Dumbledore and TrustSnape rant

Echa Schneider echa_schneider at mac.com
Sun Jul 27 10:36:56 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 73427


On Saturday, July 26, 2003, at 11:41 PM, Geoff Bannister wrote:
>
> Couldn't agree more. As a side issue to this - my apologies if this
> has been covered in the past - is to ask the question as to why
> Harry's attention really focussed in on Snape at the beginning when
> his scar hurt when Snape looked at him:
>
> "It happened very quickly. The hook-nosed teacher looked past
> Quirrell's turban straight into Harry's eyes - and a sharp, hot pain
> shot across the scar on Harry's forehead." (PS - p.94)
>
> It is only later in the books that the suggestion is made that the
> pain in his scar is more directly linked to Voldemort. Thoughts?

I think this scene is supposed to be misdirection - it is actually 
Voldemort (in the turban) who is making the scar hurt, not Snape.

Echa, who forgot to sign her last post as feels bad about it.





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