SNAPE - is he actually bad?

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No: HPFGUIDX 143489

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "widgetsparky"
<widgetsparky at h...> wrote:
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> An issue which runs through all of the books and one which im sure 
> gets everyone thinking. Does anyone else feel as i do that he is still 
> on the side of the Order? My reasons for this are:
> 
> Snape is trusted by Dumbledore - not made apparent why but im sure it 
> will. Dumbledore can make mistakes but not one that huge.
> The Unbreakable Bond meant that it was either Snape or Dumbledore 
> who would have to die, as if Malfoy was harmed Snape would die. Maybe 
> Dumbledore though that Snape is more important than himself. He also
believed 
> that Harry is more important than himself.
> 
> 
> 
> what you reckon???
> 
> Widget

Whiz:
I believe that Snape is evil and trying to eliminate both Voldemort
and Dumbledore.  Dumbledore does trust Snape, and now that we've seen
the Unbreakable Vow, we may have a clue why.  As for Voldemort, once a
DE always a DE.  There's no getting out of that club, so Snape has to
play his hand very carefully, especially since other DEs, like members
of the Order, are suspicious of his loyalty.

The subplot about racism and Slytherin's purification of the race
agenda seems to me to be Snape's part in the story.

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