[HPforGrownups] Re: Sorting Hat for a Day

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> Potioncat, answering the questions I asked earlier
> Which characters do you think exemplify the attributes of their houses? There can be multiple if you think there are several, but choose one main representative from each house.
>Slytherin: Severus Snape (close 2nd Regulus Black)


I think Snape can be a *role model* for Slytherins to show how their cunning and ambition should be used for good causes but I don't think he *exemplifies* Slytherin. 


Sorting Hat says:


"Those cunning folks use any means to achieve their ends."


"And power-hungry Slytherin loved those of great ambition."


"Slytherin took only pure-blood wizards of great cunning just like him"


While the word "cunning" generally implies a negative trait, I guess it also means shrewdness / astuteness. So, these traits fit Snape seeing how he handled LV to achieve his goal; he was quite ambitious when he was young, yes; of course, he is a pure blood. 


Yet Phineas Nigellus also said, "We Slytherins are brave, yes, but not stupid. For instance, when given the choice, we will always choose to save our own necks." and I think *that* does not suit Snape. 


JMO. :-)

Cheers,
~Joey :-)


      

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