The Prince's Tale
How much is the betting that Severus Snape isn't really dead?
For such an intricate character, I really do think that he isn't actually dead. He had to have been saved in some way. It's too straightforward. Snape just can't die like that.
This was the chapter that made me cry. Truly. "Always."
I noticed that in the entire series, death is handled as a very sudden thing, that I almost didn't believe. Like Sirius, and Dumbledore, and Moody, and whichever one of the twins who died. I kept expecting them to reappear. A lot of the deaths seemed pretty random, especially in the last book. Maybe just the fact that the books have so much magic in it, that you kind of hope there is a magic that will keep people from being dead. But besides Harry, no one who was supposed to be dead turned up alive again. I imagine that there's a message there, that not even magic can overpower death.
He served his purpose in the book - the biggest series-long mystery, of whether he was a good guy or a bad guy, is revealed. And he died being a good guy. And tragic characters often meet with tragic ends. I was surprised that he died the way he did, but looking back on it, it shouldn't have been totally unexpected.
Very true... Death is always very sudden in her books. When a character dies, I have to read that passage a couple of times, to be sure I didn't miss anything.
The message is indeed that magic doesn't solve anything. The large amount of sudden/random deaths (in the last book) shows -to me anyway- how pointless a war is. How many brave (Dobby), young (Colin Creevy!) are lost for 'the greater good'.
I think Snape's death is, ultimatly, the saddest death. He gave up his life to save the child of the person he loved the most in the world, no matter how much he hated the father.
As always love is the answer, problem, cause and solution at the same time...
He's dead! Even if he wasn't dead, when would he turn up again? There are no books left, she won't write any more and that's the way it's supposed to be. There is a point in him dying.
Death is always straightforward, I'm afraid...
I cried really hard when he died too...
Death plays a huge roll in the books and yes they are always sudden, but I think Rowling had a definate reason for making them so final. She has said herself that the Mirror of Erised chapter in book 1 was written after her mother died and the point of that chapter was that no matter how much time you spend wishing a person that was dead was back with you, it's impossible and you'd waste your life if you sat around crying about it. The point is that after each death, life goes on. After Lily, James, Sirius, after Dumbledore, after Moody, Hedwig, Snape, Fred, Lupin, Tonks, etc., life goes on. The key element is that they are always remembered and celebrated. Harry named his son Albus Severus after Dumbledore and Snape. Teddy Lupin became apart of Harry's family. It's a beautiful thing that Rowling did with her books to use death as a celebration of life.
hE IS DEAD.,, accept it.. but he did not die in vain... he died but Harry knew the truth, where Snape's loyalties lie, and how much he loved Lily Evans. He even anted t give up his life just to save the woman he loved. For me, he was one big hero.
I want to believe that he isn't dead, but I tried to believe that about Sirius, as well. It didn't really do much good, though. I think he's really gone. But he didn't die in vain, that's true. I feel bad for him, about Lilly. It's so sad!
