Spinner's End ---- From a different perspective

[lealess]

No: HPFGUIDX 143769

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> 
wrote:
>
> 
> Ceridwen:
> Back to spiders and spinners.  <SNIP> There's a lot of spider 
> imagery in HBP, not to mention the actual appearance of the late
> Aragog...
> 
> Potioncat:
> In OoP young Snape is compared to a spider.
>

He was also called "stringy, pallid ... like a plant kept in the 
dark," which reminded me of a neglected spider plant (seen too 
many of those).

It may be farfetched, but I think spiders may be part of the reason 
Hagrid has trusted Snape -- just a hunch I have.  I wonder if Aragog 
will figure in the next book.  Slughorn was certainly anxious to get 
his venom, enough to let down his guard.  And the Acromantula, while 
venomous and anti-social (and wizard-created), is also the mortal 
enemy of the Basilisk, according to the entry in Wikipedia, 
referencing Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

lealess