (the only one 
> who did was Hermione)... It could be Lupin's way of "getting back" at 
> Snape, and it might not. But it would be just like Rowling to leave a 
> clue like that in the text :-)
> 
> Berit


On the other hand, assigning a vampire essay would shift the focus
away from werewolves (and himself). Also the class may well have found
monsters on the level of hinkypunks rather mundane after reading about
werewolves (if anyone besides Hermione actually did the assignment. I
would have!) The assignment could throw the reader off the track as
well, making Snape's assignment seem like nothing more than an attempt
to discredit Lupin as a teacher who isn't pushing his students hard
enough (which is how Snape himself presented it). 

Anyway, if Lupin's assignment of a vampire essay is the only clue, I
think the theory is on pretty shaky ground. It looks like a red
herring to me.

Carol






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