Thoughts on Severus: how does he fit in?

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 176765

  
> JP:
> That's a very valid point Janette, and seeing as how very British the 
novels are, its quite possibly that she (J.K.) pulled from older 
british novels.  I wouldn't discount the affect that globalization has 
had on the writing process, with so much accessibility to world 
literature in the past 20 years, it's also just as possible that the 
make-up of Snape be Japanese as well as British.  But I think it's far 
more possible to be Dickension here rather than Noh :P


Potioncat:
A while back---not sure if predated HBP or came out afterwards---there 
was a thread about hero-types as they applied to Harry and to Snape. 
The thread looked at literature throughout the ages.

It would be a good launching point for a new discussion if anyone could 
find it. There's also been discussion about the genres the HP books 
borrow from and how the characters fit into the roles of different 
genres.