Did Snape know WHY he must teach Harry Occlumency?

[chrusotoxos]

No: HPFGUIDX 120091



I hadn't thought about that issue before, but it's true that it is quite important.

> Alla said:
> I don't know your position on the following question - do you 
> believe  that Snape is in many ways Dumbledore right hand in anti-
> Voldemort's efforts?

Yes, I believe this.

> Because if you do, and that is kind of my stand on it, I don't think 
> we can doubt that Snape knows EVERYTHING about Prophecy.
> If you don't think that Snape is Dumbledore's right hand, then sure, 
> it is quite possible to assume  that he did not know about Prophecy.

I'm not sure about this. I mean, he has to work among the DE, aren't we sure of this? And if LV finds out about the prophecy, then EVERYTHING is lost: he would know that he can't be killed and so on. He would come right at Hogwarts and kill Harry. And while Snape is "a superb Occlumens", the risk is far too great - he could be suspected, tortured, injured...I really think that only DD knows about the prophecy.

> I also tend to share the speculation that Snape was the one who 
> originally overheard the Prophecy, but that is just speculation of 
> course.

But there's also this splendid idea, which I really want to share. I'm actually thinking that Snape overheard it as a bad guy, and when he discovered that LV intended to kill the Potters, he was honour-bound to protect them (because James had saved his life). He went to DD and together they decided to misdirect the DE towards the Longbottoms, who as Aurors were best in Defence. But against all odds, LV "chose not the pureblood...", and his most faithful DE, who had known something about the Longbottoms being crucial, went for them, "when nobody was expecting that". That's why everybody feels so uneasy around Neville...and that's why Snape is angry at every good guy: he knows that in war, nobody can be totally good...

> Now, about the questions you asked - well, yeah, I think that Snape 
> was outright lying when he told Harry that he was neither special 
> nor important.
> Why would he do that? Ummm, because he is Snape. :o)

Completely agree with this!! ;))

What do you think about this whole Prophecy-Longbottoms-Lestranges theory? Does it sound right, or completely stupid???

Chrusotoxos