But I don't think redemption for Snape necessarily trivializes torture and murder. I mean, couldn't he be redeemed by realizing that what he did was so horrible that he must spend the rest of his life atoning for it, for example? That doesn't really trivialize killing, does it?
You could always ask you L&T teacher if he (she?) has read HBP...or maybe you could substitute Richard III. Although I guess that's not really a case of trivialization so much as claiming that in fact, someone else committed the horrible crime.
I just realized what really trivializes killing. Xena: Warrior Princess. She's supposed to be redeemed for killing all of those innocent people by killing more people, just making sure that they're the bad guys this time. *sigh* A pity, really. I adore Xena. Which makes me guilty of trivialization, I suppose.
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Date: 2005-08-12 01:05 am (UTC)But I don't think redemption for Snape necessarily trivializes torture and murder. I mean, couldn't he be redeemed by realizing that what he did was so horrible that he must spend the rest of his life atoning for it, for example? That doesn't really trivialize killing, does it?
You could always ask you L&T teacher if he (she?) has read HBP...or maybe you could substitute Richard III. Although I guess that's not really a case of trivialization so much as claiming that in fact, someone else committed the horrible crime.
I just realized what really trivializes killing. Xena: Warrior Princess. She's supposed to be redeemed for killing all of those innocent people by killing more people, just making sure that they're the bad guys this time. *sigh* A pity, really. I adore Xena. Which makes me guilty of trivialization, I suppose.