Snape's the Rescuer - Really?/Justice to Snape/ some russian history

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 170816

Alla:
> Please take a look at this link in wikipedia.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streltsy_Uprising.
> 
> So Streltsy rebelled against Peter the Great and it did not end 
> well for them, poor guys :(  A lot of them were executed as article 
> says, so please take a careful at the painting by Surikov in the 
> article....  Do you see how another soldier supports one of the 
> condemned soldiers and leads him to the execution?
> 
> Long time ago I remember reading about that painting and the writer 
> was thinking that this projects the image of brotherhood - one 
> soldier supports another wounded soldier.
> 
> And I remember screaming at the book - WHAT brotherhood?
> 
> This soldier leads another one to death, that's not how you treat 
> your brother to me.
<snip> 
> Same thing here. I cannot separate in my mind the image of the 
> stretchers and where Snape is taking Sirius....


SSSusan:
I did *not* get your position at all before this, Alla.  I thought, 
heh, you were being mighty contrary, in fact (hee).  But this helped 
SO MUCH.  

When I look at that painting, I see the look on the man's face
who's holding up the other, and like you said, my first thought
is 'care and concern' or 'support for a wounded brother.'  But I also
understand now exactly what you mean:  you KNOW the outcome; you
can't ignore where that man was leading the other.

Personally, I still think we *don't* know the outcome in this (the 
HP) case, but I can at least see now why YOU can't dissociate the 
image in the book from what you believe the outcome will be... or 
from what you believe Snape was all about in this scene.  

I'm glad you shared this.  I still see things differently than you, 
but it's good to get a grasp on what it is which is coloring your 
interpretation.

Siriusly Snapey Susan