Character construction (Was: Re: DH as Christian Allegory)

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 174810

Nora wrote:
> I will happily admit that for myself, the nexus of issues surrounding
> Snape has been the most interesting to discuss, over the years.  But I
> don't think there's as much to him as Harry, by any means.


colebiancardi:

You are correct that Snape doesn't have a lot of printed time in the
whole series.  However, what we do get is, imho, more interesting and
riveting than any of the other characters, including Harry.   Which is
why we are all happily discussing Snape's character even after we know
his loyalities :)  

A great character, which JKR even admitted that Snape was a gift of a
character(too bad she didn't still think this in DH's, maybe she was
tired of him after HBP), doesn't need thousands of pages devoted to
him/her if written properly.  JKR wrote Snape properly in the books
(well, at least in the first 6 1/2 ones!!)  The Sacking of Severus
Snape was a great chapter to read and I was throughly let down
afterwards with The Tale of the Prince.   oh well.

but my point is sometimes it is quality, not quantity, that makes a
character wonderful to read about and I do think we know more about
Snape than Harry, quite frankly.   I don't know why Harry turned to
UC's.  I don't know what happened to the Love, which seemed to turn
into Remorse in the end.  

colebiancardi