Snape's Death - Tragic?

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--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich 
<mgrantwich at ...> wrote:
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> 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

.....and just why do we assume he is dead? Didn't show up at the 
last stroll into the woods to meet my doom party did he?

Regards
Jo