OotP-Snape wanted Harry to see

[frumenta]

No: HPFGUIDX 64701

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "fitzchivalryhk" 
<fitzchivalryhk at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "joanna barra" 
> <JOANNABARRA788 at M...> wrote:
> > Snape left the room 
> with 
> > Draco knowing full well Harry was in there with the pensive full 
of 
> his 
> > memories. Why didn't Snape lock the pensive away?....I think he 
> left it out, 
> > not because he had no time to pack it away, but to show Harry, 
that 
> he is 
> > not the person that Sirius has made him out to be....and Harry's 
> parents 
> > weren't always in love with each other
> > 
> > 
> > joanna
> > x
> 
> I do not think Snape deliberately let Harry saw what was in the 
> pensieve. 
> 
> Firstly, his violent response towards Harry suggested that this 
was 
> something that he did not expect. Snape lost control in that 
scene, 
> he went pale, his lips quivered, and he even threw things at 
Harry's 
> direction. We only saw this kind of response once before, and it 
was 
> in book 3 when Snape met Sirius Black again.
> 
><snip> 

Fitz.

I have to add to that the fact that when Snape saw Harry again in 
Potions class, a week or so after the incident, Snape couldn't even 
look at Harry, let alone verbally abuse him, as usual. He was 
mortified that Harry knew. 

Another theory is that he certainly didn't want Harry to see that 
particular memory not only because it was very embarrassing for 
Snape but also because he wanted to spare Harry the pain of finding 
out what his father had been like. After all, we don't really know 
whether Snape loathes Harry quite as much as he pretends.

Mim