Snape's death scene

[jkoney65]

No: HPFGUIDX 174046

> Krista:
> Oh, I think Snape was indeed prepared--and his "preparation"
> was a decision to stick with his cover, to try to deny
> anything that would alert Voldemort's suspicions, and *then*
> to get himself out alive, if possible.

Jack-A-Roe:
His cover? The final battle is being fought right outside the
door. If the good guys lose there is no regrouping, there is no
place to gather anymore and there probably won't be any leaders
left.

Voldemort tells Snape that he is expecting Harry to show up. If
nothing else, Snape believes he knows Harry and the one thing
that Gryffendor will do will be to show up and face Voldemort.

Knowing this and knowing that he must get this last piece of
information to Harry he decides to do nothing but die? If this
is a man who has been guarding Lilly's son, are you saying that
he's just going to quit?

I think he just froze up for a minute. He's gotten out of most
situations in the past by his wit/words or by being a bully.
Neither is going to work on Voldemort.

He's a double agent, he should always be expecting the hammer
to come down on him which means he should always have a way out.
He is supposedly a great wizard. If so, can't he defend himself
long enough to make it to the door?

Instead he is killed by the snake. His poor planning/reactions
are saved because the reckless Harry decides to try and get to
the Shrieking Shack and gets to see this unfold before his eyes.
If Harry was any less of a man and didn't decide to check on
Snape himself, Snape's mission would have failed.