Snape's Destiny

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> Kyntor replies:
> 
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> I think that in the quote, JKR was talking more about Snape's 
> character rather then which side he is on.  From the way she has 
> developed him, I would have to say that regardless of which side 
> Snape is on, he is not a very good person.  I think JKR wants us to 
> keep that in mind when we assign motivations for his actions.
> 


Alla:

I said that recently - I was doubting that being loyal to the Order 
makes Snape a good person.  But now I think I want to contradict 
myself a little bit. :o) Well, not exactly contradict, but doubt, I 
suppose.

The problem is that I think that Dumbledore's side is written as 
unquestionable Light and Voldemort's  as unquestionable Dark.


Luckily, People who fight on both sides are not Black and White (No, 
scratch that - I still perceive the Deatheaters as unquestionable 
villains, but people on Dumbledore's side have a lot of "greyness" in 
their characters, that is for sure).

But, whether you are on the Dumbledore's side or not is used as a 
final test of your goodness, I think. It is like if you have a scrap 
of humanity left in you, you will fight against Voldemort, even if 
you are  not really a good person.


I keep coming back to Snape's betrayal. I think I also said that 
rather recently, but it bears repeating. Betrayal is a horrible thing 
to me, but does any of us really feel that Snape betrayed his firends 
and Master or more like he came to his senses when he came back to 
Dumbledore?