So, assuming Snape is innocent. Has he appeared in the last 6 books to be filled with self-loathing, and more importantly, desperately trying to atone for what he's done? Okay, so he was filled with self-loathing after he killed Dumbledore, but supposedly, he was supposed to be atoning since his break with the Dark Lord way back when.
I don't think I can substitute Richard III. Harry Potter, because that's an element of popular culture that could be said to influence (subliminally) people's attitudes towards things. Richard III, well, isn't really popular culture. On this journal, yes, but in the real world, no.
Although, Richard, like most (fairly early) historical figures that we like, does represent an explaining-away of killing, executions, and that sort of thing.
At what point is it accepting someone in the context of his world, and at what point is it ignoring the values of one's own?
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Date: 2005-08-12 01:19 am (UTC)So, assuming Snape is innocent. Has he appeared in the last 6 books to be filled with self-loathing, and more importantly, desperately trying to atone for what he's done? Okay, so he was filled with self-loathing after he killed Dumbledore, but supposedly, he was supposed to be atoning since his break with the Dark Lord way back when.
I don't think I can substitute Richard III. Harry Potter, because that's an element of popular culture that could be said to influence (subliminally) people's attitudes towards things. Richard III, well, isn't really popular culture. On this journal, yes, but in the real world, no.
Although, Richard, like most (fairly early) historical figures that we like, does represent an explaining-away of killing, executions, and that sort of thing.
At what point is it accepting someone in the context of his world, and at what point is it ignoring the values of one's own?