Well, all of this "Snape isn't really evil" does tend to trivialize killing people in that we tend to forget what happened such that we need to be so vociferously defending him. Because he kill someone. And he was a DE. So he probably tortured people, too.
On the other hand, are we going to deny Snape redemption? Or should that be Redemption? That is, if he did torture and kill, does that irrevecably damn him as evil? But if it doesn't, doesn't that fact in and of itself trivialize torture and killing? It isn't a big deal. Just be sorry for it, and it's all okay. Come to think of it, Snape does need to die in Book 7. If he sacrifices himself, realizing that he can never atone for what he's done, then, perhaps, it will not be a trivialization of the seriousness of murder and torture.
Hmm, perhaps I could write a decent essay on this. But then I would spoil Harry Potter for my L&T teacher, and I wouldn't want to do that.
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Date: 2005-08-12 12:47 am (UTC)On the other hand, are we going to deny Snape redemption? Or should that be Redemption? That is, if he did torture and kill, does that irrevecably damn him as evil? But if it doesn't, doesn't that fact in and of itself trivialize torture and killing? It isn't a big deal. Just be sorry for it, and it's all okay. Come to think of it, Snape does need to die in Book 7. If he sacrifices himself, realizing that he can never atone for what he's done, then, perhaps, it will not be a trivialization of the seriousness of murder and torture.
Hmm, perhaps I could write a decent essay on this. But then I would spoil Harry Potter for my L&T teacher, and I wouldn't want to do that.