Narcissa the bait in the Unbreakable trap (Re: Did Snape have a choice or not?)

[Jen Reese]

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Betsy: 
> Despite Voldemort's not wanting anyone interfering with Draco (the 
> reason I think he shared the plan with Snape in the first place) 
> Snape is offering to interfere.  He will try and help Draco.
> (Could this be the opening gambit to wooing the Malfoy family over
> to the Order's side?  I wonder...)
> 
> For some reason (and I really don't know why Narcissa goes in this 
> direction -- lack of trust?) Narcissa asks Snape to take the 
> Unbreakable Vow. Snape goes "blank" for a moment, madly 
calculating 
> his choices here, I would imagine, and then he decides to do it.

Jen: I think Voldemort is behind the Unbreakable and Narcissa is the 
bait myself. She's a desperate woman, with her husband in jail and 
her only son being punished for the father's mistakes (sins of the 
father theme yet again?). 

So Narcissa plays her role, one Bella is completely unaware of, and 
reels Snape in hook, line and sinker. Notice how Bella is lured to 
go along to Spinner's End--convenient, huh? The DE most suspicious 
of Snape's behavior, the one most likely to cast doubt on him and 
make him prove himself. The clauses in that Unbreakable came out of 
Narcissa's mouth so rapidly and succintly, not much thinking going 
into those very important words. Almost like they were....rehearsed. 

What does she care if Snape goes down if it saves her own blood? 
People always bring up Snape and Lily, and maybe it's true, but 
Narcissa seems more like the kind of woman Snape would fall for. 
She's pure-blood, 'respectable', wealthy, a Malfoy Manor type of 
girl. This scene was interesting in a book fraught with the theme of 
obsessive love. We saw the trap of obsessive love close over Merope, 
seize Ron, and Slughorn called Amortentia the most 'dangerous' of 
all the potions he brewed. 

Obsessive love, unrequited love, perhaps love once freely given but 
taken away--it's possible one of these scenarios trapped Snape long 
before Narcissa came pleading to his door.

Jen