Not All Weasley's are Weasley's
hopping_hessien
bburkett at uiuc.edu
Sat Jun 19 19:32:34 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 102049
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Irene <irene_mikhlin at b...>
wrote:
> That's interesting, because I was reading Weasleys as an
impoverished
> nobility.
> The only thing I can base this feeling on is, strangely, Malfoys
attitude.
> Their animosity (Lucius to Arthur, Draco to Ron) is the sort of
> animosity you display to an equal.
I agree. Since they Weasleys are a pure-blood family (and pure
bloods seem to be the nobility of the Wizarding World) the Malfoys
no doubt see them as traitors to their class. I'm an American, but
from what I've read of (granted, Victorian) British society, class
betrayal was a very serious issue.
Bobbi (aka hopping hessien)
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