Snape's Destiny/JKR quotes
dumbledore11214
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Sun Jul 11 04:06:09 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 105579
> > Alla earlier:
> >
> > What am I missing?
> >
> > Why Voldemort will expect Snape to be horrible to Harry?
Pippin:
> I am guessing that the Snape who joined Voldemort was a lot
> more like the Snape that we see in the Pensieve scene than the
> Snape we know now--someone who was, as Snape put it in
> OOP, "easy prey for the Dark Lord!" someone who was one of
> those "Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who
> cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and
> allow themselves to be provoked so easily--weak people, in
> other words..."
>
> The Snape that Voldemort knew of old would have hated Harry
> for James's sake and would not have been capable of
> concealing it. Snape is thus the last person Voldemort would
> think could be a spy--for *either* side
>
> Of course this interpretation requires that Voldemort not be
> aware of Dumbledore's testimony at Karkaroff's trial, but
> we can deduce that this was concealed because Sirius, who
> was very interested in Karkaroff, didn't know about it. (GoF 27)
>
snip.
Alla:
Pippin, I thank you for your explanation, but unfortunately you
confused me even more. :o) Sorry.
I thought that the reasoning behind "Snape has to maintain his cover"
was that Voldemort has to think of Snape as double agent, as his spy
against Dumbledore.
Are you saying that Voldemort thinks that whatever Snape does to
Harry is due to his nature, his ability to keep grudges against
James, in essense Snape just being himself, as Voldemort sees it?
Of what use Snape will be to Voldemort if he cannot be a spy?
If Voldemort indeed expect Snape to put on a show of being loyal to
Dumbledore, would not his nastiness to Harry make Dumbledore doubt
his loyalty and in fact undermines Voldemort's intentions?
Sorry! I think I confused myself too.
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