The Prince interpreted

[allthecoolnamesgone]

No: HPFGUIDX 173614

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...>
wrote:
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>> I'm not sure about Dumbledore, but I wholly admire and, yes, love,
> Severus Snape.
>
> Carol, sure that Snape has earned freedom and happiness in the
> afterlife and hoping that he is honored in the WW
>

allthecoolnamesgone:

Thank you for that post. I am totally with you. Snape is a tragic
hero because having repented his part life and taken on the role of
Harrys protector he had to maintain his 'cover'. Dumbledore knew that
V would return and that for Snape to resume his DE role he would have
to play the part,he could never step
outside that role or his usefulness to Dumbledore once V returned
would have been lost. Dumbledore 'knew' he had turned to the good but
Voldemort believed and had to believe that he was 'his'. The truly
tragic part for Snape was that he could not in life 'progress' in his
change of heart as he was locked in to his cover story. As you say,
had V allowed him to leave the Shack in search of Harry, Harry would
not have listened to him or accepted his explanation. His dying gift
of his memories to Harry was the only way that Harry would accept
their veracity. A true 'dying declaration'.

Snapes death and on re-reading the earlier books his life are the
parts that have given me the most emotional turmoil. He was a
terribly flawed character and yet a man of great courage condemned to
a life of great danger and isolation.

Alan Rickman has been a perfect choice for him in the films and the
death scene will be crucial. I suspect that it will be Hermione who
reaches Snape first as her compassion for a fellow human in extremis
will outway her repugnance at who it is. Only then will Harry come
within Snapes reach for the final 'look at me'




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