Could Snape ever be a hero?

[colebiancardi]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Freeman, Louise Margaret" 
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Louise wrote:

> I think it's becoming clear that there are several traits Rowling
considers essential for a genuine
> hero: they can't be seeking glory for themselves, they can't be so
fearful of death that they are
> afraid to die for a good cause and they have to be able to forgive
and show mercy. DD can
> certainly do all three and we've seen Harry develop all those
traits over the years. Voldemort, of
> course, does none of them, and I think Snape has shown he can't
either. When we first met
> him, he boasted that he could "brew fame, bottle glory and stopper
death."

not really. He told them he could teach them how to do those things -
and he is a teacher, isn't he? And DD has boasted a few times
himself. My god, if Snape is truly a deep-undercover spy(which I
believe), then HOW boring can it be for him to teach a bunch
of "dunderheads"? No wonder he gets his kicks from scaring the crap
out of the kids...


> He couldn't put
> aside his hatred for Sirus and James and Lupin, from either their
schooldays or cheating them
> out of his Order of Merlin in PoA. DD has already told us he
misjudged how deep that
> resentment ran.

And neither could Sirius put away his hatred for Snape. Forgiveness
& showing mercy are two traits Snape CANNOT show at this time and
point. He does that, and his cover is blown. People complained, oh,
why is he such a NASTY BASTARD to Harry and the others? What do you
want him to do? Take Harry under his wing and coo to him? If that
ever got back to Voldemort, and it would, Snape is useless as a spy.


>>He had to chose between killing DD or dying himself at the end and
>>he chose > to kill; he had already told us that the one to kill DD
>>would be honored by the Dark Lord above
> all others. It's hard to see any nobility there. Snape's as about
as Voldyesque as he can get by
> the end.
>
Unless that was part of DD's plan and I believe DD was a walking dead
man ever since he got the ring horcrux and bunged up the destroying
of it. Snape probably kept him alive with that "stop death"
potion.

there is the other theory that Snape is neither working for LV or DD,
but waiting for both to die. Once that happens, he probably will
make his move to become "Top Wizard" in the WW.

as far as Snape being a hero, I don't think he ever will be one, but 
not for the reasons you outlined.  I also don't think that many 
people here think he is a hero.   I think he will be redeemed(if he 
is Good!Snape) and he will give his life up to do so.   If he is Good!
Snape, he has to be redeemed for his actions that seem *dodgy*.

colebiancardi