Snapes Dark Mark (was: Jewish Goblins?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 81458

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "feetmadeofclay"
<feetmadeofclay at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "entropymail" 
> <entropymail at y...> wrote:

But I also wanted to note something that strikes me every time JKR
mentions the Dark Mark.  The placement of the Mark on each Death 
Eater(the forearm; God, I love it when Snape pulls back the sleeve of
his robe to reveal his Mark to Fudge in GoF!) is quite similar to the
numbered tattoos which were inflicted upon prisoners of the German
concentration camps. 

Then Golly:
No it isn't!  DE chose to be Death Eaters. Victims of Hitler were
marked as prisoners.  Numbers were used to keep track of them.  It was
more accurate and efficient than marking the clothes. Snape has good
reason to be ashamed of his mark.  Victims of Hitler have no such reason.


Now me again:

Yes, but don't forget the last part of my post: "Of course, the DE
don't correlate with those in the concentration camps. If anything,
the DE would correlate more closely with the Nazis and Hitler Youth.
But I still think it's an interesting bit of imagery." I realize that
the DE's marking was most likely done willingly; the concentration
camp prisoners' was not.  But the imagery is still strikingly similar
(to me, anyway! <g>).

As for Snape showing his Mark to Fudge, it must surely be, if you
agree that he is now a former and reformed DE, something he is
mortally ashamed of. For him to willingly show it to Fudge, and have
him be reminded of Snape's illicit past after so many years of working
towards redemption, shows us that (1)Snape clearly perceives the
danger of this dire situation and is trying to convey this to Fudge in
the most immediate and alarming way he can think of and (2)his
strength of character is such that he would do something which is
obviously so distasteful to him, simply for the "greater good". Love
that Snapie!

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