[HPforGrownups] Re: About Slytherin....

[Rick H. Kennerly]

No: HPFGUIDX 187989

montavilla47 wrote:
> I had always thought that Dumbledore was great in dealing with people, 
> but after DH, I'm not so sure. In the Prince's Tale, we discover that 
> Dumbledore's hold over Snape isn't that Dumbedore provides something 
> that Snape needed emotionally or psychologically, but that he demanded 
> total servitude when Snape was desperate. Then we see that he's 
> spectacularly bad at showing his appreciation. (Sorted too soon? >Sheesh.)


But  Snape had passed the partial prophesy to TDL never suspecting he 
was dooming Lily Evans (Potter). Snape was in this for personal 
redemption. The more difficult and brutal his task, the more he suffered 
for his "crime," the more redeemed he'd feel. 

Snape is Heathcliff to Lily's Catherine in Bronte's Wuthering Heights. 
It's very tragic and like Heathcliff, Snape spends a life a remorse. 

Rick Kennerly
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