Power vs. Trust (was:The Possibilities of Grey Snape...)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 143046

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> > Magpie:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > (And as Sydney correctly pointed out, the scene in the Tower is 
> > designed so that we don't see a moment where Dumbledore realizes 
> > he's been wrong.)  

Nora: 
> Actually, that is precisely what I find the whole pleading scene to 
> be.
> 
> "The sound frightened Harry beyond anything he had experienced all 
> evening. For the first time, Dumbledore was pleading."
> 
> There's your tragic anagnorisis right there (also argued for in post 
> 142981), just in the terse style which JKR likes.  [It's also 
> interesting that this happens right as Snape enters the scene, which 
> means some switch--positive or negative--goes off immediately.]  

Pippin:
Um, so now Dumbledore and Snape have exchanged some instant silent
communication? Isn't that a new thought for you?
 Because as you say at this point Snape has not yet come forward or
donned his look of revulsion and hatred. How exactly is it that Dumbledore
realized he was wrong? 

Pippin