Significance of Names: Ginevra,

[pandrea100]

No: HPFGUIDX 104327

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "aboutthe1910s" 
<aboutthe1910s at y...> wrote:
> I've been thinking a lot about the significance of names lately,
> particularly the name Ginevra, as that's a relatively new piece of
> information.  Taking the name in context with the other Weasley's
> names, I'm assuming that, if there is an allusion here, the allusion
> is to Ginevra, the princess of Scotland from the opera Ariodante. 
> (The other only other real option I can think of would be the 
portrait
> by da Vinci.)  

There is a character called Ginevra in the book Villette by Charlotte 
Bronte.  I don't particularly see how it would be relevant though; 
she is a giddy snobbish flirty type.

Pandrea

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