Snape's greasy hair

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No: HPFGUIDX 107141

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sad1199" <sad1199 at y...> wrote:
> sad1199 says: In the world of hair, greasy and oily mean the same 
> thing. It kind of depends on where you live. Like, where I live we 
> say 'soda' and where my ex lives they say 'pop'. Also, JKR is what is 
> called a definitve descriptive writer. Which means that her 
> descriptions are very definite and unchanging. 1. Harry's untidy hair 
> and glasses. 2. Hermione's bushy hair. 3. Ron's red hair and slightly 
> squashed nose. 4. Crookshanks' ginger color. She uses the same words 
> to define her characters so that is how you think of them 
> immediately. If someone says to you Harry Potter, you think young 
> wizard with glasses and black untidy hair. When you think of Snape, 
> it's the same thing only dark, greasy hair. This gives Harry young 
> hero appeal and Snape not so nice appeal. I don't think that her 
> description of Snape's hair has anything other than that to do with 
> his character. Like, I have said before, he might resent Harry being 
> his father's son but he has held true for him since the story 
> started. As for being a spy, he's loyalties obviously lie with 
> Dumbledore and Harry as he had has many opportunities to use his 
> position and knowledge against them. Such as, he made the werewolf 
> potion for Remus because Dumbledore told/asked him to. One more thing 
> could someone please tell me where it is written that Snape is 
> friends with Lucious Malfoy? I need to read that again.   sad1199

Sue:

Nice post! I agree, too - sort of like in the Iliad and Odyssey, where the sea is 
always wine-dark and the ships are swift whether they're actually sailing or 
not, and Nestor is always wise, etc. And as you say, it has to do with the 
character's appeal ... Ever noticed that while Snape's nose is "hooked" 
Dumbledore's is "crooked"? You're supposed to feel affection for Dumbledore 
and a long, crooked nose sounds more lovable than hooked. If Snape was 
meant to be the hero, his nose would be aquiline.


To answer your question, I think in OOTP, Umbridge says that Lucius Malfoy 
speaks very highly of Snape, i.e. she's surprised that he doesn't seem to be 
on her side...