Another sleeping dragon?(Re: Never tickle a sleeping dragon )

[scoutmom21113]

No: HPFGUIDX 84859

Iris wrote: 
"Draco dormiens nunquam titilandus". By the way, Draco is not the  
only character we can tie up with the dragon. There's also his  
favourite teacher, Severus Snape. I remember that in Cos JKR wrote  
this:

"Deliberately causing mayhem in Snape's Potions class was about as 
safe as poking a SLEEPING DRAGON in the eye." (Bloomsbury, p 142).  
It was in Book 2. In Book 4, we learned that dear Severus was 
formerly a Death Eater. We don't know how or why he decided to join 
Voldemort's gang. In Draco's case, the motivation is more obvious.  
Will Draco follow the example of his teacher? He has a good reason: 
Harry is his father's enemy.  Or is Snape another "Draco dormiens", 
i.e, is he playing a double game?  Will he turn out to be "a Devil's 
Snape", working for Voldemort in order to corner Harry and hand him 
over to the Dark Lord? What a bastard he would be


Bookworm:
You bring up an interesting point.  We can also look at it a 
different way.  Draco obviously admires Snape.  IF we trust 
Dumbledore's belief in Snape, Draco has both an evil example (his 
father) and a `good' example to follow.  Which will he choose?  Once 
again we see the theme of free will and personal choice at work here.

Ravenclaw Bookworm