Lupin's vampire essay

[Berit Jakobsen]

No: HPFGUIDX 89761

Pippin wrote:
I don't follow this. Snape must doubt that anyone will identify 
Lupin from the syllabus alone--it never happened in all the years 
they were students. So mostly he is messing with Lupin's head 
when he assigns the essay. 

Berit replies:

Well, maybe not according to canon:

Quote: "'[Hermione shouting] He's a werewolf!'
...[Lupin] turned to Hermione and said, 'How long have you known?'
'Ages,' Hermione whispered. 'Since I did Professor Snape's essay...'
'He'll be delighted,' said Lupin coolly. 'He set that essay hoping 
someone would realise what my symptoms meant. Did you check the lunar 
chart and realise that I was always ill at the full moon? Or did you 
realise that the boggart changed into the moon when it saw me?
'Both.' Hermione said quietly.
Lupin forced a laugh.
'You're the cleverest witch of your age I've ever met, Hermione.'" 
(PoA p. 253 UK Ed.).

Now, more students might have come to realise what Lupin were, too, 
but they never did that easay because when Lupin was back in class he 
told them they didn't have to do it. Hermione was the only one who 
had already done it... In other words: Snape could count on Hermione 
finding out. What Snape didn't foresee, was that the student who 
found out, kept it to herself out of loyalty... :-))

Berit
http://home.no.net/berjakob/snape.html