(Anonymous)
I don't think this essay is well argued and certainly doesn't earn all the logical debate accolades it's receiving.
I don't think Snape is a hero, yet I also think anyone arguing to apply or to withhold over generalized concepts like 'heroness' to people, fiction or not, will always fail. First you have to define the term in question then show how it is relevant to the facts cited, which wasn't really done in this case.
Anyway. Kind of hard to follow essay. Interesting but needs to be better constructed.
I don't think Snape is a hero, yet I also think anyone arguing to apply or to withhold over generalized concepts like 'heroness' to people, fiction or not, will always fail. First you have to define the term in question then show how it is relevant to the facts cited, which wasn't really done in this case.
Anyway. Kind of hard to follow essay. Interesting but needs to be better constructed.