Cedric, Snape and carma was re: Chapter Discussion: Prisoner of Azkaban

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Pippin:
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> Snape has been given a demand: ie, enter the willow, but his social superior
Sirius is withholding critical information which makes the task impossible; he
knows exactly what's down there and Snape does not. Snape knows it would be
useless to ask Sirius for this information and humiliating to refuse the demand.
That's a double bind.


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Alla:

Sorry, also wanted to add, I do not see a proof that Snape *wanted* to refuse and not go there, which to me actually refutes your theory quite easily. Snape did not want to refuse because he feared humiliation, he wanted this knowledge, so humiliation or no humiliation, Sirius just gave him what he wanted and Snape grabbed on it with both hands. Too bad of course that he believed his enemy and decided to act upon it with his own rule breaking, still does not look as "double bind" to me.

JMO,

Alla