Did Snape know WHY he must teach Harry Occlumency?

delwynmarch delwynmarch at yahoo.com
Sun Dec 19 19:51:57 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 120112


Alla wrote:
"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?"

Del replies:
In many ways, yes.

Alla wrote:
"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."

Del replies :
I disagree.
1. We know that DD didn't tell everything to Snape, even things that
concerned his job directly, like the fact that Harry was dreaming of
the corridor.

2. I think DD acts with his subordinates in the very same way he acts
with Harry : on a need-to-know basis. Strictly speaking, the Order
members don't need to know about the Prophecy, so DD might not have
told them.

3. I'm sure Peter's treason during VWI and his (DD's) own mistake in
thinking that Sirius was the traitor for 12 years are still fresh in
DD's memory. He knows very well that all his Legilimency can't
completely prevent people from fooling him, so I wouldn't be surprised
if he didn't want to take any unnecessary risks. For all his repeated
affirmations that he trusts Snape, DD might still put limits on that
trust.

Del







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