Snape and Redemption (was: JKR's best interview)

[princesspeaette]

No: HPFGUIDX 75808

> > "John, C" <c.john at i...> 
 He still 
> pits Harry
> > against Malfoy at Lockhart's dueling session well knowing that 
> they were
> > going to try and rip each other apart.  I'm sure he enjoyed 
> watching it too.
(snip)

frumenta:

> Well... considering what an exceptional wizard Harry is, he was 
> putting Draco in harm's way more than Harry. And there is the fact 
> that he whispered in Draco's ear before Draco went to face Harry (a 
> detail absent from the movie so perhaps isn't as important as I'd 
> originally thought it to be). I always thought Snape told Draco to 
> go for "serpensortia" to test his theory that Harry may be a 
> Parseltongue (and was still shocked to discover that because it 
must 
> have been a slight chance)
(snip again)

I always assumed that Snape told Draco to do the serpensortia spell 
too, but my reasoning was different.  I don't think it was because 
Snape had any idea of Harry's parseltongue abilities, I just figured 
he did it to watch Harry terrified.  It seemed to fit: Snape and 
Malfoy are in Slytherin, and a serpent is on their banner.  Most 
people are scared of snakes, and Snape would probably get a kick out 
of watching Harry in a vulnerable position in a room full of fellow 
students.

Of course, I'm still new here, I could be wrong.

~Margaret