The "row" in the forest--what Snape doesn't want to do any more.

[susanmcgee48176]

No: HPFGUIDX 136909

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant107" <eggplant107 at h...> 
wrote:
> "lealess" <lealess at y...> wrote:
> 
> > If Dumbledore believes Snape could 
> > lie to Draco about something like an
> > Unbreakable Vow, then (1) he must 
> > believe that Snape can lie to him,
> > which would tend to make him a less
> > trusting of his spy at all, or (2)
> > he must be really stupid and believe
> > that Snape could not also lie to him. 
> 
> Are you trying to tell me that Dumbledore wants Snape to be a spy but
> he doesn't want him to lie to anybody about anything?! Lying is what
> undercover spies do, it's as natural as breathing. 
> 
> Eggplant


yes, the nature of a double agent is to lie...

I can imagine though that EVEN IF Snape is really on DD's side that he 
still might take the opportunity to contribute to Sirius' death. He 
hates Sirius and was ready to give him to the dementors in the PoA.

Yet, there are two instances that I think are lies to Cissy and Bella..

1) that Snape saved Harry's life in the first year at the Quidditch 
match

2) how could Snape have contributed to Sirius' death? This has got to 
be a lie...but why is he lying? To give himself more credit?
Snape certainly might have goaded Sirius into heroics..but he didn't 
need to..Sirius may have been emotionally arrested, but he was brave 
and noble (Harry remembers him living on rats in a cave to be near 
Harry)..he would have risen up to protect Harry no matter what Snape 
did...and okay, so what if Snape DID goad Sirius into going to the MoM 
to rescue Harry..it could have gone the other way, Sirius could have 
klilled Bellatrix....there's no guarantee that Bellatrix would win the 
duel...

3) Okay, and I keep harping on the fact that JKR gave her imprimatur 
to the film PoA....what about the fact that Snape stands between the 
children and the werewolf....what does that say about him?

Susan McGee

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