Snape isn't evil

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 143439


> 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, 
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> 
> ~Fauntine replied:
> 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
> 

Valky:
Welcome back Fauntine. Now although I fall generally into the camp who
was convinced by HBP that Snape is not evil, in the interests of
sufficiently messing up this neat analysis with inconspicuous detail
<g> technically Harry and Snape are not talking (read - screaming at
each other) about Dumbledore here at all. The subject of this exchange
is James. 

Paraphrase -
Snape - you would turn my own spells on me like your filthy father.
Harry - Go on then kill me like you killed *him*.

The source of Snape's contorting inhuman pain therefore is the death
of James Potter. Snape's involvement in James' death was, as we know,
his relaying of information to Voldemort. Basically a valid
translation here is that Harry is calling Snape a coward for his
service to Voldemort, for killing James.

With that as pretext Snapes pain seems to hinge on his involvement in
the death of Harry's family. The exact thing that Dumbledore insists
is the biggest regret of his life. 

Dumbledore is right, No?

Valky


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