Do any list members think Dumbledore might have asked Snape to kill him?

[cubfanbudwoman]

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Quick_Silver wrote:
> Now I'm going to disagree with you about the killing of Dumbledore 
> being about saving Harry
the Tower scene doesn't really seem to be 
> about Harry IMO. Dumbledore had plenty of time on the Tower to send 
> Harry to either safety (they still had brooms) or to send Harry 
> through the school to wait for DE's at the bottom of the Tower (in 
> hindsight that makes the most tactical sense IMO
with Harry waiting 
> at the bottom it's possible not a single DE except maybe Snape 
> would have escaped). Instead Dumbledore keeps Harry on the Tower 
> under the cloak to witness what occurs with Draco, the DE's, and 
> Snape. Not so much for Harry's safety but so that Harry can see 
> what happens because Harry needs to know. <snip>  The scene on the 
> Tower, IMO, sometimes comes across as Dumbledore's last lesson to 
> pass on to Harry, the last thing that Dumbledore is going to teach 
> to Harry.


SSSusan:
I'm a little puzzled by this.  NOT that I disagree with you that DD 
wanted Harry to witness the scene but with the notion that there WAS 
time/opportunity to have sent Harry to safety or through the school.  

I just finished a re-read a couple of nights ago, and so I'm pretty 
sure that there wasn't time AT ALL.  DD tells Harry to go -- to go 
and get Snape, not Madam Pomfrey -- and Harry turns to do so, but 
before he can leave, Draco bursts through the door.  JUST before 
Draco uses expelliarmus to disarm DD, DD freezes Harry under his 
cloak.  

So, I guess I disagree that DD **opted** not to send Harry to safety 
or on a mission in the castle and instead chose to have Harry stay 
and learn a lesson.  Harry *was* going to set off to get Snape but 
there wasn't time to leave the tower before Draco arrived.  So DD 
made, imo, a SNAP decision to freeze Harry.  It wasn't a long-thought-
out decision that it was MORE important for Harry to stay and see 
what developed with Draco than it was to send Harry to safety or to 
wait for the DEs.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying, but when I read this, 
it sounded as if you felt DD had adequate TIME to choose among those 
three options (sending Harry somewhere safe, sending him to wait for 
the DEs, or having him stay on the tower to witness the Draco scene 
as it unfolded).  IMO, he did NOT have time to choose among those and 
only chose to freeze Harry there when he realized Harry was not going 
to get the opportunity to go get Snape's help.

Siriusly Snapey Susan, apologizing if she's missing the point here.