The Isolated Headmaster: Implications for Snape and Harry

[juli17 at aol.com]

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Lois wrote:


Or... Perhaps DD didn't trust Snape enough to tell him about the Prophecy.
It seemed kind of like DD trusted Snape only to a point, because Snape had
been a Death Eater before, now I could be wrong on this idea, but this could
explain why DD never told Snape about the full prophecy.  Then you seem to
be forgetting what Harry and DD were doing just before DD was killed, and
that was searching for a Horcrux. DD had told Harry the way to get rid of
Voldie, was to find the last three or four Horcruxes, then he would be able
to kill Voldie for good, Snape knows nothing about this. So I still believe
Snape has gone back to the Dark Lord along with Draco Malfoy. Book Seven
will tell the tale.


Julie:
The problem here is that Dumbledore said "I trust Severus Snape 
completely" and I believe he meant completely. Let's also remember
that Dumbledore didn't tell anyone else the whole prophecy, not
McGonagall, or Moody, or his brother (assuming he play a pivotal
role in Book 7). So Snape isn't a special case. 
 
Or maybe he is. There's another rather obvious reason not to tell
Snape the entire prophecy. Snape is a spy, and Voldemort has 
access to his mind. No matter how great an Occlumens Snape is, 
should Voldemort decide Snape has betrayed him it's likely he
could eventually break Snape. Snape was always taking that 
risk, so why would Dumbledore give Snape the very information
Voldemort is seeking, even on the smallest chance Voldemort 
could force it out of Snape?

Julie
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