[HPforGrownups] Why did Snape react so angrily to being called a 'Coward' ??

[Ladi lyndi]

No: HPFGUIDX 133861

plittleuk  wrote:
 
The reaction "DON'T CALL ME A COWARD...." in my eyes could be 
construed along the lines of 'if only you understood the things that I have done, am doing and will do for you, you would not call me a 
coward'.

This was the biggest indicator for me that Snape is on the side of 
good - I found it a very odd thing to make a point of taking Harry to task on at such a time when he had to get away.
 
 
Lynn:
 
It can also be construed along other lines, of course - that's what we'll be debating for the next 2 years.  LOL
 
It was over the top but I wasn't surprised by it either.  We've seen Snape go ballistic before, in POA, where his mental state has been questioned.
 
Personally I think it was simply because Snape knows he is a coward.  *ducks as hundreds of hexes are sent her way by the Snape apologists*
 
Let me explain.  There is debate that when Dumbledore said Please to Snape he was either begging for his life or begging for Snape to take his life.  What if the please was really for Snape to choose that which is right over that which is easy?  To choose the light over the dark?  To choose to sacrifice ones life for the sake of others?  By killing Dumbledore, Snape chose to do that which is easy instead of standing up for what is right and turning his back on Voldemort.  Yes, it would have meant his own death and wouldn't that have been the braver act, to give up your own life rather than tear your soul in half by murding someone just to live another day or so?
 
I find it poingnant that Snape reacts so strongly to being called a coward when he continually taunted Sirius about being a coward throughout OOP.  Of course, being called a coward by Harry had to be particularly galling to Snape.
 
Snape is a coward.  Regardless of whether he ends up on the side of good or evil, he didn't have the courage to "break the cycle" of violence in which he was apparently raised and instead "got his own back" by bullying those who couldn't fight back.  That's not bravery, that's cowardice.
 
Lynn


 

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