HBP -- Two Questions

[Tonks]

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>kelli t. wrote:
 Two questions from Half Blood Prince:
> 
> When Dumbledore was under the effect of the potion at the lake, 
and he was making comments about, don't make me, I don't want to 
hurt them, etc... Who do you think he was seeing?
> 
> And...  Do you think the reason that Dumbledore trusted Snape so 
much was that they made an unbreakable vow?


Tonks:
Welcome to the group.  

Most of us think that the potion in the cave was a pensive and DD 
was reliving someone's memory. The question is whose?  Also John 
Granger (author of Hidden Keys to HP, and 2 other books) says, and I 
agree, that when DD takes the potion he drinks 12 cups full which is 
symbolic of the 12 disciples, the 12 tribes of Israel and 
completeness. Granger and I also say that at this point DD is 
symbolically taking on the sins of the world in a Christ like sense. 

But we come back to whose memory is it?  It could be Snape's. It 
could be Tom Riddle's. Somehow it could be DD's. He is over 150 
years old at his death; he may have a few regrets in his life. I 
think we will discover more about this in the last book.

As to why DD trust Snape. No, Snape did not make an unbreakable 
vow.  As readers we have a bad habit of picking up whatever new 
invention JKR has created and start seeing it everywhere. DD is not 
the type of man to force someone to follow him. They do so freely. 
Choice and free will is a big thing in the books. DD trust Snape 
because he repented of his past life as a DE and made the choice to 
follow DD. Some of us also think that the reason Snape repented was 
because he was in love with Lily and could not bear to think that he 
was responsible for her death.

Tonks_op