Evil Snape? I think not.

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Jazmyn Concolor wrote:
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> Is Snape evil? Had he gone over to the dark side forever?  I am 
not so sure...

Hey Jazmyn,

I have to agree with you here. At first I was stunned and then angry 
and then reason kicked in and I came to pretty much the same 
conclusion. Dumbledore was fully aware of the situation, even from 
Harry's own mouth. And what of the argument between Snape and 
Dumbledore that Hagrid overheard. Perhaps Snape wanted to end the 
charade and would have chose death for himself, but Dumbledore 
insisted that he stick with it. I don't think Harry's assessment of 
why Dumbledore trusted Snape was accurate, at least what he told the 
others. 

I thought about how Snape was going to pass information on as well, 
and perhaps it could be through Dumbledore's portrait. We don't know 
where they are all located except the one in Dumbledore's office. 
It's a good possibility that one will be accessible to Snape. As 
there are sure to be a few, as Dumbledore was an extremely famous 
wizard. 

And Snape could have at least petrified Harry and delivered him to 
the dark lord himself. In the chaos of the moment Harry's absence 
might have been momentarily overlooked in the light of Dumbledore's 
death. If he was truly afraid of LV's wrath because Potter was only 
to be dealt with by LV, why not just deliver him an unconscious and 
unarmed potter? 

It just doesn't add up to Snape being evil, although I am afraid 
Snape may have to pay for a crime he committed out of duty. He will 
have no ally in the order due to Harry's witnessing of Dumbledore's 
death, unless dumbledore himself (in painting form perhaps) explains 
the situation to someone else. 

Hanna Delacour