Is Snape good or evil?

[juli17 at aol.com]

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> Pippin:
> I hate to let the facts get in the way of a  good story, much less a good
> argument. But barring Flints, it's  conclusive  that an Unforgivable
Curse didn't
> kill Dumbledore  (and thanks, Nora, for pointing out the thematic
significance
> of  that.) The closed eyes and the blood are facts on the  ground.
Literally.  
> The BANG on the tower has been undermined  already, by JKR herself. 


Gerry:
Well, Harry came late on the scene so somebody might have closed  the
eyes. And for the blood, I always assumed that this was a JKR  mistake
and not a clue. 


Julie:
I think the blood could be a mistake, and JKR just didn't think out  the
passage of time and whether the blood would still be fresh (which  kind
of goes with her not thinking out the passage of time in OotP between
Harry going to the DoM and Snape informing the Order that Harry was
missing--if you believe this much time passing here was unintended).
We know JKR isn't good with maths, thus her times and dates have
frequently been off in the books. 
 
However, she has used the open eyes and blank/surprised expression
as a hallmark of the AK several times, and I don't think she often forgets 
the hallmarks of her creations, be they character, location, spell,  etc.
I can't imagine the closed eyes and peaceful expression *not* being
intentional, and not having some specific meaning. Whether it means
a fake AK, or signifies some power Dumbledore has over his own 
death (an ability to slide peacefully into death, whatever the actual
cause of that death, for instance), I don't know. But I'm sure it  means
*something*!
 
 
IMO, 
 
Julie 









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