Snape really IS evil

[snipsnapsnurr]

No: HPFGUIDX 134219

UNIX4EVR wrote:
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> 
> If Snape knew about the plan to penetrate Hogwarts via the cabinet 
> why didn't he warn DD?  No one knew that Harry and DD were leaving 
> except for Ron, Hermione and. . .Snape?
> 
> No, unfortunately I agree that Snape really is all bad.  And I'm 
> beginning to wonder if (as some here have suggested) Snape isn't 
the 
> real villain of the piece. . .not Voldemort.


Yes it is true that if Snape knew about the plan to penetrate 
Hogwarts via the cabinet and didn't inform Dumbledore, that would be 
evil. Here's the problem: We can't really be sure that Snape knows 
what Draco's mission even is until Snape arrives at the tower. The 
only things we can be certain of prior to that is that Snape knew 
that Draco had been given a task by Voldemort, and Draco didn't want 
Snape involved in it. In chapter 2, Snape claims to know all about 
Draco's task, but notice that he never actually states what the task 
is. He may very well be bluffing, hoping to learn more about it. That 
is exactly what someone who is spying for the Order would be likely 
to do in that situation.

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