Snape's Death - Tragic?

[Amanda]

> No way!  Snape's death was not tragic - he was triumphant!
 
> Think of it.  He's summoned to Voldemort's side and gets fatally
> snaked.  He's lying there alone in the Shrieking Shack.  No one 
knows
> where he is.  The great effort to defeat Voldemort is going down in
> flames.  Imagine the turmoil as he tries to staunch the rip in his
> throat.

> Then - Potter arrives!  

> In a matter of only a second or two, Snape sees how he can let 
Potter
> know what has to be done - and explain himself too.

> And he does it.  Harry has all the pieces of the puzzle to put it
> together himself.  There's nothing more Snape can do.

> Talk about pulling victory from the jaws of defeat!  That was a 
great
> death.

> Magda


Oh I didn't say it wasn't a great death. It was. 

It just wasn't the heroic leaping in front of a speeding AK to save 
Harry's life and telling him with his dieing breath just how much he 
loved Lily Evans.

I think that is what many fan's wanted. This was much more suptle and 
shocking and personally, I thought it was superb. Tragic, deeply 
moving and beautiful. 

When Snape grabbed Harry's shirt and used his dieing breath to 
say "Look at me." I cried knowing full well he wanted to look into 
Lily's eyes one last time.

Mandy