[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore and Snape.

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 192836

On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Karen Lewellen klewellen at shellworld.net
[HPforGrownups] <HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> . When Professor Dumbledore says please to Snape, is he asking for his
> life, or for his death?
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Spoilers for 'The Deathly Hallows' follow.

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He's asking Snape to kill him. This is made clear in 'flashback' scenes in
the 'The Deathly Hallows'. Dumbledore knows his death is inevitable anyway,
but his major goal in this is to save Draco -  to stop Draco from becoming
a murderer. Dumbledore is a teacher, and Draco is one of his students - and
Dumbledore wants to save him from himself. Murder is a terrible act of evil
- and Draco would not come back from that.

Snape, on the other hand, being fully aware of Dumbledore's condition knows
he is not murdering him, but is rather engaged in an act of mercy if
anything, so it won't damage his soul the way it would Draco's.

It also serves to thwart Voldemort's chance of victory, but how that
happens is an even bigger spoiler.



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