The Shrieking Shack and the Tower

Hagrid aussie_lol at yahoo.com.au
Tue Jul 11 15:50:44 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 155194

>"steven1965aaa" wrote:
>
> I guess this has been covered already but in re-reading POA 
> recently I was struck by the similarities between the scene 
> in the Shrieking Shack and the scene on the Tower in HBP.  For 
> example:
> 
> 1. Harry pointing wand at Sirius, hesitating and ultimately 
deciding 
> not to attempt to kill, like Draco in HBP.
> 2. Sound of someone coming up the stairs.
> 3. Lupin bursts into room his eyes sweeping over the scene, very 
> much like Snape in HBP.
> 4. Use of expelliarmus (sorry about the spelling).
> 5. Snape uses invisibility cloak.
> 6. Werewolves in both scenes.
> 7. I think (please help me on this) there are 7 people in each 
scene 
> (The Trio, Lupin, Sirius, Pettigrew, Snape = 7); (Harry, 
Dumbledore, 
> Draco, Snape, Greyback and the brother and sister death eater = 7)
> 8. Sirius has look of hate and revulsion at Pettigrew, like 
Snape's 
> look in HBP during AK.
> 9. People immobilized in both scenes (different method of course).
> 10. Snape's rant at Harry in the Shrieking Shack where he 
references 
> James closely mirrors in ALL CAPS his rant at Harry in the Flight 
of 
> the Prince where he references "your filty father".
>
aussie now:
#7. there was an 8th person on tower, but Harry stunned him.
#11. Listening to secrets. Harry on tower, and Snape in Shack. (I am 
putting together a list of things Snape heard while in Shack)
#12. Whomping Willow overhead at Shack and Death's Head above the 
tower.
#13. Things seen from afar with Map in POA and by Rosmerta in HBP
#14. Trelawney predicted both. 
#15. Faithful servant returned to LV after both
#16. Hagrid's pets attacked around the same time (Buckbeak and Fang)









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