Ambiguous Snape (was:Sadistic Teachers (was:Re: Teaching Styles)

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 148205

> Betsy Hp:
> It could be.  But then I expect JKR is setting up Harry to heal 
> Snape, to find that lost boy and bring him out.  Which seems a 
> fairly formidable task, <snip>

a_svirn:
Not just formidable – entirely futile. You can't bring out someone who 
is no more. Or do you go with the assumption that Snape conceals more 
than one personality within himself? Something like horcrux-hidden-in-
his-own-body theory? The best one can hope is that Harry brings about 
yet another change – this time for the better. Not that he's likely to 
rise to this particular challenge, though. (But then, why should he?)