Snape and Dumbledore on the Tower/ Blood on DD face

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 165361

Bart wrote:
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> Let's see if we can give a list of the key questions about
Dumbledore's death:
> 
> 1) Is he really dead?
> 2) Is he completely dead or just mostly dead?
> 3) Was he dead BEFORE the AK spell was cast?
> 4) Was the proximate cause of death the AK spell?
> 5) Was it a real AK spell, or a fake covering up the real spell?
> 6) How did he get levitated over the roof?
> 7) Was he actively and irretrievably dying before the AK spell was cast?
> 8) Whose orders was Snape following?
> 9) What was the effect of the poison he had taken (it certainly was
poison, whehter or not it was DEADLY poison)?
> 10) Why was there blood on Dubmbledore's face?
> 
> Can anybody think of more?

Carol responds:
How about those I raised and attempted to answer in the original post
in this thread (along with a few others as they occur to me): 

Why does Dumbledore, unlike most AK victims, die with his eyes closed,
looking like he's asleep, rather than with open eyes and a surprised
or horrified expression, as he surely would if Snape had betrayed him?

By the same token, why does his portrait look so peaceful?

Why were no bones apparently broken in the fall? (DD was blasted over
the wall yet floated for a moment like a rag doll; Did Snape cushion
his fall?)

Why does the AK itself behave so strangely (no blinding flash, no
rushing sound)?

Why did Harry take so long to unfreeze if DD died instantly?

Can a nonverbal spell be disguised as or accompany an AK?

What was the green-lit spell that seriously injured but didn't kill
Tonks in the DoM?

Can a silent message be sent from one Legilimens to another? If not,
what was that exchanged look (before Snape raised his wand) about?

What was the look of hatred and revulsion about, and the anguish
resembling that of the dog in the burning house?

How do we reconcile Snape's murder of Dumbledore with his behavior
afterwards? (Why not just let the DEs run rampant through Hogwarts or
Crucio and kidnap Harry, for example?)

Why did Dumbledore want Harry to "wake Severus" and tell no one else
what he was doing?

Did Dumbledore know that he was going to die? If so, from what?

How does the argument in the forest tie in with the events on the tower?

Why did Dumbledore ignore Trelawney's warnings?

How much did DD know about the UV and was there a plan?

Where, if anywhere, does Snape's ability to "stopper death" fit in?

What are the implications for Harry and Snape if it was the poison,
not an AK, that killed Dumbledore?

What would have happened if Snape had chosen to die with Dumbledore?
Could either Harry or Draco have gotten off the tower alive?

What does "Severus, please" mean? What, exactly, did DD want Snape to do?

What was the Snape's motivation for taking the UV, especially the
third provision?

Would the events on the tower have occurred any differently without
the UV?

Why would Snape choose to give up everything--his freedom, his job,
the trust of the Order--to become the second most wanted man in the
WW, possibly even more hated than LV himself? Is life alone worth that
much to him, or is he sacrificing everything to fight against Voldemort?

Carol, who also wants to know how much Snape knows about Horcruxes and
how he can possibly help Harry in DH but doesn't want to get too far
off topic