"revulsion and hatred etched in the harsh lines of his face"

[vmonte]

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Leslie41 wrote:
If this is his ultimate victory--if DD is his nemesis--why not
gloat? Why not say "You worthless pathetic old man" as he kills him?
That wouldn't offend the Death Eaters, certainly. The killing of DD
is distinguished most not by what *is* in there, but what's *not*,
and what we would have every right to expect if Snape really did
hate DD.

Look back at the end of PoA, when Snape discovers Lupin and Black at
the Shrieking Shack. Page 360, to be precise.

Snape truly and deeply hates Black, loathes him with every bone and
fiber of his being. And he is very eager to gloat.

"Vengeance is very sweet...how I hoped I would be the one to catch
you."

Rowling doesn't want us to peg Snape as ESE. That's evident
throughout the entire book. She doesn't want to make things that
easy for us, or for Harry.

vmonte:
Well, the way Snape feels about Lupin and Sirius is very different 
from what he feels for Dumbledore. He loathes L&S and he wants 
revenge for...I guess what happened at school when he was a teenager. 
Can you imagine? He's been waiting a long time for revenge, so yes, 
vegeance must be sweet for him. (Get over it Snape, for heaven's 
sake.)

But with Dumbledore why should he feel vengeance? Gloat about what? 
Did Dumbledore wrong him or hurt him in anyway? I think that killing 
Dumbledore was the only way Snape could get out of Hogwarts alive. 
(You know the pact he made with Draco?)
Snape just made the choice to save his skin, that's all. 

I also like the part in PoA when Sirius says that he would have died 
for James. I have no doubt that Dumbledore would have died for Snape.
Snape probably thinks that's just stupid.

Vivian