Why Snape did not take Harry to LV /Snape and Dark Arts.

eggplant107 eggplant107 at hotmail.com
Sun Aug 21 15:29:12 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 138299

 "clarinut76" <clarinut76 at y...> wrote:

> I think he [Snape] adores the Dark 
> Arts because of their great power 
> and mystery. [
]I can't imagine 
> Snape wanting to be a new Dark Lord. 
 
That does not compute, to me the above seems entirely contradictory.
And anyway, I can't imagine that Snape's ultimate dream is to become
the second banana to anyone, not to Dumbledore and not even to
Voldemort; he wants to call the shots.

> I don't think Snape is in this for himself. 

I must disagree, generosity of spirit and concern for his fellow man
has never struck me as Snape's overriding personal characteristic.

Eggplant 







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