Either that, or JKR once again shows her amazing ability to be offensive by portraying a group of eternally mistrusted beings *in banking*, *with hooked noses* as intrisically *malignant*, *spiteful*, *malicious* and *hateful*.
And swarthy. Don't forget swarthy.
Honestly, the first time we ever encountered the goblins back in PS/SS, I thought, "Wow.. they sound sort of... Jewish." Not real Jewish, but the stereotypical villainous Jew immortalized by Shylock and Fagin.
He might have delivered a monologue had he not been in a scene with Hermione. She never allows anyone to monologue when she can put up her hand and give the correct answer herself.
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Date: 2009-10-20 03:28 pm (UTC)And swarthy. Don't forget swarthy.
Honestly, the first time we ever encountered the goblins back in PS/SS, I thought, "Wow.. they sound sort of... Jewish." Not real Jewish, but the stereotypical villainous Jew immortalized by Shylock and Fagin.
He might have delivered a monologue had he not been in a scene with Hermione. She never allows anyone to monologue when she can put up her hand and give the correct answer herself.