Before you answer please consider:
1) Dumbledore is/was a VERY good judge of character and he trusts Snape.
2) In Goblet of Fire Voldemort said of 3 Deatheaters,
one too scared to return: Karkaroff
one at Hogwarts doing what moldywort wanted: B. Crouch jr
One I believe will never return: Snape
Dumbledore AND Voldemort both believe Snape is on
Dumbledore's side. ...think on it.
2007-01-03 11:33:14 · 12 answers · asked by Countess Nefertiri 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I am 99% sure that Snape is trustworthy for these reasons:
- he has had many opportunities over the past six books to kill Harry and quietly slip away before anyone has noticed. He has never done so, which is very odd considering you'd think someone evil would grab such a chance.
- he has actually worked to protect Harry on a number of occasions (he saved Harry from falling in 'The Philosopher's Stone', he showed Harry a great defensive spell in 'Chambers of Secrets', he only went down to the Shrieking Shack in 'Prisoner of Azkaban' to protect the kids from Lupin who was wandering around on the full moon without taking his potion, he told the Order that Harry was at the Ministry in 'Order of the Phoenix' and he didn't allow the Death Eaters to hurt Harry in 'Half-Blood Prince').
- Dumbledore isn't an idiot. Harry might think he's a grandfatherly type but you don't get to be leader of the Order and so respected by both the Ministry and Voldemort by being stupid and soft. He wouldn't be so soft-hearted as to risk the school, the Order and Harry in trusting someone who he didn't trust one hundred percent. If there was the slightest doubt over Snape's loyalties, he would have kept him away.
- even as he was escaping Hogwarts in book six, he was giving Harry very good advice over how to win a duel. Someone evil would keep quiet and let the kid die in book seven.
- we never found out why Dumbledore so trusted Snape suggesting there is a reason that is so significant, it explains why he could never turn.
2007-01-03 11:49:29 · answer #1 · answered by starchilde5 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm...
While I'm not 100 % sure of where Snape's loyalties lie, I do have a horrible feeling that he's not what everyone wants him to be.
It's my personal opinion that he cannot be trusted. Since Sorcerer's Stone, I have had a very distaste of Snape. Whether I've inherited Harry's feelings and his point of view are yet to be seen.
Granted, I was just as shocked as the next person at the end of Half-Blood Prince. I didn't see it coming in a million years. I believed that if Dumbledore trusted him than that should be enough. I wanted to believe that Dumbledore would never let his guard down that easily but... as we learn, Dumbledore has an extremley trusting and forgiving nature. He believed Snape to be truely sorry for telling Voldemort about the Prophecy. I don't beliveve that he was one second sorry that James and Lily Potter died.
But you do have a point. We will see when Deathly Hallows enters our worlds. If Snape is indeed still on the side of good... he's got some serious explaning to do.
2007-01-03 17:27:34 · answer #2 · answered by Jessica H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh I've thought on it. Snape has always been my favorite character. My knee jerk reaction to finishing Book 6 was to throw it across the room because I was convinced he was evil.
And then I picked apart the entire series. (I'm a loser, I know.) And I decided that it seems like a lot of effort and backstory to put into a guy that isn't going to be significant. We knew more about Snape before we knew almost anything about Voldemort.
When Snape comes back to Dumbledore during the first war, he would have had to plan his future twenty years or so in advance and plan on Voldemort's return if he really was going to turn around and stab Dumbledore in the back.
So yes, I think he is trustworthy.
2007-01-03 12:39:33 · answer #3 · answered by rinnasaurusrex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I trust Snape and think he will redeemed in the end. I think the whole Dumbledore death was a plan between Snape and Dumbledore-what better way for Snape to get back in Voldemort's good graces?
2007-01-03 12:17:51 · answer #4 · answered by Sandy Lou 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think Snape made an Unbreakable Vow to Dumbledore to protect Harry just like he made the Vow to Malfoy's mother to protect Malfoy. The only way he could do both was to kill Dumbledore so Malfoy wouldn't and to convince the Death Eaters not to kill Harry because he said Voldemort wanted to be the one to do that. I think now Snape is acting as a spy for the Order of the Phoenix by rejoining the Death Eaters.
2007-01-04 03:09:51 · answer #5 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think Snape is trustworthy, although you do point out some good examples. Snape was be very good person who can make you believe something, but he can act like he was something else.
2007-01-03 15:25:27 · answer #6 · answered by amazon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would realy like snape to end up like a good person in the end but i dont belive it is just going to happen..he killed dumbledore and that is serious crime even in the magic world
2007-01-03 11:48:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have and have decided that Snape is the Lady Hellry of Clinton and definitely the second most untrustworthy only after John "Voldemort" Edwards.
2007-01-03 11:40:47 · answer #8 · answered by Donald W 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's seems your on his side. And even tho he's sinister so am I. There's something about Snape, he always seems out to protect Harry whether it doesn't seems like it or not. I think he might dies in this next book fighting on Harry's side for sure.
2007-01-03 11:38:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well I've always thought Snape was evil for sure but there are such reasonable arguments for both sides. How can you be sure?
2007-01-03 11:37:45 · answer #10 · answered by the yellow submarine 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋