Nope, no consensus on Snape (was Re: Snape's Grudge)

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 142583

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "esmith222002" <c.john at i...> 
wrote:
>
> It seems to me that a number of people hate Snape due to his 
treatment 
> of his students. Within HPFGU there seems to be an acceptance that 
> Snape hates Harry due to his old prejudice towards his father, and 
that 
> this is vaguely understandable. 

<SNIP>

Well, I don't quite know where you are getting that from.  Of course 
it depends on what you mean by "understandable."  If you mean that 
it can be, literally, intellectually explained, I think it is much 
more than "vaguely" understandable.  It would seem to be very 
clearly understood.

If, on the other hand, you mean that there is some consensus that, 
in some vague way, Snape's treatment of Harry is "understandable" in 
the sense of being "ameliorated in guilt or fault," I would say that 
absolutely no such consensus exists, even on a very imprecise 
level.  Certainly I do not accord any amelioration of guilt to Snape 
in any way, his actions and attitudes are absolutely and utterly 
unforgiveable.  Nor do I think Alla or Nora or many other people who 
find Snape's actions objectionable would agree that there is any 
kind of consensus on the issue whatsoever (and they may of course 
disagree with me on that one).


Lupinlore