DH reread CH 31

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No: HPFGUIDX 187479

"The Bloody Baron,yes", said the Grey Lady, and she lifted aside the cloak she wore to reveal a single dark wound in her white chest. "When he saw what he had done, he was overcome with remorse. He took the weapon that had claimed my life, and used it to kill himself. All these centuries later, he wears his chains as an act of penitence... as he should," she added bitterly" - p.496


Alla:

Oh dear, call me very slow, but I may have had another revelation. I am sure we discussed what is the point of this tragic love story, but I am also pretty sure that I did not participate or did not remember.

So forgive me for DUH moment, but is the point that Snape could have been Bloody Baron but for Dumbledore? Just as Baron he (of course he did not do it himself like Baron, but still works for me) helped kill woman he loved, just as Baron he was overcomed with guilt and remorse, but Dumbledore forced him to direct his remorse in more positive way?

I mean Snape is described as suicidal that night. Or is there totally different point?

"Now the fire was mutating, forming a gigantic pack of fiery beasts: f;aming serpents, Chimaeras and dragons rose and fell and rose again, and the detritus of centuries on which they were feeding was thrown up in the air into their fanged mouths, tossed high on clawed feet, before being consumed by the inferno.
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The smoke and heat were becoming overwhelming: below them the cursed fire was consuming the contraband of generations of hunted students, the guilty outcomes of thousand banned experiments, the secrets of countless souls who had sought refuge in the room" - p.508


Alla:

Ok, I forgot how cool this deadly fire is - flaming Beasts, NICE, would love to see it, but not to be near by lol.

And I wonder, does the second sentence that I typed up symbolises sort of cleansing of Hogwarts from all the secrets, as in together with Dumbledore leaving Hogwarts will become more open, etc?

"IF WE DIE FOR THEM, I'll KILL YOU HARRY!" roared Ron's voice...

Alla:

Too funny, that's my Ron :)

And I still do not know what the point of this scene was for Malfoy, seriously, I don't.

That he does not leave his friends, we sort of knew that by now.