Warren Ockrassa wrote: >Jim Sharkey wrote: >>S >>P >>O >>I >>L >>E >>R >> >>S >>P >>A >>C >>E >>> Snape is revealed. >>Is he? I think Ms. Rowling *still* left enough wiggle room for >>Severus not >>to be the bad guy. Yes, he did kill Dumbledore, but >>there are signs both in that scene and in Harry's pursuit of him >>that suggest there's more to it than "Snape is on the Dark Side."
>This isn't a Lucasian world where a single act of good can redeem a >murder (a la Vader at the end of RotJ). And Snape, unlike Draco, >*chose* to take on the task should Malfoy prove unable. He elected >to take the oath; he wasn't under anyone's compulsion. I don't >think there's any way to recover from that. This is true. However, I think it's clear that Snape may have been told to do whatever it takes to stay in Voldemort's inner circle. *And* Dumbledore's pleading with Snape could just as easily have been him pleading for Snape to do what was necessary to save Malfoy and his family. Not to mention that it was just as possible that even Snape couldn't take on four Death Eaters, meaning if he tried to save Albus all that would have happened was that everyone (including Dumbledore) would have died pointlessly. Finally, his "parting shot" to Harry: "Blocked again and again and again, Potter, until you learn to keep your mouth shut and your mind closed." Sounds like good advice to me. And while Voldemort is supposed to kill Harry, as Snape points out, why not stun him and bring him to the Dark Lord rather than let him go? Voldy already proved he's not above having Harry served up on a platter in GoF. Jim _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
