Why did Snape call Lily a 'Mudblood'?

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> > Jen:
> > I've got a question for a slow day: why *did* Snape call Lily a 
> Mudblood?  Also, I'm curious how others read Snape's Worst Memory 
> given his new memories in DH.  Did the resolution work for you?  I'm 
> on the fence about this part.
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Alla:

Well, my answer comes as no surprise I think :)

I think that Snape since the youngest age hold the opinion that muggle 
borns are the wizards of lower order than purebloods.

When he was in Lily's company, he naturally hold his tongue ( hence 
his hesitation when Lily asks if that would matter), but one can only 
hold his tongue as much till ones true beliefs come out.

And when people are stressed in my experience everything that they 
really believe comes out.

Snape's dark beliefs came out, he really thought that Muggleborns are 
the creatures of lower order, in my opinion.

Oh yeah, he wanted to keep Lily as a friend, I think, he did like her, 
but he also believed what he believed in.

I am not sure what you mean asking whether resolution worked for me.

You mean that Lily shut the door in his face or something else?

Yes, what Lily did worked for me very well. I said it several times 
that this word is like a code word for me that assumes very bad 
beliefs that person has. It is to me much more that just a bad word. 
It is a code for person hating whole group of people.

Yes, I completely understand what Lily did and do not blame her of 
course one bit.


I have to say, deeply despising Snape for doing that to his best 
friend, calling her that word, I do see that Snape realised at the end 
how bad that word is and the fact that he tells Phineas not to call 
Hermione that, yes means a lot to me.


JMO,

Alla