Snape's attitude to Harry (Was: Snape at the end of GoF)

[laylalast]

No: HPFGUIDX 55812

I haven't been on this list very long yet but joined primarily 
because of all the interesting discussions going on about Snape. Now 
Snape's behaviour at the end of GoF is (once more I believe?) 
discussed, I'd like to throw in my ideas.

IMHO Snape looking at Harry at the end of GoF may have little to do 
with regarding Harry in a different way. Snape has been accusing 
Harry in the past of bending and breaking the rules, strutting (like 
his father), stealing from his office and whatever else came his way. 
How did Snape phrase it? ,You're nothing but a nasty boy to me, who 
thinks that rules are beneath him.'' or something like that.
But now Snape has revealed, in the presence of Harry, that he has 
been a DE for crying out loud! Rather difficult for Snape to continue 
punishing Harry for breaking rules, when the DE's are known to have 
tortured and murdered, and probably did a lot of other vicious 
things. And more, the leader of the DE's has murdered Harry's parents.
Snape may have turned good, but he was once (still? who knows yet?) 
part of that gang.

I believe that his attitude has changed (if it has entirely) because 
he realises that Harry has the upper hand now. Harry has been bending 
and breaking rules, and sometimes with good reasons, but these are 
the rules of Hogwarts, the disciplinary rules of a school. Those 
rules are nothing in comparison to, among others, the basic rule "You 
shall not kill" which Snape has been, at least, an accomplice to.

So Snape may still hate Harry but is now in a rather difficult 
position to continue to publicly show this when Harry can point a 
finger to him and say: ,you have helped my parents getting 
murdered!''.

Btw, I really like Darrin's suggestion about Narcissa as a kind of 
spy and hope ot get back on this as soon as my prelim is behind me.

Laylalast (hoping that Snape will be redeemed, even if it has to be 
in another way)