Occlumency -The real reasons for DD not teaching Harry...

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 122827


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at y...> wrote:

Tonks:
> I see Snape as cool and aloof. The only emotions you see him  
> display are hate and anger. People here have argued as to his 
> acting or really feeling the hate. I think sometimes he is acting a 
> bit, but mostly when it comes to Harry and Snape's memory of James  
> projected onto Harry, Snape is feeling hatred. But all other times  
> he is cold, unfeeling. Not the *heart on the sleeve type*.

Geoff:
This appears to me as being a contradiction in terms. How can someone 
be cool and aloof while displaying hate and anger?

Let's take just one example....

'And then, as they both took a fourth piece of chocolate from Madam 
Pomfrey, they heard a distant roar of fury echoing from somewhere 
above them...
"What was that?" said Madam Pomfrey in alarm.
Now they could hear angry voices, growing louder and louder. Madam 
Pomfrey was staring at the door.
"Really - they'll wake everybody up! What do they think they're 
doing?"
Harry was trying to hear what the voices were saying. They were 
drawing nearer -
"He must have Disapparated, Severus, we should have left somebody in 
the room with him. When this gets out -"
"HE DIDN'T DISAPPARATE!" Snape roared, now very close at hand. "YOU 
CAN'T APPARATE /OR/ DISAPPARATE INSIDE THIS CASTLE" THIS - HAS - 
SOMETHING - TO - DO - WITH - POTTER!"
"Severus - be reasonable - Harry has been locked up -"
BAM.
The door of the hospital wing burst open.
Fudge, Snape and Dumbledore came striding into the ward. Dumbledore 
alone looked calm. Indeed, he looked as though he was quite enjoying 
himself. Fudge appeared angry. But Snape was beside himself.
"OUT WITH IT, POTTER!" he bellowed. "WHAT DID YOU DO?"
"Professor Snape!" shrieked Madam Pomfrey. "Control yourself!"
"See here, Snape, be reasonable," said Fudge. "This door's been 
locked. We just saw -"
"THEY HELPED HIM ESCAPE. I KNOW IT!" Snape howled, pointing at Harry 
and Hermione. His face was twisted, spit was flying from his mouth.
"Calm down, man!" Fudge barked. "You're talking nonsense!".....

(POA "Owl Post Again" pp.305/06 UK edition)

...and so it goes on. Snape goes on to the extent that even Fudge 
thinks he is unbalanced.

This is our cool and aloof Potions Professor dealing with the 
situation in a calm, measured manner offering a balanced opinion on 
the turn of events.

Revenge, they tell us is a dish best served cold - but not anger. 
This man is not cold. He seems to be in serious danger of 
spontaneously combusting.... 

No. I don't see Snape as a "parfait, gentil knight".

Sorry.