<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Just a admin question - I thought in this group it was agreed that we assume everyone has read all the books? But it's been a while since I joined. I'll be more careful with spoiler alerts if that's not the case.<br><br><br></div><div><br>On Nov 25, 2015, at 2:34 AM, Shaun Hately <a href="mailto:drednort@gmail.com">drednort@gmail.com</a> [HPforGrownups] <<a href="mailto:HPforGrownups@yahoogroups.com">HPforGrownups@yahoogroups.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div style="background-color:#fff;"><span> </span>. When Professor Dumbledore says please to Snape, is he asking for his life, or for his death? <br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Spoilers for 'The Deathly Hallows' follow.<br><br></div><div>S<br></div><div>O<br><br></div><div>S<br></div><div>T<br></div><div>O<br></div><div>P<br><br></div><div>R<br></div><div>E<br></div><div>A<br></div><div>D<br></div><div>I<br></div><div>N<br></div><div>G<br><br></div><div>I<br></div><div>F<br><br></div><div>Y<br></div><div>O<br></div><div>U<br><br></div><div>D<br></div><div>O<br><br></div><div>N<br></div><div>O<br></div><div>T<br><br></div><div>L<br></div><div>I<br></div><div>K<br></div><div>E<br><br></div><div>S<br></div><div>P<br></div><div>O<br></div><div>I<br></div><div>L<br></div><div>E<br></div><div>R<br></div><div>S<br></div><div><br></div><div>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.<br><br></div><div>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.<br></div><div><br></div><div>It also serves to thwart Voldemort's chance of victory, but how that happens is an even bigger spoiler.<br></div><div><br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;"><div style="background-color:#fff;"><div><div style="color:#fff;font-size:1px;"><table style="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;color:#2d50fd;" cellspacing="4px"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:12px;font-family:arial;font-weight:bold;padding:7px 5px 5px;"><br></td><td><br></td><td style="font-size:12px;font-family:arial;padding:7px 5px 5px;"><br></td><td><br></td><td style="font-size:12px;font-family:arial;padding:7px 5px 5px;"><br></td><td></td><td style="font-size:12px;font-family:arial;padding:7px 5px 5px;"><br></td><td></td><td style="font-size:12px;font-family:arial;padding:7px 5px 5px;color:#2d50fd;"><br></td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=2176166/grpspId=1707544108/msgId=192832/stime=1448413121" height="1" width="1"> <br></div></div><br></div></blockquote></div></div></div>
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