[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape and Quirrell in the Dark Forest

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 125288

--- a_svirn <a_svirn at yahoo.com> wrote:
> What I do not understand is 1) why Snape 
> waited for so long to bring the topic. The broom-jinxing episode 
> took place during the Gryffindor-Slythering match, and the chat in 
> the forest occurred after the Hafflepuff-Gryffindor match. If I 
> remember correctly there were a couple of months at least between 
> the two. There should have been enough opportunities to discuss the
> matter. 2) What exactly Snape was trying to achieve? If his main 
> concern in the matter was the safety of the Stone and that of 
> Hogwarts students why did he try to reason with the villain who 
> appeared to be a serious threat to both? Especially, after he tried
> to kill a student?! And not even straight after the incident but 
> after some time?  He should have alerted DD or even Aurors, not
> drag Quirrel to the Forest in hope to intimidate him.


I think he did alert DD immediately and that's why DD attended the
second game - to catch Quirrell in the act when he tried it again
while Snape was up in the air to grab Harry if he didn't manage to
hold onto the broomstick as well as before.  Harry messed up the
strategy by catching the snitch so fast and ending the game in 2
minutes.

So it was after their effort to trap Quirrell had been foiled that
Snape and Dumbledore moved onto Plan B - confront Quirrell directly
and try to frighten the truth out of him. And that's what Harry saw
in the Forbidden Forest that night.

Magda

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