Is McGonnagall evil?

davenclaw daveshardell at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 8 17:26:04 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 132281

In the database of recommended posts pre-OotP, I saw a very 
interesting thread that put forth the theory that McG, not Snape, is 
really the evil one, and went through various scenes throughout the 
books to offer interpretations of her behavior that might hint at this.

(An example that I just read a little while ago is that when Harry's 
name comes out of the Goblet, McG is very defensive of him when he is 
accused of cheating to get his name in there.  The typical 
interpretation is that she is just defending Harry against an unfair 
accusation.  The alternate theory is that she wants to make sure he 
competes in the competition, like Crouch Jr. does.)

I was just wondering if there had been much discussion of this theory 
AFTER OotP??  Does anyone still think that she might actually be a spy?

- davenclaw








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