http://myurl.com.tw/nraf 很有意思的一篇文章 我覺得蠻有說服力的 接下來幾天會嘗試陸續把整篇翻譯出來 Severus Snape: The Unlikely Hero of Harry Potter book 7 By Dave Kopel ___________________________________________________________________________ Don't read the rest of this article unless you've finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The predictions for book 7 will necessarily involve the revelation of some important plot details from book 6. 如果你還未看完第六集，請別繼續讀這篇文章。此文是有關第七集情節的預測，會洩漏 第六集情節。 One of the many virtues of John Granger's book The Hidden Key to Harry Potter is its emphasis on the importance of characters' names. In a National Review Online review a couple years ago, I noted Granger's interesting and plausible theories of the Christian subtext in the names "Gryffindor" and "Harry Potter." Other character names also have interesting Christian roots. For example. Harry's devoted and protective owl Hedwig shares a name with a medieval Christian saint, who is the patroness of the Sisters of St. Hedwig, a small charitable order whose "chief aim is the education of orphaned and abandoned children." A Potter fan website contains a compendium of many character names and their meanings (up through volume 4), and the site, while full of fascinating information, does not exhaust the meanings that can be drawn from the names. John Granger的著作"The Hidden Key to Harry Potter"包含了許多優點，其中之一便是 其對角色人名的重點研究。 幾年前我注意到Granger一個有趣且言之成理的理論：也就是 Gryffindor和Harry Potter這兩個名稱隱藏的基督教意涵。其他人名也有有意思的基督教 根源。舉例來說，Harry的貓頭鷹Hedwig與一個中世紀的基督教聖人同名。這位聖人是 Sisters of St. Hedwig的女性守護者。Sisters of St. Hedwig是個小型慈善團，其主要 宗旨是「教育孤兒和棄兒。」一個哈利波特書迷網站收錄了許多書中人名及其背後意涵。 這個網站有著許多有趣的資訊，但其實關於名字的意義，可供探討的還多著呢。 Granger points out that the sibilance of "Severus Snape" makes the reader think of a snake, and the crafty, mistrustful Snape has many snake-like qualities. Also, Severus is an unusually severe teacher. However, I think there is a more significant meaning of the name, which perhaps holds the key to the denouement of the forthcoming book 7. "Severus" is a variant of "sever"-to cut. If run the two words of his name together, so that the consonants link up, then we hear "sever-uh-ssnape," very much like "sever a snake." Granger指出，"Severus Snape"這個姓名發音的嘶嘶聲會讓讀者聯想到蛇，也會讓人想到 狡猾多疑的Snape所具備的許多與蛇相似的特性，加上Severus又是個異常嚴厲的老師。 然而我覺得這個名字還藏著更重要的意義，也許就是導向第七集結局的關鍵。 "Severus"是"sever"「切斷」這個字的變異型。如果我們將他的名字連在一起唸，姓和 名頭尾的子音連在一起，會唸作"sever-uh-ssnape"。聽起來就像「切斷一條蛇」。 In the end, I predict, Snape will sacrifice himself in order to destroy the snakelike Voldemort, whose personal symbol (the Dark Mark) is a snake tongue projecting from a death's head skull. (The symbol unintentionally teaches the lesson that false speech is a form of death). At a surface level, the events of the just-published book 6 seem entirely contrary to my thesis, but looked at from another angle, they confirm it. Let's begin with chapter 2, "Spinner's End," in which Snape makes the Unbreakable Vow to Narcissa Malfoy. The chapter's title ostensibly refers to the street where Snape lives. 我預測，在大結局中，Snape會犧牲他自己來毀滅Voldemort。Voldemort的個人象徵（黑 暗標記）是一條從骷髏頭中伸出的蛇（這個標記碰巧傳達了謊言是死亡的一種型態這個 概念）從表面上來看，剛出版的第六集跟我的論點似乎恰恰相反，但從另一個角度看， 它其實證實了我的推論。我們從第二章（Spinner's End)看起,在此章中Snape對Narcissa Malfoy發下了「無法違背的誓言」，此章的標題顯然指的是Snape住的那條街。 But the chapter is also the beginning of the end of Snape's life of deceptions and double games, of trying to play both sides of the street. As he explains to Narcissa and Bellatrix, he once "spun" an elaborate "tale of deepest remorse" in order to gain Dumbledore's protection. (Page 31).When Narcissa asks him for the Unbreakable Vow, Bellatrix sneers that Snape will offer only "The usual empty words, the usual slithering out of action…" (35). But, perhaps for the first time in his life, Snape surrenders himself for another. The consequence of breaking an Unbreakable Vow is death. 但這章同時也是Snape的偽裝雙面角色終結的開端，他玩兩面手法的結束。 Snape對Narcissa和Bellatrix解釋道：他「編造」了一個複雜的故事，有關於「最深的 悔恨」，藉此贏取Dumbledore的保護。Narciss要他許「不可違背的誓言」時，Bellatrix 嗤之以鼻，說Snape只會像以前一樣「講些空泛的話，逃避作為...」然而，Snape隨即 第一次，在他一生當中，為別人奉獻出自己。違背誓言的下場是死亡。 Marriage is, in its sanctified state, an unbreakable vow, and the enchantment ceremony is remarkably like a wedding: Snape looks into Narcissa's tearful eyes, kneels before her, and they clasp hands. In the presence of a Bonder, Snape is asked questions which evoke the rhythm of the wedding vows: "Will you, Severus, watch over my son…" To each question, Snape responds, "I will"-reminiscent of the "I do" of the unbreakable vows in a wedding. 婚姻，從神聖的觀點來看，是一個「無法違背的誓言」。那場幻術儀式看起來就像一場 婚禮。Snape看著Narcissa盈滿淚水的雙眼，在她跟前跪下，與她十指緊扣。 在一位見證人的注目下，Snape回答了一連串像是婚禮誓言的問題：「你，Severus，會不 會保護我兒...」每個問題Snape都回答「我會」，聽起來就像婚禮誓言中的「我願意」。 待續...... --

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