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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GSHamster" data-source="post: 2422823" data-attributes="member: 20187">My thought is that Dumbledore absolutely trusts Snape because Snape heard the prophecy. The entire prophecy.  And Snape only tells Voldemort the first two lines, thus causing the entire chain of events, and creating a force able to stop Voldemort. In fact, maybe Snape and Dumbledore conspire to get this result when the prophecy is first given.After all, the novel keeps mentioning that Snape is really strong at shielding his mind, maybe even strong enough to block or fool Voldemort.Secondly, Snape goes to a great deal of trouble to keep Harry alive at the end, and he really doesn't need to.  After all, if he only heard the first two lines, he knows that the single greatest thing he could do for Voldemort is to kill Harry.  His actions really only make sense if he knows the rest of the prophecy, and knows that he should not (or cannot) kill Harry.In fact, you could read Dumbledore's pleading as pleading for Snape to make sure Harry survives.  Dumbledore does not plead with any of the other Death Eaters, though any one of them could kill him.  And Snape, perhaps because of the Unbreakable Vow, sees sacrificing Dumbledore as the only option.That's my theory anyways.  Mostly because Snape has always been my favourite character.</blockquote>