Dumbledore was already dying -
susanmcgee48176
Schlobin at aol.com
Tue Jul 19 17:59:01 UTC 2005
No: HPFGUIDX 133086
I believe that Dumbledore was ALREADY dying...that the quest to
acquire the ring did him in...as indicated by his maimed hand...and
that Dumbledore told Snape that Snape would have to kill him...
In this way, Snape would prove to Lord Voldemort that Snape could
truly be trusted. Snape would then be in a position to help/save Harry.
Didn't JKR say in one of her interviews that Snape would be the
pattern of redemption for others? (Please correct me here)
Dumbledore also wants to save Draco. He understands that Draco, like
Snape, is now of two minds. He would love to have glory and show
Potter and all the rest how important he is. However, he has
underestimated (as Dumbledore says) how difficult it is to murder
someone.
So that assumes that Dumbledore did know about the Unbreakable Vow
that Snape made to Narcissa.
So, was Snape arguing with Dumbledore that he Snape be allowed to DIE
rather than kill Dumbledore? Because he would die if he broke the
Unbreakable Vow, right? (I have to assume that he was arguing not to
kill Dumbledore, otherwise, what was he arguing with Dumbledore about?
Being a spy on LV?)
I cannot believe that Dumbledore would ever plead for his own life. He
had said that "death is the great adventure". He had just previously
with great mental cogency been arguing with Draco, and didn't even
hint at pleading with Draco not to kill him. He told Harry quite
clearly that HARRY'S LIFE was more important than his own. "Because I
am much older, much cleverer, and much less valuable." said Dumbledore.
Why would he send Harry for Snape? Just Snape? Not McGonagall or Tonks
or Lupin..why would he want to see Snape? Only, in my theory, if he
knew that Snape would kill him, then that's why he sent for Snape.
Susan McGee
Northern California
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