Snape as baddie/Snape in the foe glass/Snape's Duty for the Order
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Sun Aug 29 02:07:09 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 111520
I was rereading the Goblet of Fire, and could not help but notice the fake Moody's foe
glass. In the end of GOF, when the fake Moody drags Harry up to his office, revealing
himself as Crouch Jr., Harry notices the people in the foe glass becoming clearer. The foes
in the glass, in fact, turn out to be Crouch Jr.'s foes, not Moody's, and they are indeed
Dumbledore, McGonagall, and SNAPE. I personally believe (and hope) that Snape is indeed
on the Order's side. If he was still a Death Eater, why would he be in that foe glass? I
believe that he is indeed resuming his job as spy for the order.
How could he still be a spy when Dumbledore outed him in Karkaroff's trial? (I think it was
Karkaroff's). Well, if it was Karkaroff's trial, I don't believe anyone was there that would
spread this around, so I don't think Voldemort ever found out. It was interesting to notice
the end of GOF after Fudge left in disbelief, and
Dumbledore began handing out assignments.
["Severus," said Dumbledore, turning to Snape, "you know what I must ask you to do. If
you are ready... if you are prepared..."
"I am," said Snape.
He looked slightly paler than usual, and his cold, black eyes glittered strangely.
"Then good luck," said Dumbledore, and he watched, with a trace of apprehension on
his face, as Snape swept wordlessly after Sirius.
It was several minutes before Dumbledore spoke again.] (GOF-36)
I interpret Snape's paler look and glittering eyes to be a kind of fear or apprehension, and I
immediately notice Dumbledore's apprehension in this passage. The silence as he leaves
is so loud to me as well. The books say numerous times that Snape was a spy at great
personal risk. I believe that Dumbledore was asking Snape to resume his post as spy, and
by doing this, he would have to face Voldemort again, possibly facing torture or death if
Voldemort did not accept Snape back. This is why they were so apprehensive, in my
theory.
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