Most burning Snape question?

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Laura writes:

Has anyone got a list of 
> Snape questions they really want answered? (Stupid question really) 
> And did anyone else get lucky? If so what are you gonna ask?


Cynthia writes:

This is as good a time as any time to write my first post.  I've been 
reading for over a week, but.....

I, too, believe Snape is the most challenging and compelling 
character.  The problem, of course, is that JKR is writing YA fiction-
-and we're adults and are wont to impose adult sensibilities on a 
world filtered, necessarily, by her genre filter.

That said, however, she has--whether she intended to or not--written 
a character who piques adult interest.  So, were I to have the 
opportunity to question her about Snape, I would ask:

1.  Have you any intention of resolving the rather complex issues 
you've raised in writing Snape's behavior over five texts?  

2.  Why is Snape, who by any measure is far and away as intelligent 
and shrewd as any in the text, so unable--or unwilling--to control 
his childish behavior?  

3.  Is Snape the Half Blood Prince?  

4.  Does Snape love anyone?


Cynthia