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All of the Other Reindeer: Snape was a misfit in school, which is partially what made the Death Eaters so appealing as a young adult. During the second half of the 1995–1996 school year, Snape used his wand to perform Legilimency on Harry Potter as a means to teach him Occlumency, as well as to extract his own memories into the Hogwarts Pensieve beforehand. [7] Barnes and Noble and Yahoo! chat with J.K. Rowling". barnesandnoble.com. 20 October 2000. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018 . Retrieved 15 September 2007. Cruciatus Curse – Used on Hermione Granger to torture her into giving her information in Deathly Hallows Captain Ersatz: Being a potions teacher who bullies the protagonist, he's basically a Spear Counterpart to Miss Hardbroom from The Worst Witch.

In the fourth film, he believes Harry when he tells the staff he didn't put his name in the Goblet of Fire and agrees with McGonagall's belief that there must be a plot to get the boy killed. In the book, he assumes Harry is lying to avoid being punished and entered his name himself to be a Glory Hound, even if it doesn't make sense that a fourth year student like Harry somehow managed to deceive the Goblet. In the movie adaptation of the third book, he shields Harry, Ron and Hermione with his body when they come face to face with Lupin in werewolf form. Shawn Adler (7 December 2007). "What Would "Potter" Have Been Like With Tim Roth As Snape?". MTV. Archived from the original on 8 December 2007 . Retrieved 8 December 2007. In the epilogue to Deathly Hallows, set nineteen years after Harry defeats Voldemort, Harry has named his second-born son Albus Severus, after Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape. As Albus is about to enter his first year at Hogwarts, he expresses concern that he will be sorted into Slytherin. Harry tells his son, "you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them [Snape] was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew." [45] Appearances in other material Portrayal in filmsDamned by Faint Praise: Comes from Quirrel of all people. He saw Snape hates Harry and James, but never wanted the boy dead. Dramatically Missing the Point: Dumbledore told him the best way he could honour Lily's memory was by helping protect her son. Snape agrees...and the minute Harry comes to Hogwarts, Snape bullies the kid for the crime of being Lily and James's child. Sure, Snape, Lily would love it if she found out you were taking your frustrations out on her son and Neville, who is an innocent party. As the years at Hogwarts unfolded, we learnt more about Snape’s double life. After all, this was the man who had used both the Killing Curse on Albus Dumbledore and the Patronus Charm that guided Harry through a hopeless moment in the space of a year. Yes, Snape may have operated through cruel remarks and unsavoury deeds, but his wand history often showed great power and nobility. Bellatrix Lestrange The final revelation of Snape's loyalty in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was viewed positively by fans and critics alike. Daniel Radcliffe, who portrays Harry Potter in the movie series, expressed his delight, saying he was pleased to see that his theory that Snape would end up being a sort of tragic hero came through. [71] Elizabeth Hand from The Washington Post wrote, "The much-maligned loner Snape does not come onstage until the latter part of "Deathly Hallows," but when he does the book becomes his: Snape's fate, more than Voldemort's, perhaps more even than Harry's, is the most heartbreaking, surprising and satisfying of all of Rowling's achievements." [2]

In the second chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Bellatrix Lestrange and Narcissa Malfoy visit Snape at his home in Spinner's End. Narcissa's son Draco has been given a difficult task by Voldemort, and Narcissa swears Snape to an Unbreakable Vow that he will protect Draco, help him complete Voldemort's task, and finish the task himself if Draco fails. When questioned by Bellatrix about his loyalties, Snape says he has been working for Voldemort ever since Voldemort's return, and explains his actions in the previous books in that light. He points out that gaining Dumbledore's trust and protection has kept him out of Azkaban and free to operate on Voldemort's behalf. [34] Cool Teacher: Many of the Slytherins seem to regard him as this, though to the other houses he's somewhere between a Stern Teacher and a Sadist Teacher.Ignored Epiphany: Lily calls him out for being prejudiced towards Muggle-borns and thinking she's excluded, as well as for engaging in Dark Magic. After he called her a Mudblood in front of the other fifth years, she tells him off more bluntly about how he doesn't know what he's becoming. She's pretty much telling Snape that if they want to be friends, he has to give up his prejudices. Snape can't, so she ends their friendship. He probably isn't completely lenient towards Slytherins either: after Harry and Ron's stunt with the flying car in the second book, he as good as says that he'd have expelled the two of them if they were in his house. In the movie, he flat-out admits it. Bad Powers, Good People: Snape is one of the most advanced practitioners of curses and dark magic in the series, being perhaps second only to Voldemort himself. While he's far from a saint his true loyalty is to Dumbledore. This winds up coming in handy when Snape is able to give Dumbledore an extra year after the latter contracts an otherwise fatal curse placed by Voldemort himself. Even Snape thinks it was cruel of Dumbledore to keep Harry alive so that he could "die" at Voldemort's hands, accusing him of using Lily's memory to manipulate Snape to serve his plans.