Snape

[spang_b]

No: HPFGUIDX 89662

Hi,
 Inge wrote:
I just wondered if maybe the reason Dumbledore trusts him so much - 
> could it be that the reason Snape became a Death Eater in the first 
> place was by Dumbledore's request? That Dumbledore wanted a spy as 
> close to Voldemort as possible and Snape was the best choise?
>  
spang writes:
 I don't think this theory is true. Something Dumbledore said at the 
trials which Harry sees through the pensieve makes me feel that. He 
said something like Snape indeed was a death eater but he turned in 
at great personal cost.
  This means that Snape had indeed become a death eater and later cut 
loose from the outfit.
  Snape's story is proabably the best unexplained mystery in the 
canon and I think the reason why he isn't given DADA job also fits in 
somehow with his death eater story.