Snape:second chance?

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No: HPFGUIDX 115687


> Lisa Marie:
> > I have a possible answer to your question, however unsatisfactory 
> > it may be: there is no real "first chance," and it's just a figure
> > of speech.  I assume that, in the WW, everyone starts out with the 
> > "chance" to be good and only joining LV would require the giving of 
> > a "second chance." I think that Snape squandered his "first chance"
> > when he joined the DE in the first place. <snip>

"legobaty29":
> I agree with Lisa Marie that Snape's first chance was used up when 
> he joined the Death Eaters. I know that Dumbledore trusts him, but I 
> wonder whether he will ever be tempted to re-join Voldemort?  It has
> been suggested that he won't (I think he touched on the subject during
> a conversation with Karkaroff?) but the mark on his arm becomes stronger
> when Voldemort is around, and I am thinking a) once you've been a Death
> Eater you can never get rid of the mark or b) Snape has never got rid of
> the mark because there's a thin chance he still has an allegiance there.
> 
> What do you think?


vivek writes:
Thanks both of you for clearing that bit of English for me.

As I think about legobaty's question, I think the answer could possibly 
be both of the points. I doubt that LV ever took anyone in service, except 
for a life time, as has been mentioned in Ootp. So the dark mark must have 
been put there for life time, and Snape's new secret mission with the order could also require him to keep contact with the DE's, so he still has the 
mark, as sign of loyalty or something....Till Snape's mission is cleared, 
I doubt whether we will ever find out the right answer.

(Though I hate Snape, I still think he isn't that bad to have *really* 
crossed over to the dark side. But I also wonder what must have made 
Snape come over to DD's side in the first case?)