[HPforGrownups] Re: SHIP: ?Emma?, Twists, and HBP

[AnitaKH]

No: HPFGUIDX 136742



templar1112002 <templar1112002 at yahoo.com> wrote:
[ruthless carnage on my own post, which may or may not bear repeating]

 
> Good authors purloin whatever works for them, and JKR couldn't steal from a better author, IMHO.  Whether your take or mine proves to be the case, I think you're onto something with the comparison.


**Marcela now:  The only objection I find with your reasoning here is that you're equating Mr.Knightley with Ginny, when in reality and according to the way the first five books were written, Hermione is this person.  

akh now:

I would never argue that JRK has written Ginny to resemble Mr. Knightly or any character in Jane Austen, frankly (I'm tempted to toss in a little Elizabeth Bennet, but I'll refrain).  I think if she's taken anything from "Emma" it's the plot point that a main character believes s/he understands his/her relationship with another character close to him/her, then discovers his/her true feelings through an incident involving another character.  Hmm, that's a little arcane, but the point is that the actions mirror a plot point in Emma, but the characters don't.  I agree with antoher poster that this plotline in Emma wouldn't withstand two books' worth of effort, so I'm suggesting the plot point was resolved within the covers of HBP.  If so, Ginny's our gal.

 

akh, who ought to be doing something with her Hermione-like hair, instead of posting


		
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