Understanding Snape

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 153702

> Neri:
> "Must" seems to be too strong a word here, but it certainly appears
> so. I quite agree that the ESE!Snape theory has a problem explaining
> his actions that night, as much problem as the DDM!Snape theory has in
> explaining these same actions, in fact. Which strongly suggests to me
> that he's neither.
> 

Pippin:
In a war of good versus evil there is no room for 'neither'. To seek
power for its own sake is to seek evil, as Quirrell proved.

It would be helpful if we knew what Snape's orders from Dumbledore 
actually were. HBP illustrates the difficulty of drawing correct conclusions 
about them.  If we had observed HBP!Harry's  actions from 
'outside' as it were, and had no information about his one on ones with 
Dumbledore, we could easily suppose that Dumbledore had asked Harry
to keep an eye on Draco. Harry's apparent failure to alert DD to
Draco's plans on the night of the Tower would thus raise suspicions 
of gross negligence or even treachery. 

Pippin