Harry's Vision and Snape (Re: Would Harry forgiving Snape be character...)

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No: HPFGUIDX 164311

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "esmith222002" <c.john at ...> wrote:
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> And finally, there will be no reconciliation. If Snape dies, Harry 
> will finally realise that he was working on the side of good. If 
> Snape lives, his resentment for James & Harry will remain. IMO, Snape 
> is not against LV because of Harry, it is for his own selfish reasons 
> (and I agree they probably have something to do with Lily).
> 

That would certainly fit, I suppose.  Let us grant that Snape was in 
love with Lily.  It would then make sense that he was present at 
Godric's Hollow.  That would tie in several threads.  Snape would hate 
Voldy for killing the woman he loved.  He would also hate James for 
being the husband of the woman he loved.  And he would hate Harry, both 
for being a constant reminder of James and being the reason that Lily 
chose to sacrifice herself.  In other words, Snape hates Harry because 
Lily chose to die for Harry rather than live for Snapey-poo.

Thus we have the monumental failure of DD's  understanding.  He thought 
Snapey-poo could get over his feelings about James and finally put away 
the issues with Harry.  But the problem is that Snape's hatred of Harry 
isn't just reflected hatred of James.  It is also hatred of Harry 
HIMSELF, hatred that springs from the fact that Lily loved Harry enough 
to die for him rather than to accept life (presumably with Snapey-
poo).  DD in OOTP at last realized the true depth and source of Snape's 
hatred.  Any hope that he might have had that Snape would finally get 
over his hatred of James and come to some reasonable and livable 
accomodation with Harry was shattered by the fact that it isn't just 
James that Snapey-poo hated, it was Harry, including, yes, baby Harry, 
that Snapey-poo loathed.  And herein is one of DD's emotional mistakes -
- i.e., he couldn't understand that Snape could hate a baby, and 
subsequently a boy and young man, for the existance of the 
baby/boy/young-man HIMSELF, rather than as a "holding-vessel" for his 
hatred of the baby's/boy's/young-man's father.  And, indeed, I'm not at 
all sure that DD had fully admitted as much to himself even in HBP.


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