Thoery on Snape -
juli17 at aol.com
juli17 at aol.com
Sun Aug 8 03:00:18 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 109313
> vivian again:
>
> Didn't JKR say something about Snape's personality? Something about
> children aren't fooled by this kind of teacher (I know I'm
> misquoting). I really think that with Snape what you see is what you
> get. Adults have a tendency to rationalize behavior in a way that a
> child does not. I think Dumbledore is in for a nasty surprise.
>
> vivian
>
I agree. With Snape what you see is what you get. I can't imagine
him spying on Voldemort since the beginning, faking his nastiness
all along. Anything's possible, and JKR is the only one who knows
the real Snape, but as Nora, Magda and others have said, such a
development would disappointing. I'd hate to see such a complex
and fascinating character essentially erased--"I was just faking,
kids! No angst, no murky motives, no tortured past, why I'm really
just a nice, uncomplicated, regular (rather boring actually) guy!"
OTOH, I don't think DD is in for a nasty surprise. What you see
with Snape--an embittered, unhappy, generally mean-spirited man
who did horrible things, then for reasons yet unknown switched
loyalties and allied himself with DD--is what you get. Snape is a
man who never forgets or forgives a slight, as we know from the
pensieve scene and from his unending grudge against James's son.
Whether Voldemort did something to earn his enmity, or his
conscience belatedly kicked in when he realized the scope of
Voldemort's evil, Snape isn't one to back down. (He does have a
few good qualities after all, including courage and determination.)
I do agree children don't rationalize behavior. They see Snape's
personality clearly, but they don't delve beyond that. Which is
why, even when Snape does the right thing in the end, he will
remain unapologetically his unpleasant self while doing it ;-)
Julie
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