Snape isn't evil

[fauntine_80]

No: HPFGUIDX 143430


Alora wrote:
> HBP (US edition)ch. 28, page 604:
> 
> "Kill me then," panted Harry, who felt no fear at all, but only 
rage 
> and contempt.  "Kill me like you killed him, you coward-"
> 
> "DON'T-" screamed Snape, and his face was suddenly demented, 
> inhuman, as though he was in as much pain as the yelping, howling 
> dog stuck in the burning house behind them- "CALL ME COWARD!"
> 
> Here, I think he's in terrible pain at having had to kill 
> Dumbledore, and Harry has just called him a coward for doing so.  
I 
> think the pain of Dumbledore's death (if he is dead) is tearing 
him 
> apart, and then Harry (whom he dislikes already) only adds to his 
> anger.

> 
> Does anyone else understand it this way?  Thanks for listening :)
> 
> Alora


Wow, it has been forever since I have posted here.  Anyway, back on 
track...

I totally agree with you!

My first inclination that Snape was not evil was that Dumbledore 
begged "Snape, please."  That's not like Dumbledore at all.  I think 
he was begging for Snape to do the task.  Also, when I reread the 
book, Hagrid recalls that Dumbledore and Snape were arguing in the 
forest and that Dubledore told Snape that he just had to do it. (I 
can't find the chapter right now...)But, I think they were arguing 
over the unbreakable vow and Dumbledore told him he had to do it.

Anyway, I didn't think about the description of Snape being in pain 
as his pain of killing Dumbledore... that's really insightful! 

Cheers!
It's good to be back

~Fauntine