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[juli17 at aol.com]

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Snape?  Well, I do agree with LL, I think, heheh.

I also remember arguing long time ago with somebody who was saying 
that personal affection for Harry does not make person good, in 
relation to totally different character.

Well, surely not - in general it does not.

But I believe that in regards to Snape LL is correct. Dumbledore's 
question was opening a door to Snape's redemption.


It is not because Snape is obligated to love Harry, it is because he 
did so much bad to him, it is because he so despicably fails to see 
that those green eyes are Lily's eyes for so long, I do not think 
that he is a complete hero at least, or maybe not a hero at all, if 
under hero you include being a good person, and Snape certainly does 
not fall under my definition of good person.

JMO,

Alla





Julie:
I'm glad JKR did call Snape a hero if a flawed one, or maybe antihero
is an even better term for him. Someone else said that there is a difference
between a "national" hero and the type of hero one completely looks up to
and emulates. I think that is true. There are many types of heroes, and 
Snape is a WW hero because what he did (for love, even if a limited type
of love) did greatly contribute to the victory of Voldemort. But he's a 
hero like Achilles, or General MacArthur, or dozens of others real and 
fictional, one who is deeply flawed in many ways. 

Harry OTOH is the complete hero you are talking about, not only heroic
for his deeds, but for the way he lives his life. He's the kind of hero you
want your children to emulate. I think it was Lupinlore who said Harry
represented a resurrected Christ figure, but I think he represents more
than that (or maybe exactly that in what is supposed to be the actual
point of Christianity). I don't feel I'm supposed to dismiss his being
better than the average human as relieving me of any responsibility?to 
emulate his brand of love and forgiveness (in this case, toward Snape),
but that I should strive to be more *like* Harry.?

So even though I do see Snape's faults, and feel sad that he couldn't
ovecome?many of them, I do forgive him ;-) And I do think he was?
fully redeemed, BTW, by his actions, even if he?never did stop hating
Harry (redeemed meaning his soul was saved, not?that he became a
completely good person).

Julie, happy to read JKR's various comments about Snape, and about?
George (who did?find love?despite his personal losses, and named his
first son Fred, yay!!)??
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