Evil is a stronfg worsd (was: Snape is still Evil?)

[esmith222002]

No: HPFGUIDX 172397

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant107" <eggplant107 at ...> 
wrote:
>
>  "doliesl@" <doliesl@> wrote:
> 
> Ali Wrote 
> 
> > JKR has yet proven to me that Snape isn't evil. 
> 
> I am a charter member of the I hate Snape club, I don't believe you
> could find anybody senior to me. After reading book 7 I conclude 
that
> Snape was a total SOB, but was he evil? Well, you're unlikely to 
find
> a more unpleasant person than Snape but as Hermione said evil is a
> strong word. Snape was brilliant, powerful, and outrageously brave, 
a
> classic literary hero; in other words Snape was a complete bastard. 
> 
> You just can't just sum up Snape's life with a few dozen words, he's
> far far too complex for that, he's both the devil and the angel, the
> hero and the villain. and I don't think I'm smart enough to figure 
out
> which of the two aspect of his personality is in the ascendancy, and
> that is why Snape the literary character belongs to the ages.
> 
> Eggplant
>

Brothergib:

Snape's role is to prove that love (no matter what form it comes in) 
is more powerful than evil. Was Snape rotten to the core? Absolutely! 
Would he have remained a Death Eater and killed many wizards/witches 
in LV's name if it weren't for Lily? More than likely. But he did 
love Lily. And that love overcame all the evil tendencies within him. 
I'm sure he hated most of the wizards/witches (children or adults) he 
had to deal with at Hogwarts. He probably didn't even like DD a great 
deal. But after he had been the reason for Lily's death he hated 
himself more than anyone (with the exception of LV). In the end, he 
showed great remorse for what he had done, and he did everything he 
could to make up for his betrayal of Lily. He was a brave nasty piece 
of work, who fell in love and ultimately had a hand in saving the 
entire wizarding world.

And finally - I would not have named my son after Snape once I had 
learned the truth. I still would have hated him. But that just shows 
why Harry will always be the better man!

Brothergib