[HPforGrownups] Re: PoA - Snape knew?/Who is the real dark character in the series?

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 143510

Miles wrote:
> But - Snape *is* punished, if he is DDM. He killed Dumbledore! Dumbledore,
> the only man that trusted him out of true belief. And he will be the one who
> killed the greatest wizard of his time. He will never return to Hogwarts. He
> will be even more an outsider than ever before.

Bart:
	Did he kill Dumbledore? Was Dumbledore's hand unhealable because it was 
magically damaged, or was it unhealable because he could no longer heal 
from injuries? From (S/P)S, Chapter 8: "I can teach you how to bottle 
fame, brew glory, even stopper death"

	Now, consider. The title of the 6th book was "Harry Potter and the Half 
Blood Prince." The use of Snape's old textbook and the identity of the 
Half Blood Prince was, frankly, pretty minor as a plot point. Then why 
was it emphasized? Why was it important? (These are not rhetorical 
questions, by the way). A re-reading of Chapter 8, particularly Snape's 
first class, may well be in order, especially since there were other 
references to it in HBP.

	Bart (not Bartholemew, by the way)