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

[catalyna_99]

No: HPFGUIDX 133880

> 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'.
> > Lynn:
>  
>> 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.
> 

Another usual lurker posting:  I'm sorry but I have to disagree.  
Snape didn't just go ballistic, he was *pained*. Normally, if Harry 
says something sneering about Snape, Snape either bites back hard, 
or sneeringly answers back. In other words, goes total ballistic, no 
pained expressions. Usually, it's as if, he's not annoyed by what 
the cockroach says, it's a matter that it feels it has a right to 
say it to *him*. This time, it's as if what Harry said really got to 
him.

The scene where Dumbledore is killed is also off-kilter.  Snape just 
comes in and kills him. No sneers, no insults, no nothing, is this 
the Snape we all know and love to hate (or hate to love)?  
Dumbledore was talking with Draco trying to get him to come to the 
light, no pleading for his life.  I think he was more concerned 
about Draco's life and all of sudden when Snape comes in he's 
seemingly pleading about his life?  Nope, that scene just feels real 
strange.

And even after Dumbledore is dead and Harry knows who the half-blood 
prince was, he still is feeling "protective" (I'm not sure if this 
is the correct word) and doesn't want to discard him totally.  If he 
had known that Snape was the prince in the book earlier would he 
even had touched it?  When Hermione is using the spell Harry had 
earlier used on Draco as proof of the Half-blood's evilness, Harry 
doesn't agree.  He tells her it said it was good against enemies, 
not to go out and try it.  I think this is the real foreshadowing. 

I don't think I can actually wait for two more years... 


Catalyna.