Snape didn't make the Unbreakable Vow

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 161675

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "k12listmomma" 
<k12listmomma at ...> wrote:
>
> > Potioncat:
> >
> > Well, you've certainly done your homework! Quite impressive.
> >
> > I'm with Carol here, I think "left" as past tense of leave is no 
more
> > significant than "said" in dialogue. It's just a transition word.
> >
> > It would be interesting to see if "right" as a direction is used 
when
> > other characters are involved, or if JKR just tends to place 
things
> > to the left most of the time.
> 
> 
> This line of thought would only be productive if the word "left" 
appears to 
> be used far more than "right" appears. One would have to look at 
the 
> passages and count them up. Otherwise, it's just a "left" theory, 
and 
> suddenly you notice the passages saying "left" far more than the 
passages 
> that say "right". 


Having some time to kill, I just did a word search through Order of 
the Phoenix for the words "right" and "left" - I'm only citing 
instances in which left and right are plainly used as directions – 
I'm not counting such usages as "Oliver Wood left Hogwarts", 
or  "Could Dobby be following him right at this very moment?"

The results are as follows:


Character Right/Left

Harry Potter 37/30 
Mundungus Fletcher 0/4
Nymphadora Tonks 0/1
Emmaline Vance 1/1
Bellatrix Lestrange 1/4
Arthur Weasley 2/4
MOM fireplaces 1/1
MOM security guard 0/1
Wizengamot 0/1
Fudge 7/2
Ron 3/3
Luna 0/1
Trelawney 0/1
Harry, Ron & Hermione 0/1
Hagrid 0/2
St. Mungo receptionist 1/1
A witch with a satsuma jammed up her left nostril – 0/1
St. Mungo second floor 1/0
Snape 0/1
Hermione – 1/2
Fred & George's broomsticks – 0/1
Grawp – 0/1
Bradley (Ravenclaw Chaser) 1/1
Dumbledore's Army – 0/1
Thestral – 0/1
Rodolphus Lestrange – 0/1
Group of unnamed Death Eaters 1/2 
Neville 2/1
Dudley Dursley 2/0
The Advance Squad 1/0
Andromeda Black 1/0
Hogwarts Students 1/0
Cho 1/0
Dumbledore & Harry 1/0
Lupin 1/0
Parvati 1/0
Hermione 1/0
Kreacher 1/0
Malfoy, Crabbe & Goyle 1/0
Ron, Ginny & Luna 1/0

Harry is character most often mentioned with respect to both his left 
and right side - Snape is only mentioned once in OOP with either 
directionality:

"'Dumbledore is an extremely powerful wizard,' Snape muttered. 'While 
he may feel secure enough to use the name
 the rest of us
' He rubbed 
his left forearm, apparently unconsciously, on the spot where Harry 
knew the Dark Mark was burned into his skin."

So based on OOP at least, it does not seem that JKR is making any 
kind of concerted effort to identify Snape with the sinister/left.

   - CMC (author of A Vast LEPHT-Wing Conspiracy)

http://home.att.net/~coriolan/musical/LEPHT-Wing.htm