Is Snape responsible for making Harry an Orphan /What would Snape have to do....

[dumbledore11214]

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> Juli: 
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> I'm not sure whether Snape is to blame, I think he was a bit 
involved with the assassination attempt on Harry, he was a loyal DE 
(I think) and he wanted his master to succeed. 

Alla:


Who IS to blame then for the fact that Voldemort learned about 
Prophecy in the first place? Sure Snape was a loyal DE and sure  he  
wanted his master to succeed and this is  where his blame lies, no?



Juli: 
> The thing is, the prophesy will be fulfilled because Voldemort 
chose to, he chose to believe in it, and by trying to prevent his 
future "murder" he actually gave Harry the tools to vanquish him for 
good.

Alla:

Yes, but "but for Snape's actions" Voldemort would have never learned 
about prophecy in the first place, no? Voldemort made prophecy self 
fulfilling, but if he did not know about it, he would not have acted 
in the first place, IMO.

Hmm, maybe that is what JKR meant when she said that Snape is more 
culpable than Voldemort - he set this chain of events in action. 
Snape is a probable cause of what happened to Harry, IMO.


Juli: 
> Besides, didn't a spy (probably Snape, IMO) told Dumbledore that 
Voldy was after the Potters? Didn't he do everything he could to keep 
them save?


Alla:

Could be or not, because Dumbledore had "spies", not one "spy". The 
question is does it cancel out telling Voldie about prophecy in the 
first place?


JMO,

Alla