Did Snape set up the Pensieve scene?

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 169624

> thesweetestthing wrote:
> Stepping away from lurking one more time, I have to believe that
> Snape did set up the Pensieve scene.  For what reasons I do not know.
> I just can't understand why Snape would have his pensieve out with
> that particular memory floating around.  Why would he be reviewing
> that? If anyone has any ideas on this, I am more than happy to
> receive them.
> 
 

colebiancardi:
I don't think that Snape was "reviewing" his memories - I think he
removed them so that if and when Harry broke through his defenses,
certain memories would be protected.  Snape removed three memories
that we know of - it could be more, but Harry only saw Snape remove
and deposit 3 memories into the Pensieve.

It wasn't Snape's Pensieve, it was Dumbledore's - DD lent it to Snape
for the lessons;  obviously, even DD must have known there are some
things that should remain private.  The only way one could think that
Snape "set up" the Pensieve scene is to believe that Snape knew that
Draco would come to him about Montague, and that Harry wouldn't follow
him - like before.  Harry followed Snape when Trelawney was fired.  

I do not believe that scene was set-up.  Why would Snape do that? 
What purpose does it serve?  I believe that JKR wrote it that way to
show that Teen!Snape was an outcast and not too popular - something
that Harry can relate to, as he was an outcast and not too popular
before Hogwarts, and even then, Harry is still called crazy and not
very much liked by all of the Hogwart's students.

colebiancardi