[HPforGrownups] Snape's death scene

[Barbara Key]

No: HPFGUIDX 174019

> Jack-A-Roe:
> "That's my whole problem with Snape in that scene.
> He wasn't prepared ... but did he try to reach for his wand? 
> No. Did he try anything? No. All his cunning and guile left 
> him when he needed it the most."

> Krista:
> Oh, I think Snape was indeed prepared
<SNIP>
> He felt his cause was more important than his life. It takes a
> lot of nerve to stand your ground when you believe you are on 
> the brink of death. 


Which is exactly what I thought also. All through the
books, none of the DEs that LV killed tried to fight
back. If Snape had done so, LV would have suspected
something was wrong with his most loyal follower.

Spoiler for a movie:

In the movie, The Constant Gardiner, Ralph Fiennes
portrayed Justin Quayle, a man who realized that his
wife had been murdered. He searches for the evidence
and then when he has everything he needed, he went
back to the place where his wife had been murdered and
allowed the killers to murder him. He put up no fight.

At his funeral, his friend revealed the evidence that
showed the conspiracy.

My husband and son could not figure out why he didn't
at least fight. I had to explain that his appearance
of giving up signaled the killers that he had no fight
left in him and that they were safe. If he had fought,
they would have looked for the evidence that he had
left with his friend.

This was the same with Snape. If he had fought, then
LV would have known or suspected that Snape had not
been his supporter and that would have thrown every
action Snape had done into doubt.

So he not only gave up his life, he gave it up without
a fight in order to protect the Order and the  people
who were fighting LV.

Barbara