OMG: Dumbledore's trust!

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 Roxane says: 
> I still like to think Snape is a "wise-guy" and was actually 
> recruited by Dumbledore to be the spy in the Death-eater camp 1st.  
> The books don't really say how LV recuited do they?  Wormtale's 
> accounts in P0A talk about LV forcing him with "weapons you can't 
> imagine".  Other DE were at school with him who saw him as a 
> leader.  I like Snapes character too much to want him to be 
> completely evil.  I want him to have redemption.  One thing I never 
> liked about Lord of the Rings was that Smegal was wholly consumed by 
> Golem in the end.  I don't want Snape to end up in the Burning Pit.


        I have to point out, however, that in being wholly consumed by 
Gollum in the fires of Mount Doom, Smeagol _was_ redeemed. Sure, it 
was not a conscious choice - but his struggle with Frodo, who had 
himself turned back on his mission and fashioned himself "Lord", was 
what led, finally, to the destruction of the ring. And this was, more 
importantly, _exactly_ what Gandalf had prophesized in the Mines of 
Moria, when Frodo commented that Bilbo should have killed Gollum when 
he had the chance: "Gollum has yet to play a part..."
 
      I think that it is very, very likely that in the end of Book 7, 
Snape will die, albeit consciously. In so doing, not only will he 
cement his place among the good guys, redeem himself beyond question, 
prove Dumbledore's trust well-founded, but also finally come to rest 
with Harry and Harry's family. In another sense, could you imagine 
(those of you who like me are convinced Snape is good and not ESE) 
Snape settling down to a cozy, comfortable life style at Spinner's End 
after LV is destroyed? No. I think, like Gandalf in LOTR, Snape must 
go: to signal the end of one era, the beginning of another.  

          - AA