Even now, months after seeing the movie, i still get choked up when i think about snape and his doe patronus. How does severus snape look in the mind of artist jim kay. Eleftherios tserkezis, read every book, watched every film. He has an older brother, james sirius, and a younger sister, lily luna. Author lorrie kim uses multiple sources beyond the rowling books and includes quotes extensively from the series for an intensive analysis of, to my mind, rowlings most interesting characterseverus. So he loves harry because he is lillys son but hates some of his characteristics because he is also his fathers son. Severus snape in harry potter and the sorcerers stone. I personally have been taking the stand that he is good for th past 2 years and really hope snivellus doesn t let me down.
During his lifetime, severus snape was potions master 19811996, defence against the dark arts professor 19961997, and headmaster 19971998 of hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry which he attended as a student from 1971 until 1978. But i want to know what you guys think before that happens. Snape first met lily before they began attending hogwarts. What are some defining characteristics of snape from harry. He usually dressed in flowing black robes which made him resemble an overgrown bat. This is rare for a death eater, as remarked in the last book. Snape has a hooked nose, greasy black hair, and sallow skin. We learned the name of snapes childhood street, spinners end, in the halfblood prince, in the opening scene where severus makes an unbreakable vow with narcissa malfoy to protect her son. Personality and traits at times, snape could appear cold, cynical, malicious, bitter, and sarcastic. Snape is voted favourite harry potter character childrens books. Muggles guide to harry pottercharactersseverus snape wikibooks. Also an intj personality type character, and a character that i can personally relate to more than any other character in the book.
Snape is often described as pale and rather crabby, to put it lightly. He had a commanding presence that exuded gravitas, authority and control. Popular severus snape books meet your next favorite book. Snape is a complex character in both, with the books giving him more space to develop than the films did, but he will still remain as one of harry potters most unforgettable characters, and one of the best in fantasy in general. The character of professor snape in harry potter and the. Professor snape is the potions teacher at hogwarts and head of slytherin house. The antihero however, the most important story in all of harry potter is not harrys or nevilles, its snapes. He is brave and cunning, and he is a matchless occlumens. While we do not yet fully understand, it becomes apparent in the first book that snape absolutely hates harry in particular, and. James and his friends padfoot, wormtail, and moony, were a very knowledgeable group of students, but in their case, didnt show it much. From that initial meeting where harrys scar hurts upon meeting snape, we are working under the impression that he is, if not an evil character, someone whom does not have harrys best intentions at heart. As a member of the order of the phoenix, snape sometimes has trouble subduing his enmity with sirius black. Every book on your english syllabus summed up in a quote from the office. The entire series of books actually revolved around snape in many ways.
Loyal to dumbledore even in the face of his own death. The actor, who grew up playing harry potter, described his coworker as understanding, loyal, supportive, kind, funny and as someone who was always there for his friends. If snape were in a realworld school, hed probably either be sued, fired, or arrested for his nearabuse of his students. Heres what severus snape is actually supposed to look like. Snape loved lily evans more than anything, with a burning passion he never felt, but snape was not alone in having an eye out for ms. Rowling described him as a gift of a character whose story she had known since the first book, and elizabeth hand of. Severus snape in harry potter as you may have guessed, the ultimate shapeshifter in the harry potter universe is professor severus snape. Harry spends most of the book convinced that snape is trying to steal the. Severus snape was potions master, defense against the dark arts teacher, and head of slytherin at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Severus snape is not a hero discussions severus snape is. He is a terrifying teacher, who mistakes ridicule and intimidation for pedagogical methods. Still, that didnt mean that he had to like the guy, who looked annoyingly like his father and snapes.
He had shoulderlength, greasy black hair which framed his face in curtains, curling lips and dark, penetrating eyes that resembled tunnels. Severus snape, potions master, head of slytherin and death eater, beats harry potter himself to be named favourite character in jk rowlings. The chapter that made us fall in love with severus snape. Inevitably, snape was cruel to many of his students whom arent slytherins, of course, but now, is the time the tables turn and you see the other side of severus.
As a child he both is and is not an appealing and likable character. He was personally killed by lord voldemort and his snake, nagini. So the most recent bearer of his name, the harryplax severus, is a rather fitting one. In the epilogue he is the potter child focused on the most, as he expresses to his father his fears of being sorted into slytherin before his first year at hogwarts. This article is about the character nicknamed the halfblood prince. What are some defining characteristics of snape from harry potter. Please try and support your case for good or evil too. You may be looking for the novel, film, soundtrack, video game or video game soundtrack. Death eater, ex hogwarts headmaster, professor of defense against the dark arts and exprofessor of potions. References within any book area will only relate to that particular book. Severus snape was a thin man with sallow skin, a large, hooked nose and yellow, uneven teeth. He was also member of the order of the elementals and played a very important role in both of the wizarding wars against lord voldemort. For aunt petunia, it was real or perceived neglect by her parents and favouring of her sister.
When her 6th year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry presents the adventure of a lifetime, ariana takes it. A gorgeous illustration of harry potters former potions professor has just become available, in anticipation of. I think about my favorite character in the book severus snape. Snape first appears in harry potter and the philosophers stone, shortly after harry arrives at. He tended to hold grudges and was extremely spiteful toward those whom he disliked. Severus was often not liked by fans, mainly because of his disdain and treatment of harry, and by association, his friends, ron and hermione. Within deathly hallows lingering final chapters we understood that.
Severus snape is one of the most loved characters in the harry potter series. Now, the amount of integrity snape processed was rather unclear for the majority of the story, and as time progressed it really did not get much better. We learn in the last book, after harry collected the memory from the dying snape, that severus knew harrys parents. It wasnt the first fantasy novel id read set in a school. Albus severus is the second son of harry potter and ginny weasley. In this passage from the third novel in the harry potter series, severus snapes cruelty is fully displayed. Snape was born to eileen prince, a witch, and tobias snape, a muggle, making him a halfblood hence the name, halfblood prince. He was described as a greasyhaired man with a batlike aura and a big nose. He attended hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry as a student from 19621969 and was sorted into slytherin. Severus snape was potions master, defense against the dark arts teacher, and. Severus snape known as one of the most complex characters in the series, severus snape was portrayed as an unfair professor with a deep hatred for harrys father. Harry potter characters professor snape project happychild.
A brilliant witch, she excels in school and flying, and was always destined for greatness. Harry has some of the less noble characteristics of his father who stole the love of snapes life from him and who was sometimes a bully to snape. Snape is super mean to harry and the other gryffindors, and looooves the slytherin students over all others. Professor severus snape was a halfblood wizard who was the son of the witch eileen snape and tobias snape. A character who i found interesting throughout the novel was severus snape. Outcast, rebel, hero jun 8, 2012 many harry potter fans are deeply affected by the death of snape and subsequent revelations about him in the last book in the series harry potter and the deathly hallows. What makes snape so captivating is the continually evolving understanding that harry and the audience have of the character.
The walls were completely covered in books, most of them bound in old black or. Snapes final moments are perhaps the bravest we saw of any character. Snape demonstrates his most admirable qualities in this role. Its the fact that snape is so outrageously extreme that draws our attention, makes him interesting, and raises some big questions. Rowling made snape a very mysterious character, always doing something. What other characters are similar in nature to severus. If harry potter is the perfect example of a hero, then the sullen potions master of hogwarts school, severus snape, can be considered as an example of a tragic hero. Severus snapeoriginal female character s severus snape. I know that dumbledore can be a little over trusting sometimes, but he seemed pretty firm in. Severus snape in harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban. A stoic who could take things practically and mourn. The passage has a desperate tone, evidenced by the statement that neville was in trouble, the way snape berates neville in front of the entire class, and.
A hero with a flaw, is predominant in tragedies since the olden greek playwrights. Those memories also explain some of the motivation for his harshness with harry. The reason dumbledore trusts severus snape here is my long awaited arguement complete with quotes as to why snape turned from voldemort, and why he always will. The harry potter books from severus snapes perspective. Severus snape is a master of the dark arts, having created several curses and hexes himself. Daughter of severus snape, ariana, has always craved adventure. Although harry potter and the halfblood prince features a pointed scene in which snape makes an unbreakable vow to narcissa malfoy, promising to protect draco and take over his dark duties, if necessary, there are still signs that point to snapes allegiance to dumbledore. Writing tagged severus snape always 1 chapters updated may, 2015 06. One of the characters that became an instant favorite and a love to hate type was severus snape, potions master at hogwarts school of. Character profile for albus severus potter from harry. Its useful to examine snapes character in the context of the various roles he plays.