[HPforGrownups] Re: The Dueling Club - an interpretaion

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 57636

GulPlum aka Richard wrote:
>
(snip a lot of Dumbledore speculation)

> And if manipulating Harry into revealing his Parseltongue was Snape's
doing
> (which, again, I agree would be entirely in character for him), WHY does
he
> react with nothing more than a "shrewd and calculating" look? Why not make
> a big deal out of it, and make sure that Harry knows he's in trouble? He
> makes a big deal out of every other occasion Harry does something he
> considers "wrong", so why not this time?

First of all, I really don't think Dumbledore set this scene up at all. At
most, he might have wanted to make sure someone who did have a clue on how
to duel was present so Lockhart didn't hurt any of the students through his
incompetence.  But I wouldn't even be sure that was his idea.

Why does Snape only respond with the look instead of making a big deal?
Being a Parselmouth is a little different than being a celebrity for
something he doesn't remember doing or any of the other little things he has
done.  Everyone in the school is already making a big deal out of it.  I
think with this little thing Snape didn't need to make a deal about it
himself because everyone else would do it for him.  Plus this ability does
have ties to Voldemort.  Snape might have suspected, or maybe even
Dumbledore was the one who suspected and Snape himself was doubtful, but
either way, he was not positive Harry had this ability.  I can't prove this,
but I've always had a feeling Harry's Parseltongue ability is connected
somehow to Trelawney's first prophecy, and Snape is one of the few who knows
the details of this prophecy.  Either way, for some reason it seems to me it
would be strange for Snape to make a big deal out of this, although it is in
character for him to do so.

Kelly Grosskreutz
http://www.idcnet.com/~ivanova