Lupin's resentment : An inside to Snape's resentment

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No: HPFGUIDX 94137

Nora wrote:
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> snip<
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> Lupin using Snape's first name, and Snape using Lupin's last name, 
> are double pronged.  On the one hand, it does have an element of 
> gentle provocation on Lupin's part, as I'm sure he knows Snape 
> doesn't care for it.  
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  In that light, Snape's 
> use of the last name is also something of a provocation, an 'I 
don't 
> consider you to be a colleague' and is, as such, somewhat 
insulting.


Potioncat:
I've always thought it was sad that the two people we've seen Snape 
call by first names are Igor who betrayed him and Draco who probably 
would too. (Although I had the impression that his use of Draco's 
name was a way of minipulating him.)

Along that line, in a general school setting, would it be the norm 
for some students to call each other by last names?  Or is that a 
way of showing dislike?

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