Well, don't confuse murder and killing. Murder is done for selfish reasons. Dumbledore was making a sacrafice and so was Snape in a fashion. Harry is young enough to think there's no distinction between killing and murder, but his fight with Voldemort is not something he does for selfish reasons but to protect others.
I'm thinking in similiar terms to Christ's sacrafice. This is death for a greater purpose. It's not quite right to say anyone murdered Christ because He came to die. It was all part of the plan. You don't blame the Roman soldier who put him up there because they were simply playing their part....at least not anymore than you would blame any of us whose sins Christ took on himself.
(I'm meandering a bit)Johnny Cash's song "Hurt" comes to mind, particularly the sound of the nail being driven and the idea that we all in some measure contributed to the death of Christ. In that respect, Snape plays an everyman in his role. He's only more aware of his part. Accepting that Christ had to die so that we can live, is painful to those of us who love him and come realize what he endured for us....
I'm liking this idea a lot now. That Dumbledore died so that Snape (and Draco, and prehaps Harry as well) could live. Accepting this sacrafice is what makes Snape Dumbledore's man through and through.
I agree that it's unlikely that Harry will AK Voldemort. Love will play a factor in Volde's demise. But even if it did, I don't believe Harry would be committing a murder. He's a soldier in a war, fighting for a cause greater than himself.
I think the last battle will actually take place inside Harry. It will be a battle of souls...very different.
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Date: 2007-06-27 04:53 am (UTC)I'm thinking in similiar terms to Christ's sacrafice. This is death for a greater purpose. It's not quite right to say anyone murdered Christ because He came to die. It was all part of the plan. You don't blame the Roman soldier who put him up there because they were simply playing their part....at least not anymore than you would blame any of us whose sins Christ took on himself.
(I'm meandering a bit)Johnny Cash's song "Hurt" comes to mind, particularly the sound of the nail being driven and the idea that we all in some measure contributed to the death of Christ. In that respect, Snape plays an everyman in his role. He's only more aware of his part. Accepting that Christ had to die so that we can live, is painful to those of us who love him and come realize what he endured for us....
I'm liking this idea a lot now. That Dumbledore died so that Snape (and Draco, and prehaps Harry as well) could live. Accepting this sacrafice is what makes Snape Dumbledore's man through and through.
I agree that it's unlikely that Harry will AK Voldemort. Love will play a factor in Volde's demise. But even if it did, I don't believe Harry would be committing a murder. He's a soldier in a war, fighting for a cause greater than himself.
I think the last battle will actually take place inside Harry. It will be a battle of souls...very different.