[HPforGrownups] foreshadowings in PS

[Kathryn Cawte]

No: HPFGUIDX 53285

The Admiring Skeptic said in passing -

The mandrake remedy may come in useful again. As for remedies, I 
wonder if the bezoar Harry heard of his first day in potions will 
ever be needed. Keep your eyes open for a goat!
 
Me -

I was wondering about the bezoar and the other stuff Snape said in that
first class too. I saw the film before I read the books and the scene didn't
make much impression on me - probably because I assumed it was just there to
show what a nasty person Snape is (I actually think I might have spotted he
wasn't the villain if I'd been reading the book, but it's Alan Rickman and
he usually is a villain so I didn't). It also didn't make much of an impact
when I read the books the first time - but I was mainly looking for the
differences between book and film, plus I was devouring the thing at a high
speed. Anyway when I got the dvd I watched the scene again and it struck me
as being blindingly obvious that Snape seems to be trying to get some
information into Harry's head rather than just being mean. (I'm not saying
it is obvious, just that it was obvious to me, but then it's obvious to me
that Remus and Sirius are in love and that's probably not true either) The
whole series of questions and answers seems to be specifically designed to
get those few facts to stick in Harry's head - which naturally makes me
wonder why. Does anyone have any theories on exactly what Snape is trying to
do there? (other than show Harry that he's nothing special and that Snape
won't be giving him any kind of easy ride, because I think that's more of an
added bonus for Snape than the point)

And you never know if the bezoar is important we might well see a goat and
then one of the Weasleys can perform  inappropriate magic on it and all the
Ron=Dumbledore proponents can feel vindicated :)

K