[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore's Last Act

[rayheuer3 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 133683

Penny writes:
 
>Dumbledore knows 
>that Draco will be pushed to do what he has  been requested to do.  
>So, Dumbledore has Snape do it, so that  Draco will not have to do 
>the terrible deed.  This will not only  save Draco's (mental, and 
>perhaps physical) life, but also perhaps help  him see where his 
>allegiances should lie in future battles and  scenarios.
 
Ray adds:
 
I agree with this analysis, but would like to extend it.  Whether or  not it 
was part of the original plan, Dumbledore certainly knows about Snape's  
Unbreakable Vow.  Part of the vow is to to accomplish Draco's mission is  Draco is 
unable to.  If anyone other than Draco or Snape AK'd Dumbledore  after Draco 
faltered, Snape would have died on the spot.  Dumbledore was  not begging Snape 
for his own (DD's) life, he was begging Snape to save  his own (SS's) life.
 
  --  Ray
 
  Total non sequiteur:  Has anyone ever wondered what (if  anything) SS means 
in Parseltongue?  - R
 


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