Snape's parents

[littleleahstill]

No: HPFGUIDX 134729

Dave wrote:
>Okay -- We now know that Snape's father was a Muggle and his mum was
>Captain of the Hogwarts Gobstones Team. So why in Snape's memory
>(_OOP_, Am. Ed., top of P. 592) is she cowering while her Muggle
>husband shouts at her (as opposed to turning the domineering git 
into
>a yak)? Is it possibly Tom and Merope redux, and Snape Sr.
>is about to desert the family? Or are these not the people we
>assume they are?

Leah:

Dumbledore suggests in HBP that Merope's magic improved 
significantly once her abusive father was removed from the scene. 
The magic of Harry's abused childhood was also very under expressed 
compared with the exuberances of the Weasley children, even 
accepting the latter lived in a magical household.  So if this is a 
scene chez Snape, then I suspect it is the fact that her husband is 
a domineering git which is suppressing Eileen's powers. I wonder if 
JKR intends this as a reflection of the inability of many people in 
abusive relationships to remove themselves from the abuser? And I do 
think this is Snape's family because I think we are expected to see 
Snape/Voldemort paralells

Leah