The Continuing Tragedy of Severus Snape: Reflections on Books 1-

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> wynnleaf
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> Indeed, I think the series could *use* the example of someone who 
> truly finds redemption, rather than having to die to get it.
> 
> By the way, if Snape is DDM, then one thing JKR will have been 
> showing us is that everyone on the "good" side is not pretty, nice, 
> and pleasant.  And that we can't just judge on the basis 
of "whoever 
> likes Harry is a good guy" and "whoever dislikes Harry is a bad 
> guy."  
> 
> In some ways, if JKR really wants to make that point, I think she 
> almost *has* to keep Snape alive -- to live on being just as 
> unpleasant, sarcastic, and insulting as always, but *still* on the 
> good side.


Alla:

Yes, true. There is a possibility though that she may  want to make a 
point - that sometimes people who do bad things in their everyday 
life, could indeed upper their evilness to become Big Baddies, that 
it happens sometimes and not everybody who tries to work for 
redemption has the inner strength to stay on that path.

It is funny, I so often hear that to make Snape not to be on good 
side would be a cliche (not from you, in general), but I think that 
the lesson - not everybody who likes Harry is on good side and vice 
versa can be just as cliche, no?

JMO,

Alla