Snape and the Boggart class

[Beth]

No: HPFGUIDX 47440

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Wanda Sherratt" <wsherratt3338 at r...> 
wrote:
> I was rereading PoA, enjoying the many Snapey scenes in it, and 
came 
> to the Chapter 7 scene where Lupin is about to teach the students 
> how to fight the Boggart in the wardrobe in the staffroom.  I like 
> the way the scene was set, first of all - the room is empty, except 
> for Snape.  I wonder, first of all, what he's doing there, all 
> alone - reading?  Thinking?  We seldom "intrude" upon Snape, and 
> it's interesting that the one time we do, we don't really know what 
> to make of him. How do people interpret his remark to Lupin, as he 
> prepares to leave: "I'd rather not witness this



When I the boggart scene I felt Snape had another reason entirely for 
leaving the room quickly. There is no way that Severus Snape would 
want his greatest fear revealed to his students, or anyone else for 
that matter. It doesn't really matter what Snape Theory you subscribe 
to for this to be true. Whether his biggest fear was Voldemort, a 
dementor, Crouch as a MOM judge, or anything else you can imagine it 
would reveal too much about him for Snape, or JKR, to want it out in 
the open at this point. 

Beth Gaughan
Bethg2 at yahoo.com