After reading this, I remembered reading or hearing another analysis of the scene in GoF (Ch. 18) and went back and re-read it. Snape is a teacher and comes upon a fight in the hall where damage has been done by magic. This is a rule that is stated every year at the opening feast - no magic in the halls. He looks at the players and asks for an explanation. Malfoy accuses Harry of attacking him and points out Goyle with spell damage - Snape sends him to the hospital wing. Then Harry says, more truthfully, we attacked each other and points out Hermione. Snape looks at her, with an equal amount of spell damage to her face (Goyle had boils on his face) and says "I see no difference." Therefore, the scene can also be read, rather than Snape saying that Hermione's teeth now look the same as they used to, that he sees no difference in the severity of the attacks. A very different message, though we're meant to see this, through the Harry filter, as a specific unwarranted attack on Hermione.
As for the Neville and Tonks statements - well, the one on Trevor is cruel and I really have to go back and look at that one again. The one with Tonks, I see your point and agree with most of it, as I think Lupin is weak and dangerous, as well. It's been hinted that Tonks isn't Tonks at all, but Lupin under polyjuice, and her patronus thus hasn't changed. Farfetched, but not impossible.
Also, JKR has stated on her website that Tonks is in Hufflepuff. One of the questions in the FAQ section. I think she put that up since Jan 07. Takes after her dad. Hard to see clumsy Tonks succeeding in potions enough to get a NEWT.
I'm just catching up to all of these essays, which is why you're getting an answer over a year later. Just three weeks, now! You might enjoy reading my first stab at an essay on my new LJ. Not nearly ready for prime time (hp_essays), and I'm working on a revision, now.
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I see no difference
Date: 2007-07-02 01:31 am (UTC)As for the Neville and Tonks statements - well, the one on Trevor is cruel and I really have to go back and look at that one again. The one with Tonks, I see your point and agree with most of it, as I think Lupin is weak and dangerous, as well. It's been hinted that Tonks isn't Tonks at all, but Lupin under polyjuice, and her patronus thus hasn't changed. Farfetched, but not impossible.
Also, JKR has stated on her website that Tonks is in Hufflepuff. One of the questions in the FAQ section. I think she put that up since Jan 07. Takes after her dad. Hard to see clumsy Tonks succeeding in potions enough to get a NEWT.
I'm just catching up to all of these essays, which is why you're getting an answer over a year later. Just three weeks, now! You might enjoy reading my first stab at an essay on my new LJ. Not nearly ready for prime time (hp_essays), and I'm working on a revision, now.