När / Hur blev Snape ett dubbelagent? [duplicera]

Snape blir en dubbelagent efter de citat du beskriver.

Kontext är nyckeln här, och från ljudet av det tar du hänsyn till citatet ur sammanhanget. Snape och Dumbledore har inte träffats av misstag - det är ett förhandst möte av Snape.

The corridor dissolved, and the scene took a little longer to reform: Harry seemed to fly through shifting shapes and colors until his surroundings solidi- fied again and he stood on a hilltop, forlorn and cold in the darkness, the wind whistling through the branches of a few leafless trees. The adult Snape was panting, turning on the spot, his wand gripped tightly in his hand, waiting for something or for someone. . . His fear infected Harry too, even though he knew that he could not be harmed, and he looked over his shoulder, wondering what it was that Snape was waiting for—

Then a blinding, jagged jet of white light flew through the air. Harry thought of lightning, but Snape had dropped to his knees and his wand had flown out of his hand.

“Don’t kill me!”

“That was not my intention.”

Any sound of Dumbledore Apparating had been drowned by the sound of the wind in the branches. He stood before Snape with his robes whipping around him, and his face was illuminated from below in the light cast by his wand.

“Well, Severus? What message does Lord Voldemort have for me?”

Dumbledore förutsätter att mötet var att leverera ett meddelande från Voldemort, därmed hans avväpnande av Snape och Snapes rädsla. De är inte allierade just nu.

Direkt efter detta menar Snape att han är där för att varna Dumbledore att Lily är i fara och ber honom att hålla henne säker. Han förklarar även att han har bett Voldemort att inte döda henne.

“You disgust me,” said Dumbledore, and Harry had never heard so much contempt in his voice. Snape seemed to shrink a little, “You do not care, then, about the deaths of her husband and child? They can die, as long as you have what you want?” Snape said nothing, but merely looked up at Dumbledore.

“Hide them all, then,” he croaked. “Keep her—them—safe. Please.”

“And what will you give me in return, Severus?”

“In—in return?” Snape gaped at Dumbledore, and Harry expected him to protest, but after a long moment he said, “Anything.”

Snape blir ett dubbelagent på det sista ordet.

Snape blev en dubbelagent, i teorin om inte i praktiken när han bad Dumbledore att spara Lily - flera rader efter citatet du har ovan:

"Hide them all, then," [Snape] croaked. "Keep her - them - safe. Please."

"And what will you give me in return, Severus?"

"In - in return?" Snape gaped at Dumbledore, and Harry expected him to protest, but after a long moment he said, "Anything."

Detta blev en mer konkret överenskommelse om att agera som en dubbelagent på nästa sida, i nästa minnesplats där Dumbledore och Snape pratar efter Lily död:

"I wish... I wish I were dead...."

"And what use would that be to anyone?" said Dumbledore coldly. "If you loved Lily Evans, if you truly loved her, then your way forward is clear."

Snape seemed to peer through a haze of pain, and Dumbledore's words appeared to take a long time to reach him.

"What - what do you mean?"

"You know how and why she died. Make sure it was not in vain. Help me protect Lily's son."

"He does not need protection. The Dark Lord has gone -"

"The Dark Lord will return, and Harry Potter will be in terrible danger when he does."

There was a long pause, and slowly Snape regained control of himself, mastered his own breathing. At last he said, "Very well. Very well. But never - never tell, Dumbledore! This must be between us! Swear it! I cannot bear... especially Potter's son... I want your word!"

Jag tror att du felaktigt läser citatet du har angett. Specifikt har jag en annan tolkning av dessa linjer:

'The - the prophecy... the prediction... Trelawney...'

'Ah, yes,' said Dumbledore. 'How much did you relay to Lord Voldemort?'

Jag tror inte att detta tyder på att Snape vidarebefordrade information till Voldemort på Dumbledores order eller räkning. Detta indikerar att Dumbledore antingen visste eller snabbt avled att Snape hade hört eller lärt sig profetian , och att han skulle ha sagt Voldemort i sin normala roll som Death Eater.

Detta stycke är därför inte en indikation på ett existerande dubbelförhållande. Det indikerar de påfrestningar som Dumbledore utnyttjade för att skapa en senare.

Uppföljning baserat på kommentaren:

Snape bit på kroken när han lovade att göra något , och Dumbledore satte kroken när Snape blev unraveled efter Lily död. Att Dumbledore var impassiv betyder antingen att han till viss del hade förutsagt händelser eller att han inte visade känslor. Att citera Aberforth:

"I knew my brother, Potter. He learned secrecy at our mother's knee. Secrets and lies, that's how we grew up, and Albus... he was a natural."