Sunday, 6 September 2015

harry potter - Why does Dumbledore beg Snape in HBP?

It was revealed that the plan the entire time was for Snape to kill Dumbledore, because Dumbledore was foolish when handling one of the Horcruxes, and thus dying anyway. Having Snape be the one to kill Dumbledore ensured that Voldermort would trust Snape that much more.



Also, more specific to the question, Dumbledore was pleading because above all else, Dumbledore did not want Draco to be the one to kill him. Dumbledore very much believed that Draco could be saved, and knew that killing someone fractures your soul. In fact, that is specifically what must be done to create a Horcrux:




By an act of evil -- the supreme act of evil. By committing murder.
Killing rips the soul apart. The wizard intent upon creating a Horcrux
would use the damage to his advantage: he would encase the torn
portion. ...


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