Did Snape know WHY he must teach Harry Occlumency?

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 120053


According to DD, Snape only discovered about Harry's recurrent
corridor dreams when he started teaching him. This means that the ONLY
occurence of Harry-LV contact Snape might have known about previously
was the Snake Dream.

Moreover, we don't know whether Snape knew about the Prophecy and the
fact that LV was trying to get it. When Harry asked him what was in
the DoM, Snape told him that there was nothing there that concerns
him. Was he outright lying ?

If Snape didn't know about the Prophecy, he couldn't understand how
crucial it was that Harry be protected from mental invasion by LV.

Was Snape also outright lying when he told Harry that he was "neither
special nor important" ? If Snape knew about the Prophecy, he couldn't
say such a thing. And if he knew, why did he lie? It was
counter-productive to assure Harry that there was nothing special
about him, to say the least.

And also there's Snape's reaction when Harry asked him why he needed
to learn Occlumency at the start of his first lesson : instead of
giving a straight answer, Snape stalled, mocked Harry's intelligence,
and started explaining about Legilimency. And before that, at 12GP,
he'd said it was because DD thought it was a good idea.

Could it be that Snape did NOT know why Harry needed to learn
Occlumency? Could it be that Snape was only teaching Harry reluctantly
because DD told him to, but without telling him why?

If DD misled Snape as to Harry's true relationship with LV, then it's
no surprise that Snape didn't do too good a job and gave up so easily
: he couldn't see the point of those lessons to start with.

Del