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We may be taking things in a rather simplistic direction with comparing Snape with various Lord of the Rings characters, but allow me to jump on that bandwaggon before it gets LMP's frown of disapproval.

In my opinion- my humble opinion, of course- Snape makes me think about Boromir.

Much like Cailín, I am of the opinion that Snape will ultimately, in the end, be proven to be a good guy. Anyone who's read HBP will, of course, recall the Unbreakable Oath that he swore at the beginning. On the assumption I am making that Snape is, in fact, a Good Guy, I would see this as being akin to Boromir's desire to take the ring: well-intentioned, but fore-doomed to fail.

Moving therefore, into the hypothetical realm of Book Seven, I am of the opinion that in the end, Snape's loyalty to Dumbledore will prove crucial to Harry's victory over Voldemort.

Of course, my predictions about who was going to die in HBP were totally off. (Labouring under the delusion that Dumbledore must die in Book Seven, I had pegged either Ginny, Ron, or Bill as the victim...). I guess I'll just have to wait to see whether or not I'm right regarding Snape: chances are that I'll be completely wrong, and I'll have to delete this post due to the ignominity of it all.