Snape, the "Deeply Horrible Person"

[jmgarciaiii]

No: HPFGUIDX 94404

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "doliesl" <doliesl at y...> wrote:
> I agree with whoever said that "deeply horrible" do not equal 
to 'deeply evil'". 

That'd be me. :-)

But one thing that is to be learned (my "prime directive," if you 
will) in reading the whole ouvre of JKR is: Words Mean Things. She 
is ver-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-ry precise in her usage of words and she 
lets you assume she actually said something, only to find, three 
books later that she actually said something else, telling the 
reader "Ah, you thought I said XYZ , but I only said X and you 
assumed the Y & Z."

So, usually on the 2nd and 3rd readings, I dissect things (whenever 
I am not caught in the undertow of narrative delight) to see what 
may be gleaned. An example is the "deeply horrible" which most 
people automatically leap to equate with "deeply evil" or Lockhart's 
claim regarding the Homorphus charm which leads many to assume it 
means he claims to have cured werewolfism.

JKR does not like to leave us with many absolute, non-negotiable 
inarguables.

Like Crouch Jr.!Moody used to say "Constant vigilance!"

-Joe in SoFla