OotP-Snape wanted Harry to see

[berkana123]

No: HPFGUIDX 65073

That's true, Snape was extremely upset that Harry found out...I 
think i suggested he wanted Harry to know, because Snape needs to 
prove that he is not as nasty as everyone says. Yes he may act that 
way....but seeing his memory's would really suggest that he is not 
as bad as people think.



joanna
x



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "frumenta" <p_yanna at h...> 
wrote:
> --- 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