Analysis Index
Where I muse about what makes Snape alluring.

General Snape Articles
~Astrological Sign : How much an astrological sign tells about a person.
~Draco \ Snape: A little spiel about why/whynot Draco is favored by Snape
~First Impressions of Snape in OotP : VERY first impressions of my feelings after reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for the first time
~Fallacious Reasoning: Snape is said to be a master logician. Yet he uses much 'pseudo' logic.
~Favorite Quotes from OotP: Self- explanatory
~Handwriting Analysis: Does Snape's 'spiky D' mean something? See here.
~Melancholic Snape: A classification of Snape based on Galen's Four humors
~Physical Features Analysis: Here I delve into what Snape billowing robes and long hair can say about his psychological state
~Sarcastic Snape : Snape *isn't* sarcastic. Really.
~Snape VS The Staff: A little comparison as to how Snape treats his coworkers
~Tarot Comparison : Snape as a Tarot card?
~The Harry \ Snape relationship: A special analysis of the Snape \ Harry relationship as it progresses throughout the series.
~Translated Snape: Snape's first speech....in many different languages!
~The Uncertainty Principle: Realise that there is nothing sure about Snape.....
~Visitor's Comments : Some of the longer, more detailed comments I've gotten about some of the ideas I've posed on the site.
~Walk the Walk: Snape has a distinctive walk...this looks into the motivation behind such movement
~What Rowling Says: A collection of interview quotes that Rowling has said about Snape

Rickman's Snape
~Sorceror's Stone Movie Review : An analysis, scene-by-scene, of what Rickman does with Snape's character in terms of acting
~Chamber of Secrets Movie Review : An analysis, scene-by-scene, of what Rickman does with Snape's character in terms of acting
~Prisoner of Azkaban Movie 1st Impressions: Self-explanatory
~Stage Directions : A copy of the Chamber of Secrets script tells what Rickman had to work with. How much did Rickman make up, and how much of it was planned?
~The Wide World of Snape : Full of Prizoner of Azkaban excitement (pics, reviews, ext.) Now closed to updates -- until the next movie.

Snape's Literary Role
~Antihero Snape: How does Snape fulfill the role of the antihero in the Harry Potter series?
~Cruel Heros: Snape's presentation of an ambiguous moral character, as looked at from a literay perspective. Original essay written by Veronica L. Schanoes, commenary by me.
~Parallel Characters : To 'parallel' characters is to compare them....see what Snape has in common with other characters. Also a comparison of the 'Trio's in the series.
~Snape by the Book : A comprehensive look at what Snape brings to the series in terms of images, plot progression, motifs, and character development.
~Theories : Random theories of mine that don't fit anywhere else.

Critical Snape Scene Analysis (all are close textual analysis of specific Snape Scenes)
~The Sorcerer's Stone: (Snape's first class)
~The Chamber of Secrets: (Snape catches Harry and Ron)
~The Prisoner of Azkaban : (When Snape enters the Shrieking Shack)
~The Goblet of Fire : (The Snape Filch and 'Moody' Midnight wandering scene)
~The Order of the Phoenix: (1st Occlumency lesson)

Similarities (not necessarily purely Snape)
~Beyond Good and Evil: Friedrich Nietzsche examined that the distinction between 'good' and 'evil' is arbitrary. I offer some quotes to apply to Snape.
~Lessons in Life: Harry Potter as the Modern Myth: I propose that the Harry Potter series is a Modern myth, using the ideas of Joseph Campbell. ( I turned this one in for class)
~The Odyssey: Using specific literary techniques (as well as a similarity of circumstances) I compare Harry Potter to Homer's The Odessey
~To Be Or Not To Be: A shameless comparison between Snape and Hamlet, Prince of Denmark