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.