good and bad slytherins/Disappointment and Responsibility

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 175100

Barbara said:
"Before entered into Slytherin House, Severus didn't
have any trouble believing that Muggle-born  or half
blood were just as good of wizards as full blood. He
told Lily that it didn't make any difference if you
were muggle-born or wizard-born"

> va32h:
> 
> I have a very different interpretation of that scene with young 
> Severus and Lily. When she asks if it makes a difference whether she 
> is Muggle born or not - there is a very telling pause on Snape's 
> part, during which he looks at her very longingly. My understanding 
> is that Snape knows full well that it *does* matter, but because he 
> has already come to love Lily, it doesn't matter *to him*.

>Alla said:

>This is my interpretation as well. Moreover, I think that Snape only 
did not care about Lily being Muggle-born, I think he already had 
contempt towards the Muggles in general at that tender age, yes.

CathyD now:

That is my interpretation, too.  That pause is *very* telling, IMO.
"Does it make a difference, being Muggle-born?
Snape hesitated.  His black eyes, eager in the greenish gloom, moved over the pale face, the dark red hair.
"No," he said, "It doesn't make any difference."

>Doesn't he call Petunia just a muggle? I only reread the book once, so 
may be wrong.


Yes, he did.  "Haven't been spying," said Snape, hot and uncomfortable and dirty-haired in the bright sunlight. "Wouldn't spy on you, anyway, " he addes pitefully, "you're a Muggle."

And then later, on the train: "Tuney  h - hates me.  Because we saw that letter from Dumbledore." 
"So what?"
She [Lily] threw him a look of deep dislike.
So, she's my sister!"
"She's only a ---" He caught himself quickly; ...

CathyD

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