In the very next chapter, only six pages later, Harry and Ginny are eating chocolate in the library, though eating in the library is strictly forbidden. When caught, Ginny says ingenuously, "I forgot' 19 just as Harry should have known better than to look in the Pensieve. Madam Pince's reaction once again closely resembles Snape's:.
Madam Pince was swooping down upon them, her shriveled face contorted with rage. And whipping out her wand, she caused Harry's books, bag, and ink bottle to chase him and Ginny from the library, whacking them repeatedly over the head as they ran. Madam Pince is also raging, telling Harry to get out, having something fly behind and hit, in this case Harry's head.
Harry and Ginny are both running, just as Harry did from Snape. Quite amusing as well is the fact that Snape throws cockroaches and Harry and Ginny are eating chocolate: sounds like the making of a Cockroach Cluster to me.
If we aren't meant to see the connection there, I'd be very surprised. There are lots of little things as well that, upon reflection, seem to stand out. Both Snape and Pince have the tendency to "swoop. Madam Pince demands "respect" for the books checked out of the library, and if Snape doesn't want respect " Professor Snape, Harry" 22 , who does?
They both are familiar with Muggle items: in Sorcerer's Stone , she "brandished" a feather duster at Harry; while in Chamber of Secrets, Snape makes reference to a matchbox. The Nose. It seems that the one thing that doesn't really follow is Madam Pince's nose. From Snape's memory in the fifth book we see a hook-nosed man yelling at a cowering woman. It appears these two people are his parents. Eileen Prince's nose is not described as hook-nosed any time she has been mentioned.
Snape certainly has always been described that way, from the very first book, he has been described with "greasy black hair, a hooked nose, and sallow skin. After five books her physical description suddenly includes something so quintessentially Snape.
Now we learn about Eileen Prince, now we can make the connection between Pince and Prince. Logically, there has to be evidence that they are one and the same person. Acting like Snape is significant, but the reader must be able to see the evidence as well. Once Snape went to beak-like and Madam Pince went to hook-nosed, their lines of distinction overlapped. So while Eileen Prince is in hiding in the library, she acquires a slight resemblance to her son.
We have never seen the two of them together. Perhaps Hermione would have been the one to work that out, if given the opportunity. I suspect she might be the one who does it in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Argus Filch. Argus Filch seems to be nearly the only person Snape can get along with on a regular basis. No doubt part of that is because they have similar feelings about punishing recalcitrant students.
In Sorcerer's Stone , Snape takes from Harry the library's copy of Quidditch Through the Ages , telling him he isn't allowed to take library books outside. Harry later goes to retrieve the book from Snape and comes across Filch passing Snape bandages for his injured leg. At the time, it was more important to realize Snape must have been "up to something" 28 rather than noticing that Snape was depending on Filch, of all people, to help him tend his wounds. Snape doesn't seem the type to ask for help from anyone.
Filch reports to Snape about goings-on in the castle late at night, including Harry's foray into the restricted section of the library. Why even mention them in the same sentence? Because we are meant to start putting these anvil-sized clues together.
While it's true that Filch showed pleasure in Umbridge's reign at Hogwarts, his relationships with both Snape and Madam Pince both show hints of something more that just cranky insistence on following the rules. Filch escorts Madam Pince to Dumbledore's funeral. Considering how completely Madam Pince appears to be cut off from everyone else at Hogwarts, this shows that isn't completely true.
It is hard to imagine Filch, on the spur of the moment, having an altruistic compulsion to see whether Madam Pince wanted an escort to the funeral.
That would be much more generous display than I would have ever believed possible from him. A Little Background Music. As someone who researched name meanings for my own children, I fully understand Rowling's desire to use them to their maximum worth.
Remus Lupin tells us about him in just two words. The same is true of Dolores Umbridge. Rowling explained: "I just can't move on until I know I've called them the right thing. The name Irma comes from German. It means "entire, whole, universal,complete. Could he have made the offer to Snape and hidden his mother Eileen at Hogwarts? Eileen can be the Irish form of the name Helen, which means "torchlight" in Greek.
Whereas "bird" reflects what I believe Snape's patronus would be, which is the Augurey, the Irish Phoenix. Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, is the patron saint of converts, difficult marriages and divorced people, as well as empresses. Helena's husband left her for someone he thought would make a more successful match, but her son stayed loyal to her. Snape immediately fled, dueling Harry on the way but not hurting him. It is unknown which side Snape is truly on in the war, and is debatable whether or not he promised Dumbledore he wouldn't compromise his position as a spy and kill him if he had to.
Search the original records. Family Tree Preview Ancestry Chart. Family History :. Family Events Statistics. Visitor Guest Admin. Sometime throughout her life, Eileen married a Muggle man named Tobias Snape , with whom she had a child, Severus ; the Daily Prophet ran a small announcement about the marriage and birth [1].
However, the marriage went sour, with Tobias shouting one day at Eileen as she cowered in fear, while their son wept in a quiet corner; this seemingly was a frequent occurence [3]. When her son went to Hogwarts for his first year, Eileen accompanied him to Platform Nine and Three Quarters, looking grave and serious the way her son would go on to appear in adulthood [2].
Eileen was described, in her later life, as a thin, sallow-faced and sour-looking woman [2]. She was said to have greatly resembled her son, perhaps referring to his black hair and eyes [2]. Though we don't learn their names, it is implied that these are Snape's parents. We learn about Eileen at the end of the book. Hermione shows Harry and Ron some old Daily Prophet articles featuring an announcement that Eileen married the Muggle Tobias Snape, and one about how she had given birth to Severus.
It is also stated that she was the original owner of Snape's potions book. Based on what we see in Snape's memories, Eileen and Tobias didn't seem to have a happy marriage.
Judging by the way she was cowering while he yelled at her, Tobias may have been abusive or at least highly unpleasant.
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