<div dir="ltr">I believe that Voldemort trusted his own ability in legilimency because he was the strongest legilimens there was in existence. The fact that another could have superior occlumency probably didn't even occur to him because of his delusions of grandeur. <div><br></div><div>As for Snape's difficulty working with Voldemort, I think he blamed himself as much as Voldemort for having given Voldie the prophecy. So every time he thought about her killing, he had as much self-loathing as loathing for Voldemort. Also, with occlumency, he basically closed off ALL his emotions–I think that was one of the benefits of occlumency for him. I am not even sure he would have survived Lily's death if he hadn't been able to close off his emotions so completely. When Lily died his occlumency was probably the only thing that made it possible for him to keep teaching so he used it constantly–not only when in a dangerous situation which is how most people use occlumency. Cutting off his emotions when he was already a bitter individual because of his life experiences, made him much harder and colder. </div><div><br></div><div>As for the elder wand, I doubt that Dumbledore ever told him. Dumbles told everyone how much he trusted Severus all the time, but he was almost as power hungry as Tom (in my opinion). He needed to be in control of everything–and he did so by restricting information. I doubt that many people knew that the three hallows were real. Remember how surprised everyone was when Ollivander admitted that the death stick was indeed real. Even if Snape knew that 'Voldemort was searching for the elder wand, he probably thought it was another of Tom's delusions. I don't believe he had a clue that Dumbledore';s wand was a hallow. </div><div><br></div><div>I also believe that Dumbledore knew he was condemning Snape to death by having him commit his murder. Despite all his talk of second chances, etc. I think he believed that it would be divine retribution that Snape die. Just think how he wanted to save Malfoy's soul–implying that no more damage could possibly be done to Snape's soul, or that any damage Snape suffered from committing the murder was unimportant, possibly even deserved. </div><div><br></div><div>Crescent</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 2:48 AM, <a href="mailto:liz.treky@ntlworld.com">liz.treky@ntlworld.com</a> [HPforGrownups] <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:HPforGrownups@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">HPforGrownups@yahoogroups.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Voldemort was said to be the most power legilimens, yet Snape could
apparently easily fool him into thinking he was on his side. Snape said in
lessons with Harry to control his mind/emotions, so how hard for Snape was it to
have to work with the guy who killed Lily? I seriously think that is why he came
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<div>Also, Snape was no fool, he must have known Voldemort wanted full control
of the Elder wand, so had he just accepted he would be killed (very unlikely for
a Sytherin), or was his death an easy option for JK Rowling considering public
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