The Dueling Club - an interpretaion

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 57674

Peggy:

> > And the Serpensortia spell was Snape's idea .
> 
> Am I missing something? (Besides half of my mind at this point? -
> Gotta love this time of year-grading-ARG).  I've re-read this 
chapter 
> of CoS, and I am not sure where the idea comes from that 
Serpensortia 
> was Snape's idea.  We don't know much about Draco (well he is an 
> irritating, nosey, and calous twit).   We we do know that his 
family 
> (at least Daddy) serves Voldy. It could be that the youngest Malfoy 
> has the knowledge of curses and hexes all on his own without the 
help 
> of Snape.  
> 

Snape whispered something in Malfoy's ear just before he cast the 
Serpensortia spell. Have to believe it was the spell.

Now, was this what Snape had in mind all along, for Harry to reveal 
that he was a Parselmouth? Hard to tell.

I've never been a MAGIC DISHWASHER kind of guy, mainly because I 
resist the idea of omniscience in any character, even Dumbledore, and 
because I think it takes away from, not adds to, the Snape character, 
by taking away some of the grey shades that everyone loves.

It is reasonable to surmise that Dumbledore suspected, or knew, Harry 
was a Parselmouth. His theory about V-Mort transferring some power to 
Harry is one thing. It is possible the Dursleys told Mrs. Figg about 
Dudley getting trapped in the snake cage at the zoo, which she might 
have reported to D-Dore.

Now, does it follow that he ordered Snape to reveal it in that 
fashion? Possible, but I doubt it.

I don't see D-Dore wanting Snape to do it in such a way that 
ostracizes Harry from the entire school. 

Now, maybe D-Dore just told Snape to put Harry in a stressful 
position involving a snake -- who better to do so? -- and see if the 
Parselmouth came out. Snape just chose, for reasons of his own, to do 
it in front of the school. Perhaps there was a bit of hell to pay 
between D-Dore and Snape over that stunt.

One could see Snape saying, "But Headmaster, I did what you wanted. 
Why are you upset?"

Darrin