JKR Interview on Mugglenet; Snape = Evil?

[Milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 134135

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Miss Melanie 
<ms_melanie1999 at y...> wrote:
> Milz wrote:
>  
> Possible, but we have no canon evidence of such an arrangement, do 
we?
> 
> Let's not forget, Snape is acting as a spy and possibly as a double 
> agent--if Draco is correct. If Snape is a double agent, his life is 
> in danger no matter what the final outcome is. According to "The 
Art 
> of War" by Sun Tzu, you can use double agents---but once they have 
> served their purposes, you must eliminate them because you can 
never 
> be certain where their loyalities lie. Snape killing Dumbledore can 
> be viewed as having served his purpose for Voldemort---Snape can't 
go 
> back to the OoP after doing something like that can he? If he were 
to 
> leave the DEs, he would be killed. Moreover, he now has the 
Ministry 
> and the OoP after him. So, his survival prospects are dim, imo. 
> 
> Milz
> 
> My reply: 
>  
> And yet I am positive this will not be an issue.  You really think 
she is just going to kill off Snape without any answers?  Without any 
thoughts?  I very seriously doubt this...
>  
> There is a possibility that all of these answers lay in Dumbledores 
pensieve something that Harry will likely have to access to find out 
more information on the Horcruxes.  
>  
> Melanie

As a spy, Snape is a betrayer. That's the nature of a spy: they must 
deceive and betray the "other side". As a double agent, Snape is a 
double betrayer. Betrayers in classic literature don't get very far, 
lifespan-wise. That, however, doesn't mean that Rowling won't give us 
the motivations for Snape's actions. But something tells me, Snape 
won't survive the series--especially in light of Rowling's concern 
for her young readership's (see the interview parts about Draco and 
her opinion of the "savior" mentality of some of her fans).

I agree that Dumbledore's penseive holds many clues. As does Snapes. 
If Snape left any of his belongings in his Hogwarts quarters, they 
will help Harry immensely. 

Milz