[HPforGrownups] Spinner's End Most Important Clues Chapter?

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 135820

--- Cindy <cynnie36 at yahoo.com> wrote:


> Snape also gave Bellatrix "spin" after "spin" of justification for
> his 
> behavior since Voldemort's fall while making her feel disloyal and 
> inept. I think this chapter is named Spinner's End because that's 
> exactly what Snape did. Like a spider surrounding his victims with 
> web, Master Spinner Snape convinced his DE critics (including 
> Voldemort)with his words and deeds in this chapter. Now, the
> question is, where does his spinning end?     


It never ends.  Not in the world of Voldemort, at any rate.

When Snape opened his front door and saw Narcissa and Bellatrix
standing there, he began to spin.  He heard Narcissa out but do we
know that he took her seriously?  How does Snape know that this isnt
a put-up job so that Voldemort can check on Snape's loyalty?  How
does he know if Narcissa is sincere?  So he plays along, says as
little as he can as neutrally as he can so that anyone can read into
it what they want.  

It is noticeable that he tells the sisters nothing that isn't already
public knowledge (albeit a rather limited public).  And it's
noticeable too that he claims that Dumbledore's hand was injured at
the MoM during the battle when he knows fully well that it was
injured getting the ring.  And does anyone think that Voldemort
wouldn't be desperate to protect his horcruxes if he knew they were
in danger of being destroyed?

The world of the DE's is a world where everyone is constantly lying
and conniving against each other - which is probably just fine with
Voldemort.  DE's competing against each other for his favour are DE's
not conspiring with each other against him.  They're probably
constantly running to him with complaints and innuendos about the
others.  Snape can't assume that anyone is being truthful in this
world.

But it's going to take more skill at persuasion than we've seen from
the DE's so far to make Voldemort believe that the man who killed
Dumbldore isn't totally loyal.

Magda

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