Redemptive pattern or Snape in love???

[juli17 at aol.com]

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Saraquel wrote:
> Apparently, a long time ago someone asked her  whether there was a 
> redemptive theme where Snape was concerned, she  said she was 
> stunned and told them to read book 7. 

Amontillada  wrote:
This MAY be the one you're thinking about, from a radio interview  in
October,  1999
(http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/1999/1099-connectiontransc.html):
--Interviewer:  There's an important kind of redemptive pattern to Snape
--JKR: He, um,  there's so much I wish I could say to you, and I can't
because it would ruin.  I promise you, whoever asked that question, can
I just say to you that I'm  slightly stunned that you've said that and
you'll find out why I'm so stunned  if you read Book 7. That's all I'm
going to say.





Julie says:
There was an original question posed in this interview snippet--
 
Interviewer: One of our internet correspondents wonders if Snape is
going to fall in love?
 
JKR: (laughs) Who on Earth would want Snape in love with them?
That's a very horrible idea. 
 
Interviewer: There's an important kind of redemptive pattern to  Snape.
 
JKR: He, um, there's so much more I wish I could say to you, and
I can't because it would ruin--I promise you, whoever asked that 
*question*, can I just say to you that I'm slightly stunned that  you've
said that and you will find out why I'm so stunned if you read Book  7.
That's all I'm going to say.
 
Julie, now--
I emphasized the word *question* because I believe in her reply JKR
is at this point answering the original question posed. While the 
interviewer notes a redemptive pattern in Snape, it is the question 
of whether Snape is going to fall in love to which JKR replies "I'm
slightly stunned that you've said that and you'll find out why...if 
you read Book 7."
 
Book 7 isn't going to reveal a redemptive pattern in Snape, as that
pattern has been obvious throughout the books (and the interviewer
states it as if it's a fact already in evidence). I think Book 7 is  going
to reveal a Snape not "falling in love" but a Snape who has  *been*
in love before, thus JKR's stunned reaction that someone would 
have considered the Snape in love concept. (And I know JKR said
"Who would want Snape in love with them?", which is a valid point.
Probably no one, but that doesn't mean Snape couldn't love--or have
loved--someone unrequitedly.)
 
Julie 
(who votes for Lily as love interest, since Narcissa as love interest
adds nothing to the plot--unless Draco is a love child  ;-)


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