[HPforGrownups] Re: An (interesting ?) parallel

[Irene Mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 139279


--- dumbledore11214 <dumbledore11214 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Anyways, I read it quite some time ago,so could be
> wrong, but 
> haven't we actually SAW Edmund expressing remorse to
> his sisters     
> and brother?

Actually, I don't believe we did. He expressed remorse
to Aslan, and then Aslan told everyone something to
the tune of "we will not speak of what happened ever
again". But Edmund was the bravest one in the battle,
and he was the key player in defeating the Witch. So,
the words are cheap, but the deeds speak louder. :-)

> See, so many people insist  that Harry should
> apologise to Snape for 
> looking into pensieve. What do you think - does
> Snape owe Harry a 
> BIG apology for being complicit in his parents
> death?

Yes, right after the battle ends. Or right after Harry
stops insisting on his right to keep his mind wide
open for Voldemort, whichever comes first.

> SO,  he decided to behave as decent person. Wouldn't
> that assume 
> that after helping delivering Potters to Voldemort,
> he OWES Harry 
> and (maybe many nameless people, whom he hurt as DE,
> but we only 
> talking about Harry now)a debt of such EPIC
> proportions, that he 
> would never repay it?

I don't like the idea of a debt you could never repay.
Even if they were not in the middle of the war, even
if it was just a school situation. I can't imagine
Dumbledore installing him as a teacher, knowing his
ways as a teacher, but expecting him to change it all
specifically for Harry.
I'm struggling to make myself clear here. Imagine a
couple, where one of the partners cheated on the
other. So the cheater repents, and the other partner
decides to forgive and forget. It's a very difficult
thing to do. Lots of times the couple divorces anyway,
because the wronged side holds the past sins over your
head forever. You know, the unspoken threat: 'Don't
you dare to criticise me in any way after what you've
done to me'.

To bring it back to Hogwarts, if Dumbledore accepted
Snape's defection from Voldie under condition that
Snape will devote his life to repaying that debt, I
guess Snape would have rather committed suicide there
and then, because that's would not be life anyway.

Irene


	
	
		
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