[HPforGrownups] Re: JKR, Harry Potter, and the Nature of Evil

[Barbara Purdom]

No: HPFGUIDX 19631

 > Rebecca, thanks so much for posting!
> 
> Hmmmm..Snape is then like Inspector Javert?

We're on a real Les Miz kick around here, aren't we?

> The things that he says and does to Harry are evil.
> There is absolutely no excuse for what he says to 
> Hermione about her teeth.  That is an abuse of power

> and is inexcusable, and more importantly, indicates 
> that the person who does it is evil and corrupt.
> 
> Susan
> 

OTOH, when Voldemort calls the Death Eaters to him at
his father's grave, he mentions Snape and what will
happen to him for having become a spy.  Snape's life
isn't worth two knuts.  Perhaps he has always expected
Voldemort to return and has been trying to "endear"
himself to any and all students who pass through
Slytherin in the meantime, many of whom have parents
who are Death Eaters, in order to confuse them about
their allegiances.  (This should be pretty confusing
to Draco Malfoy, for instance.)  At the end of GoF we
find that he will resume his work as a spy--and the
work will undoubtedly be more dangerous than ever
because his cover has been completely blown. 

As for his behavior toward Harry, Hermione and perhaps
Neville in particular, I think he is merely toughening
them up.  He wants them to be so pissed off at him
that they do well to spite him.  One could argue that
it is working quite well, actually.

--Barb


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