Snape as Spy

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 129625

I was watching a PBS show about training Spies and thought of Snape, of 
course. It was a British film. It explained about what a spy has to do. 
Some of the things are what we have all figured out, but it was good to 
see it explained. A spy has to blend in, has to (like an actor) make 
all forms of his communication match. This means what he says, how he 
looks, his body language, etc. He also must erase all emotion and sign 
of emotion. (Snape clutching the chair back when he heard of Ginny in 
the Chamber... this was a clue to us and something that Snape normally 
would have hidden.)  It also went on to show how a spy is hyped up to 
be *on* all the time as far as observations go. They must see the 
things that the rest of us don't notice. And this creates a slight 
sense of paranoia at times.

If Snape is a double agent, as we all suspect, I think that all of his 
behavior fits quite well.  He is a perfectionist after all.  I wonder 
who Snape really is under all of the persona of spy?? 

Tonks_op