Snuffing Out Snape (Re: Snape, the "Deeply Horrible Person")

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 94516

Jen: For Snape to be redeemed in the end, he needs to be dead. 
I  can't even tell you why I feel this way. I don't hate the
character--
 he's an interesting read, and has played an important role in 
 Harry's life and magical development, if not a particularly 
 *pleasant* role.
> 
> Does anyone else feel this way and if so, please explain it to 
>me?!?

. It's a pretty standard feature of  Western lit. Your sins, however 
dire, are forgiven if, and only if, you die in a state of repentance. 
But as we all know, the penitent have this tendency to backslide, 
so authors tend to kill them immediately (Boromir) or carry the 
epilogue to the rest of their days (Lancelot, Scrooge). It gives the 
reader closure.

Pippin