2007-04-19 21:30:51 · 8 answers · asked by conicat 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I believe that J.K has made him a very very dark good guy. I think Dumbledore was hit with a curse on his hand when he was destroying horcruxes over the holidays and this curse could only be slowed not stopped and he was slowly dying, as every time Harry saw Dumbledore his hand was worse and looked like it was dead. I believe Dumbledore arranged with Snape to kill him. I believe Snape gave Dumbledore his memory of the unbreakable vow to look at because he was not allowed to tell him, it would break the vow, and Dumbledore not wanting even Draco to have to kill asked Snape to do the deed when it came time, he was dying anyway, and Dumbledore is not afraid to move on. So in a rather unconventional way Snape was doing good and keeping his cover as a bad guy to achieve the ultimate end, a dead voldemort.
2007-04-20 00:18:26 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Snape is Snape. He is beyond that sort of simplistic categorization, IMHO. I do believe he is not as evil as he appeared at the end of HBP. It would take too much space to really go into this in detail, but consider this:
It is well known that Snape played the double-agent prior to the death of Harry's parents, and there is no reason to believe he wasn't still a double agent on the anti-Voldemort side. Why then did he bind himself to the success of Draco's mission and then actually kill Dumbledore?
My answer: Dumbledore knew that destroying Slytherin's ring had fatally wounded him and Snape knew so too. Therefore he allowed himself to be bound to Dumbledore"s death, a death he knew was imminent and against which he knew Dumbeldore had taken precautions to ensure that his death would not derail the anti-Voldemort movement.
Now, on the other hand, if Snape has turned coats; why did he not kill Harry* or disable him and take him helpless to Voldemort? JKR made it clear that Harry is no match for Snape a a wizard (yet). If you look at Snapes "taunts" at Harry and put them into anyone else's mouth, they're very good advice on what Harry needs yet to learn to fight strong adult wizards on anything like equal terms.
My answer is that Dumbledore at some point shortly after Harry was orphaned made Snape take an unbreakable vow to protect Harry. This fits in perfectly with Snape's actions toward Harry in the books thus far. Yes, Snape is a mean SOB to Harry, but that is Snape's personality, and he didn't vow to be nice to Harry after all.
My conclusion is that in Book Seven, Snape will act covertly and eventually overtly to aid Harry, that he will likely live, and that Harry will be just as in the dark over Snape's motivations as when Harry entered Hogwarts. (BTW, the above is why I don't think Harry will die. If I'm right, then Snape dies too if Harry dies, and Snape is the ultimate survivor).
*My reading of the prophecy is that there is no requirement that either has to directly kill the other, just that one no longer lives, so I think Snape certainly could have killed Harry and talked he way out of it afterwards.
2007-04-20 08:07:03 · answer #2 · answered by WolverLini 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that is going to be one of the ultimate questions and reveals in the final book. But I think that Snape will turn out good.
2007-04-20 04:35:03 · answer #3 · answered by ravenna_wing1 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Conicat, I have this feeling that Snape will be the new Hogwarts Headmaster. I believe he is good, it's just that he's a bit nerdy. People have thrown him into the bad light but I believe he is working closely with Dumbledore, and accessing enemy intelligence by appearing to be a traitor.
2007-04-20 04:35:39 · answer #4 · answered by Dowland 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i don't think that snape will be proven good. he will most likely dead before the end of the book i hope
2007-04-20 12:54:45 · answer #5 · answered by jeangray26 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think he will ultimately prove to be good. I think he is such a harsh character in order to keep Harry Potter in line, to keep him thinking clearly, and to keep him from being overwhelmed by ego.
2007-04-20 13:44:29 · answer #6 · answered by Stephanie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the trouble with Hogwarts; three-quarters of it, the Slytherin, seems to have built up its reputation trying to disgrace the rest of it. Wouldn't Hogwarts just reject them totally, if purely for its own survival?
2007-04-20 05:41:29 · answer #7 · answered by plwimsett 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
ive always thought he was good and all, but now i kno it cuz jkrowling publicly said it at the harry, carrie, and garp reading in NYC.
2007-04-20 06:17:16 · answer #8 · answered by reading rules! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋