Snape -- DE or not DE? (Re: Some questions/comments about GoF)

[slurdodger]

No: HPFGUIDX 102200

"hettiebe" <carol_sutcliffe at y...> wrote:
> One point that has always worried me is how Snape maintains his DE 
> standing with Voldemort after the conversations he has had with 
> Quirrel. Surely his defending the Philosopher's Stone and all that 
> you don't want me as an enemy and and decide which side your are on 
> stuff would have given him away given that Voldy was supposed to be 
> on the back of Quirrel's head at the time.


Forgive me if my memory is a little poor, I think Voldemort explain at
the end of PS that he only became Quirrel's second face when Quirrel's
numerous attempts to steal the stone failed miserably. Of course, I
also remember Harry's scar burning when Quirrel's back was facing him.

Either way, there are numerous ways for Snape to explain his actions,
as he didn't know he was hindering the rebirth of Voldemort, and he
was obligated as a teacher to protect the stone so was simply "keeping
up appearances".

Actually, why on earth did the philosophers stone get moved to the
school in the first place anyway? Was Dumbledore somehow aware that
someone was going to steal it that particular year?

"slurdodger"