If Shakespeare Characters Went to Hogwarts

Hamlet- Ravenclaw

Hamlet as a Ravenclaw Student

To me, this one’s obvious. Hamlet is a grim, bookish young man who loves complicated plans more than conflict. Also, like Professor Flitwick the head of Ravenclaw, Hamlet loves songs and plays like this one, which incidentally quotes lines from Macbeth:

Coriolanus- Slitherin

Tom Felton as Coriolanus

I go into greater detail in my most recent post, but Coriolanus is a warrior who tries to turn his wealth and military success into political power. He’s also compared to a dragon or serpent, the  symbol of Slytherin House. And, as if that weren’t enough, Ralph Fiennes, who starred and directed a movie about Coriolanus, also played the heir of Salazar Slytherin himself, Lord Voldemort.

Ralph Fiennes as Coriolanus

Helena- Hufflepuff

Hermione- Griffindor

No, I am not talking about Harry Potter’s bookish best friend- I’m talking about the brave and virtuous queen Hermione from The Winters Tale. In the trial scene, she has to go against her husband and her Kung and defend herself and her children in court:

Hermione defends herself in court

Henry V- Griffindor or Slytherin?

Good my lords,
I am not prone to weeping, as our sex
Commonly are; the want of which vain dew
Perchance shall dry your pities: but I have
That honourable grief lodged here which burns
Worse than tears drown: beseech you all, my lords,
With thoughts so qualified as your charities
Shall best instruct you, measure me; and so
The king’s will be perform’d!

Like Harry Potter himself, you could make two equal cases for Harry the King; that he is a great brave warrior worthy of the Griffindor lion, or a Machiavellian, sly, ambitious snake.

Who Said It- Rowling Or Shakespeare?

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