Snape and Sirius (was: CHAPTER DISCUSSIONS: Chapter Thirty seven)

[vmonte]

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>vmonte:
That's exactly how Snape told Sirius I bet.
snip of Agatha Christie example I *really* want to read now! <g>)
Iago from Othello is also like this.<

>Betsy:
I've seen this comparison made before - Snape = Iago, but it doesn't
work for me. Wasn't Iago well liked by Othello and those he
manipulated? Both Harry and Sirius dislike Snape and distrust him.
(Of course, it's been a while since I've read Othello - so I could be
wrong! <g>)

vmonte again:
You are right, of course. What I was trying to say was how Iago and 
the character from "The Curtain" are able to manipulate others 
without these people ever realizing it. It doesn't matter so much 
that these characters were liked, but that other people put their 
trust in them.

You are also right that Sirius was a grown man and he should know 
better than to let Snape manipulate him, but Snape does manipulate 
him several times in OOTP. 
 
Vivian