Clues to Snape's Loyalties

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 170902

vmonte wrote:
> 

> Throughout the novel Snape is repeatedly described as having bat-
> like and spider-like qualities. Bats are bloodsuckers, and arachnids
> spin webs to entrap their prey, once caught they are sucked dry of
> their innards until only a husk remains. These are the perfect
> descriptions for a man who has laid out webs of deceit all around
> him and uses those that he ensnares to achieve his goals.
> <snipping>
> 
> This was originally posted in August 2005:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/138754
>

colebiancardi:

I THOUGHT this looked familiar!! LOL.

My thoughts from back in August 2005 still stand:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/138755

cough,cough. I have to now stand up & defend bats & spiders...LOL

Bats are NOT bloodsuckers - only the vampire bat is. Most bats are
insect eating creatures and they help cut down on the *bad* insects,
such as flies & mosquitoes. Spiders are also in the same vein as bats
- they catch their prey(insects) and help cut down on the increasing
population of said insects. Matter of fact, there is folklore that
states it is bad luck to kill a spider. I never kill a spider in my
home - I just gently pick it up with paper and put it outside where it
belongs.

Yes, those descriptions are used to describe Snape - but if you look
at it away from the incorrect misconceptions of bats & spiders, well,
you could say he isn't evil, but helping out by ridding the WW of
insects (DE's).

colebiancardi
(who thinks that bats are very cute & will not kill a spider)


Version 1.1 (June 2007):

people in the past may have *feared* bats and spiders, which were then
in turned used as symbolism for witches and satan, etc.  How fitting
is it, in today's enlightened times, that *fear* and *superstition* is
now replaced with an appreciation of what these creatures do in
ridding the world of the truly unhealthy insects.  

so, I stand by my statement - that perhaps the comparision is that
Snape, if bat or spider he be likened to, is helping to rid the WW of
the more *unhealthy* wizards, namely, LV and his nasty DE followers.

colebiancardi
(don't worry, I haven't released my crow yet.  Still in a nice, big
cage - hopefully, I will be setting him free in about 3 1/2 weeks time)