Essence Divided (WAS: Kreature/Snape)

[ghinghapuss]

No: HPFGUIDX 83158

AStrid said:
The comment sounds very much like a reference to that strange 
mystical poem
of Shakespeare¹s ŒLet the bird of loudest lay¹ also known as ŒThe 
Phoenix
and the Turtle. The concepts of essence and division are central to 
the
poem as a  whole. One verse goes:

So they loved as love in twain,
Had the essence but in one,
Two distincts, division none:
Number there in love was slain.

Sidney said:
Astrid, that is an AWESOME catch!  To really get into this 
discussion, here is the full text of the mysterious poem with some 
explanatory notes:  
http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poem1850.html

Now me:
I second that!  Interesting connection, I'm intrigued.  We know JKR 
is a fan of Shakespeare's, after all she has resurrected the names 
Hermione and Dorcus. Both form The Winter's Tale, as I'm sure you 
know, and I've been thinking about the relevance of that connection 
for a while.  I certainly believe that Rowling has set up a 
devastating love triangle between Harry, Hermione and Ron like the 
one in The Winter's Tale which I have mentioned in other posts. 
Haven't come up with a Dorcus connection yet....
Mandy