[HPforGrownups] Re: On lying and cheating/ Killing DD/ HBP potions book and diary

[Kemper]

No: HPFGUIDX 165486

> > > Lealess:
> > I have my doubts about the Avada Kedavra spell being genuine, or
> > being the cause of Dumbledore's death.
>
> Amiable Dorsai:
> Boy, much as I despise Snape, I hope you're wrong. If Snape didn't
> really kill Dumbledore, it cheapens the scene. If Snape is really
> DDM, a possibility I must reluctantly concede, killing his mentor and
> only real supporter--at his mentor's request--is one of those supreme
> moments of moral choice...
>
> If Snape is not DDM, then Dumbledore is undone by one of his own
> greatest vitues--his willingness to forgive and to offer second chances.
>
> Either way, it's one of the most powerful scenes in English literature.
>
> If Rowling doesn't cheapen it, the Death of Dumbledore will be
> discussed in literature classes for years.


Kemper now:
That would be a powerful scene.  But the books aren't about Snape.  If
it was Harry that spoon fed the poison to his supporter, to his
mentor, it would be just as powerful.

Instead of DD trusting Snape, the difference which places the focus
back on Harry, is that Harry trusted DD.  Why would DD lie to Harry
about the potion?  To get to the Horcrux.  To  get closer to
vanquishing the Dark Lord.  Harry as the unwitting means to DD's
knowing and willing sacrifice still makes DD's death powerful,
especially at the hands of Harry.

Kemper