Snape as culpable

[Morgan Adams]

No: HPFGUIDX 134828

Defintion of culpable from my dictionary: 2. meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful (negligence)

I think the word negligence is important here. JKR says Snape is culpable, but not of what. We know that his relaying of the prophecy prompted LV to kill the Potters. What if Snape's biggest offense is not trying to stop this? What if he is culpable in the sense that he was cowardly at that time and did nothing to change it? Only afterwards (when LV was thought to be dead) did he come beg forgivenes from AD. I don't think this is the reason that AD "trusts" Snape (there's something else we don't know), but I think it is why JKR calls him culpable.

Also, I think it is interesting that AD would "trust Hagrid with [his] life," but for Snape is merely states "I trust Severus Snape." The implication being that he would not trust Snape with his life.

--Morgan

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