Snape's Memories

[lizzyben04]

No: HPFGUIDX 184926

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> zanooda:
> 
> I remember once we had a discussion about this, and someone 
suggested
> that Snape did it on purpose, because he wanted Harry to see the
> memory to prove to him what a jerk his father was :-). I personally
> never believed that Snape arranged the whole thing. The memory was 
so
> humiliating that he wouldn't want anyone to see it, especially 
Harry.
> He was mortified when he found out Harry saw it. So no, not on
> purpose, IMO :-). I think it's just what Zara said, Snape expected 
to
> be in the room the entire time, that's why he wasn't cautious 
enough.
>

lizzyben:

Or maybe, subconsciously Snape WANTED Harry to see that memory, so he 
left it out for Harry to find. Sort of a Freudian slip. This is 
backed up by the fact that Snape shared the memory again when he had 
the chance, because he wanted Harry to understand his motives. I 
wonder if a part of Snape really wanted Harry to understand, all 
along. 

And I really wonder how Snape would've reacted if Harry said some of 
the things he said in the epilogue to him. It's one of the reasons I 
felt deprived by the lack of a Snape/Harry confrontation. All that 
potential drama was built-up & then evaporated.