[HPforGrownups] Snape's Worst Memory

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 124137

Kemper wrote:
> Snape's Worst Memory.
> In this memory we see Snape apparently friendless (he doesn't discuss
> the test with any buddies he keeps to himself) and we see Snape is
> humiliated and the only one that comes to his defense is not from his
> house and a Mudblood to boot.  These are weapons handed to the Dark
> Lord.

I've wondered if it could actually be the other way round - that Lily's
intervention at that point set the chain of events in motion that caused
Snape to desert the Dark Lord for Dumbledore when he learned that Lily was
to be betrayed and killed.

But I also think you've put your finger very much on the spot with the word
"humiliated". It seems as though dignity is the most important thing to the
young Snape: losing it was insupportable.

> I'm thinking that Snape's worst memory is the one the Dark Lord used
> to manipulate a young, emotional Snape into giving the Dark Lord what
> he wanted.  Whatever it was, (loyalty, potions, something else) it
> eventually led Snape into the inner circle.
> Now... is it his worst memory because of the events that occured or
> because of the events that followed?

Was Snape ever emotional in that way I wonder? Possibly it was something
which led him to control his emotions.

Cheers

Ffred

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