Snape's Final Straw

[Don L.]

No: HPFGUIDX 150898

Note: My first post.  I, like most, believe the 
Snape/Dumbledore/Potter triangle the most interesting and important 
aspect of the book.  

First: The prophecy implicates Harry and Voldemort, requiring one to 
live as a result of the death of the other.  I believe it requires 
that Voldemort kill Harry, but not necessarily that Harry directly 
kill Voldemort.  I anticipate history will repeat itself.  In the 
final conflict a combination of Voldemort's arrogance and hate will 
set in motion a series on magical unanticipated consequences that 
offset by Harry's luck, ingenuity and friendship, will lead to his 
own demise.  Harry, while present for the death of Voldemort, will 
not actually kill him. 

Second: Voldemort has fallen victim to his own misunderstanding of 
the concepts of love and self-sacrifice first at Godric's Hollow, 
later at the Little Hangleton Graveyard and finally at the Astronomy 
Tower.  Neither Voldemort, nor most readers have accurately 
anticipated the exact manner in which Voldemort's plans and devices 
have failed at those key junctures, but can anticipate that in the 
end they will again.  Good will prevail, friendships and love will 
survive, but like most evil, Voldemort will ultimately fail because 
of his own actions, as with most evil persons in history and fiction.

Third: Dumbledore's demise is certain and for a reason, setting in 
motion the method by which Harry finds the additional strength and 
wisdom to defeat Voldemort. I believe Dumbledore's sacrifice was at 
the moment preceding his death understood by Snape, as the only way 
for him to accomplish his ultimate goal, the redemption for his part 
in Lily Potter's death. Snape will pay the ultimate price as an 
accessory to her death, but in the end, Harry will see and mourn him 
as the true hero and most pivotal character of the Potter Series.

Don L.