How other people can treat Snape? WAS: Re: Snape less comic?

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 150401

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, IreneMikhlin <irene_mikhlin at ...>
wrote:
>
>
> > 
> > Oh, and I heard Snape as Shylock analogy in the past, but never ever 
> > bought it.
> > 
> > Shylock is discriminated against by virtue of him being a jew only, 
> > Snape is NOT discriminated against as former DE, Dumbledore makes 
> > sure of it, deservingly or not.
> 

Irene:
> But was it just an empty prejudice against Shylock? Imagine yourself a 
> 15th century Christian. Here are these people, doing money-lending - 
> something your God considers Dark Magic, I mean, unforgivable, oops, I 
> mean forbidden.
> And they are not at all civil - imagine, you invite someone for dinner, 
> and he would not touch your food. Which is good enough for every honest 
> person. Even if you are very enlightened, and will inquire as to how he 
> prefers his food to be cooked, and promise to observe every rule -
still 
> he won't eat in your house. Obviously he considers your inferior, right?
> Oh, and if you are a believing 15th century Christian, then these
people 
> are responsible (or at best, contributed) for the death of your God and 
> they have never shown any remorse.
> 
> All that, and we still can't wholeheartedly consider Antonio and Portia 
> to be wonderful people. I wonder why.
> 
> Irene
>

Renee:
Because we're not the original audience and have 400 more years of
anti-Semitism behind us, culminating in WWII? 

To make your point, you'd have to show the original audience didn't
wholeheartedly consider Antonio and Portia wonderful figures.

Renee