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 Crescent:
 
 The book never really made it clear whether Dumbledore expected Snape
 to become the master of the Elder Wand. However, because of Draco's
 disarming him, Draco DID become the master of the wand. And, of
 course, when Harry overcame Draco and took Draco's wand, he then
 became the master of the Elder Wand. 
 

 Pippin:
 IIRC, JKR explained in an interview that Dumbledore meant to die undefeated so that the wand would be unable to take another master.  In any case, Dumbledore had no way of testing that  theory in advance, so it would make sense for him to leave the wand in the hands of someone who was both averse to killing and capable of concealing things from Voldemort. Dumbledore also had  to make sure he was not defeated by Voldemort or his allies, so he had another reason, besides avoiding pain and humiliation, to make sure that he died before the ring curse could kill him, or before he fell into the hands of Fenrir or Bellatrix. 
 

 Crescent:
 Voldemort was under the
impression that Snape was the master of the wand because he killed
Dumbledore. And that is why he felt compelled to kill Snape.
 

 Pippin:
 I would put it the other way around. Voldemort's compulsion to kill gave him the impression that killing Snape was the only way to become master of the wand. If Voldemort had been thinking more clearly, he might have remembered what he certainly knew: that both Gregorovitch and Grindelwald had lost control of the wand long before dying.
 

 Harry and Dumbledore make similar errors when they are misled by their compulsions. Harry will rush to the rescue when he ought to have known it wasn't necessary, and despite his passionate advocacy of choice and informing people about the dangers they are facing, Dumbledore persuades himself to keep secrets even from those who have proven trustworthy and have an obvious need to know.
 

 Pippin
 


 

 


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