Lusting After Snape

[festuco]

No: HPFGUIDX 129443


> Post 47924 Porphyria:

> > Of course what I tried to stress in saying that Snape is a cast-off 
> > animus (for you Jungians out there) is that he's exactly what women 
> > don't get to be. Snape isn't effeminate at all; he's tough, 
> > aggressive, competitive, hardnosed, unforgiving, exacting, etc. 
> > 
> > But on the other hand, there are some feminine (or yin) aspects to 
> > Snape's depiction, aren't there? For one thing, I find it 
> intriguing 
> > that his craft is the one most often associated with (female) 
> > witches; brewing in a cauldron, as opposed to the traditional 
> > depiction of wizards with their really big staffs. In fact, he 
> > disdains 'silly wand waving' (because of its overly phallic 
> > obviousness?), instead praising the 'subtle' art of potions with 
> > their more sneaky, devious ways (and feminine symbolism). Here I'm 
> > sort of smooshing together western "feminine" with "yin" which is 
> > also dark, negative, the color black, the night, etc. Still, I'm 
> > reminded of a remark of sydpad's from post #43029 where we were 
> also 
> > discussing Snape and wands vs. cauldrons:

Gerry

I wonder in what kind of society this Porphyria lives, that she has
such a stereotypical view of what woman can be or cannot be. 

As for the anima-animus rubbish: if you look at the associations a
society considers male or female you get an excellent look at what the
dominant gender considers attractive and worth attributing to
themselves. Feminine symbolism has nothing to dot with women, but is a
cultural pattern. 

As for the cauldron: I love potions because it is so much more
complicated than most other subjects. Waving a wand, saying the words,
not remotely as interesting as mixing together all kinds of
interesting plant and animal parts. Ofcourse in reality I would
probably hate potions because it is such an exact science, no room for
a bit of freewheeling.

Gerry