2007-04-16 15:39:27 · 15 answers · asked by Wendy 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Good guy.
Anyone who uses the proof that "Snape killed Dumbledore" seriously needs to reread that scene. There are 3 relevants facts.
The first fact actually doesn't appear in that scene. It appears in the very beginning, when Snape takes an Unbreakable Oath. If Dumbledore dies and Malfoy or Snape aren't responsible for it, Snape immediately drops down dead because he would have broken his oath to finish the task for Draco if Draco were too weak to do it.
Fact 2: As Dumbledore is talking to Malfoy, and later the other Death Eaters, JKR details how he incrementally slips further down the wall. Conclusion - Dumbledore drank a deadly poison in the cave and was dying anyway.
Fact 3: Just before Snape kills Dumbledore, Dumbledore says Snape's name "pleadingly". They then LOCK EYES. JKR doesn't need to tell us that they locked eyes, unless, Conclusion - Dumbledore is asking Snape to use legilimency to probe his thoughts.
Summary conclusion - Dumbledore is dying anyway, and if he dies without Malfoy killing him (not happening) or Snape killing him, Snape will also die. Not wanting this, Dumbledore explains this situation to Snape through thoughts and tells Snape to kill him. This is better than Dumbledore dying from another Death Eater's curse or from the poison, because a) Snape doesn't immediately drop dead, and b) Snape can continue to work right next to Voldemort and help Harry (probably in the manner of creating a distraction or confusion or attacking other Death Eaters, rather than something really really dramatic like jumping in front of Harry to absorb a curse).
Snape doesn't want to kill Dumbledore, so he appears revolted, but he does it because Dumbledore's logic is pretty irrefutable. He is really really angry when Harry calls him a coward, because he just had to kill Dumbledore to help this ingrate.
All the other apparent problems with the theory of Snape being good can be similarly resolved if you assume that he is actually a spy for Dumbledore. Furthermore, only the theory that Snape is good can account for JKR telling us that Snape and Dumbledore locked eyes - otherwise it is essentially irrelevant.
2007-04-16 16:29:53 · answer #1 · answered by lockedjew 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think he is good. Dumbledore sees the good in many where others cannot and this includes Malfoy. He knows that Malfoy has to kill him or Voldemort will kill Malfoy. He sees that with everyone there at the end that he, Dumbldore, has no escape and also needs to protect Harry. I think that when he says "Severus, please" that rather than begging for his life, he is asking Snape to kill him so as to protect Malfoy from either becoming a murderer or being killed by Voldemort. Also, if Snape does not kill Dumbledore he will have broken the promise he made to help Malfoy and will be exposed as a traitor TO the dark side. In order to keep his role as a spy for the Order of the Phoenix, he has to kill Dumbledore.
Alternatively, he may be evil.
2007-04-16 16:17:30 · answer #2 · answered by cougmba 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you'll recall the 6th book, Snape repeatedly tries to HELP Malfoy complete his task of killing Dumbledore. I don't think he does this out of pure malice towards Dumbledore, but because he knows he himself will die otherwise. Remember what you've read...
He made an Unbreakable Vow.
If he breaks it, he dies.
If Malfoy doesn't kill Dumbledore, Snape has to, or... Snape dies.
I think he will turn out good somehow. I think he made the Vow hoping he could get Malfoy to do it himself so he wouldn't have to do it or die, but he didn't really expect it to come down to his life. When it did, he chose the cowardly way out and saved his own life by killing Dumbledore.
Dumbledore was old and weakening, perhaps Snape realized that Harry was more capable of defeating Voldemort than Dumbledore, and considered it a necessary sacrifice to retain his ties to Voldemort's inner circle of followers.
My 2 cents!! :-) Can't wait to see what actually happens!
2007-04-16 17:20:35 · answer #3 · answered by Dreamer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honesty, I don't know. I think he's a bad guy, but I'm not sure. True, he has done evil stuff, but hey, it's not like he hasn't done good stuff too. And like someone has mentioned. Dumbledore can see character more then other people, like Hagrid. He was expelled but he was still kept on against the wishes of some. Snape very well could turn out to be the saver of the world. I guess we'll just have to read it and see. =)
2007-04-16 16:34:44 · answer #4 · answered by ♥doodlebug♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am still thinking that he is one of the good guys, even though it seems as if he has done something totally unforgivable and totally evil. It is too easy to think that he is a bad guy. I think there is more to find out about Snape; some secret plot twist that has not yet been revealed.
2007-04-16 15:51:28 · answer #5 · answered by louel53 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Snape is the good guy
2007-04-16 15:56:59 · answer #6 · answered by Jackie Oh! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really want him to be an undercover good guy.
I'm predicting that he's actually a bad guy, but has a change of heart and dies killing Voldie, or saving Harry from some curse, or something.
2007-04-16 15:41:44 · answer #7 · answered by Bobby S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He's on Voldemort's, no doubt. He (as one person so plainly gave it away for the few that didn't know) killed Dumbledore for goodness sake! You don't get eviler then that (unless your Voldemort)! He is defenatly on Voldemort's side.
2007-04-16 16:04:58 · answer #8 · answered by Aurum 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neither. He is playing off both sides.
2007-04-16 15:42:41 · answer #9 · answered by travis_a_duncan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh well let's think...
He hates Harry.
He killed Dumbledore.
He has beady eyes.
Yep, he's on Harry's side, alrighty..
2007-04-16 15:52:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋