[HPforGrownups] Re: Is Snape good or evil?

[Maria Holub]

No: HPFGUIDX 149588

> Carol responds:
> Actually, I think you mean that the phrase "peaceful
> expression" was
> used to describe the sleeping portrait, not the dead
> Dumbledore, whose
> expression is not described. However, since he looks
> like he's asleep
> and Harry sees the "wise old face," evidently
> looking much like its
> usual self except that the eyes are closed since he
> feels neither
> revulsion nor horror, we can't rule out the
> possibility of a peaceful
> expression matching that of the portrait. It would
> fit with the
> touching moment you describe, in any case. And the
> open-eyed,
> surprised expression often associated with AK
> victims is markedly
> absent. So I don't think it's safe to conclude
> anything of the sort.
> Those of us who think the differences may be
> significant are as
> justified as those who see them as accidental or
> meaningless. :-)

Flop:
I can't help wondering if that has more to do with the
fact that most people seem to fear death, and
Dumbledore DOES NOT. After all, if death is the next
great adventure (that fickle temptress) then what is
there to be afraid of?

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