The purpose of this article is in no way to declare either side of the argument a winner. His death has deeply impacted the fans and, of course, the creator of his most beloved character, jk rowling. Severus snapes full name is severus snape as stated per jk rowling on the potter more website by the author herself, he does not have a middle name. 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.
He was personally killed by lord voldemort and his snake, nagini. Finally, i think that severus snape is a complex character, who was completely shaped by his childhood trauma and his love for lily. These are the clues contained in the pages of harry pottter and the halfblood prince which support the possibility that snape is not really a eater, has remained loyal to dumbledore, and all through the book, snape is working on dumbledores orders. This article will be filled to the sorting hats brim with spoilers. The lessons began under the insistence of albus dumbledore, who believed that harrys mind was vulnerable to an attack by lord voldemort, and so the class was designed to give harry protection from this type of. Book snape seems to be even meaner and nastier when he spea question and answer in the severus snape club. Lucius septimius severus was the first african roman emperor ever. Harry goes on to name his albus, severus potter, after dumbledore and snape. Snape wins favourite harry potter character telegraph. The version of severus snape was created by jess and based loosely off of the character in the book and movie series harry potter. This topic has gained undue attention in recent months and, since the attention has taken a derogatory turn, i find myself driven to break my public silence at last. Muggles guide to harry pottercharactersseverus snape. Severus snapes notoriously greasy hair has provided joke fodder for two generations of harry potter characters, from the marauders to the weasley twins. Severus snape is a featured article, which means it has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the warner bros.
Hang your posters in dorms, bedrooms, offices, or anywhere blank walls arent welcome. But snape didnt have time to get too deeply into that. The harry potter books from severus snapes perspective by. The book was harry potter and the chamber of secrets, and my friend was right. Severus snape is an antihero from the harry potter franchise trivia snape is portrayed by the late alan rickman. A definitive reading is a must read for general fans as well as those of us who have a snapecentric love of the harry potter series. Mar 07, 2017 how does severus snape look in the mind of artist jim kay.
British newspaper the guardian wrote an article about how the publisher. My word, severus, that i shall never reveal the best of you. Nineteen years later, however, an older, wiser harry would explain to his young son albus severus potter why he named him after two great hogwarts headmasters, telling him that severus snape was the bravest man i ever knew. He is also known to be a death eater but after voldemort started hunting lily evans, the woman snape had loved since he was a child, he asked albus dumbledore to find a safe place for the potters because he knew voldemort wanted to kill their son, harry potter. Contentsshow appearance severus snape has been described a million different times, mostly the same way. His full name is not severus tobias kalovan snape, this is made up by someone. When the wizarding war ends with the death of the potters, he must somehow manage to teach moronic teenagers all day while dealing with his grief.
Severus, whose father was neglectful and possibly even violent, began to identify with his mothers family and created a secret nickname from his mothers maiden name, calling himself the halfblood prince. Muggles guide to harry pottercharacterseileen snape. Severus snape was born 9 january, 1960 to eileen prince, a pureblood witch, and tobias snape, a muggle, making him a halfblood wizard. Severus snape fictional characters wiki fandom powered. A professor at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, snape is hostile to harry due to his resemblance to his father james, who bullied snape during their time at hogwarts. The harry potter books from severus snapes perspective by j. As i said, i always found snape to be an interesting character, because we never knew too much about him. A significant portion of these texts deal with professor severus snape, the stern potions master with ambiguous ethics and loyalties. Beyond hogwarts harry potter septology mystery information. Rowling does not fully reveal the details of his true loyalties until the end of the final. In an era of 7 times harry acted like a gryffindor articles on major fansites, this kind. An in depth analysis where we look at every major scene over the seven books and discuss possibly the most controversial character. Harry potterseverus snape works archive of our own.
Harry potter sinking our teeth into the character of snape beyond. And the unsaid is exactly where severus snape lives. Then, with the final book, jk rowling turned all that on its head and made snape one of the noblest and most tragic heroes of the whole series. Severus snape, also known as the halfblood prince, is a major character in the harry potter franchise. As the series progresses, snapes character becomes more layered and complex. 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. No bullying, no messing with her, no one messing with the potions teachers daughter. His legacy in lily potters family lived on forever. Feb 10, 2015 awesome harry potter supercut tells snape s side of the story kelly west.
These are the clues contained in the pages of harry pottter and the halfblood prince which support the possibility that snape is not really a eater, has remained loyal to dumbledore, and all through the book, snape is working on dumbledores orders since the book is virtually about snape its titled harry potter and the halfblood prince, which we know now is. Rowling just revealed some serious severus snape secrets. Harry potter character provides name for new species of crab books. Dumbledore sighed, looking down into snapes ferocious, anguished face. Professor severus snape was a halfblood wizard who was the son of the witch eileen snape and tobias snape. Rowling just explained why harry potter named his son after professor snape.
Severus snape is a fictional character in the harry potter book series written by j. Tumblr user tomhiddles, who is clearly a more faithful potterhead than all of us combined, has revealed the true meaning behind snapes first words to. Alan rickman as severus snape in the film of harry potter and the order of the phoenix. Severus snape debate are really hypocritical and contradict themselves, which is what i wrote about. Severus snape was a hero, but died knowing barely anyone knew it. He was portrayed by the late english actor alan rickman, who also played judge turpin in sweeney todd.
External links brickset, lugnet, peeron, see a price and investment guide on. If you arent, you should stop reading now, pick up the first book. Still, that didnt mean that he had to like the guy, who looked annoyingly like his father and snapes. He certainly wasnt the only one who was sorry to see professor lupin go. Alan rickman was perfect casting for harry potters severus snape, and the way he nailed these mannerisms from the book showcases that point. So all im trying to point out is for us to be fair. A gorgeous illustration of harry potters former potions professor has just become available, in anticipation of. Jun 20, 2012 the one emperor whom machiavelli singles out for special praise is one lucius septimius severussnape s namesake.
Severus snape was potions master, defense against the dark arts teacher, and head of slytherin at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Severus snape was originally created by jk rowling for her harry potter book series, making his first appearance in the first book of the series, harry potter and the philosophers stone. Alan rickman, the actor that portrayed severus snape in the harry potter films, passed away four years ago. Awesome harry potter supercut tells snapes side of the story. In the harry potter saga there are really three different kinds of heroes. He has cold, black eyes and is always wearing black robes. Snape in the novels was born to tobias snape a muggle and eileen prince a witch. Snapes first words to harry have a hidden meaning bustle.
If you see a way this page can be updated or improved without compromising previous work, please feel free to contribute. Dec 12, 2014 rowling plans 12 days of harry potter surprises and holiday festivities on, beginning with an interesting new revelation about severus snape. However, snape is a village in the north yorkshire. A shortlived series of private lessons took place after christmas in the 19951996 school year, during which severus snape attempted to teach harry potter the skill of occlumency. In her latest and very personal book of mystical essays about professor severus snape, logospilgrim shares how he has influenced her spiritual journey and practice. A gorgeous illustration of harry potters former potions professor has just become available, in anticipation of the upcoming illustrated. This article assumes the reader is familiar with the plot of the harry potter series. Dumbledore aggrees to try and protect the potters but fails, james and lily potter are found dead by the devastated severus snape with their one year old son harry potter somehow still living. My favorite is from harry potter and the halfblood prince. Severus snape was born to tobias snape, a muggle, and eileen prince, a witch, making him a halfblood wizard. It has a castle named snape castle, which was owned by the neville family. Love him or loathe him, severus snape is quite a character, as harry potter fans surely know. The harry potter books from severus snapes perspective. We are obviously all entitled to our own opinions, of course, but i cant help but notice that a lot of comments in regards to this james potter vs.
He was the head of slytherin house in hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry and the schools potions teacher. These heroic archetypes pop up all over western literature, and as soon as i identify them, im sure you can think of other examples in movies, television, literature, and maybe even in your own stories. The book and film franchise of harry potter has inspired a monumental fandom community with a veracious output of fanfiction and general musings on the text and the vivid universe contained therein. In the first novel of the series, he is hostile toward harry and is built up to be the primary antagonist until the final chapters. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. Machiavellis severus is not quite the historical severus. The severus snape from the harry potter films is different from the. Was professor severus snape good, bad, or something in between. In defense of loving severus snape, the best harry potter villain. It starts off relatively light and gets steadily darker as the years go on. Rowling plans 12 days of harry potter surprises and holiday festivities on, beginning with an interesting new revelation about severus snape. It wasnt the first fantasy novel id read set in a school.
Aug 31, 2011 severus snape, potions master, head of slytherin and death eater has been voted the number one world favourite character from the harry potter novel. What are the differences between movie snapes and book. It is also stated that she was the original owner of snapes potions book. Severus has resigned as the resident potions master at hogwarts so he can spend time with his husband and pursue a career as a true potion master. Later in the book, in the chapter coincidentally named snapes. Rowling, 54, made a touching tribute to the late star, who tragically died in 2016 of pancreatic cancer, when a harry potter fan gushed about his portrayal of severus snape in the film. He was a double agent between dumbledores and voldemorts warring sides.
Severus snape fictional characters wiki fandom powered by. Severus sees that harry is truly gifted at potions and once harry leaves school, offers him an apprenticeship. Denial is a snape fan who refuses to accept snapes fate in dh. Snapes true loyalties remain uncertain until the final book. Severus snape neo encyclopedia wiki fandom powered by wikia. Death eater, ex hogwarts headmaster, professor of defense against the dark arts and exprofessor of potions. Students, plots her next move i want to fall in love with something the way i fell in love with harry, she says of future writing plans. Pis aside, if you read the duel in the book, we can quite clearly see that this statement is entirely false. How does severus snape look in the mind of artist jim kay. Anyway, one thing that is overlooked on wikipedia articles about snape is that everything that says loyalty still unknown is or.
In 1997, readers all over the world were introduced to j. And rowlings severus snape is completely different from machiavellis hero. It was released in 2010 and features professor snape in his key chain form. This paper explores a small community of snape fans who have. Harryplax severus takes name from secretive hogwarts teacher severus snape. Reading the text of the sixth book, snape killed dumbledore jkr has confirmed dumbledore is dead, no way trying to get around that one. Extra help, high respects, and feared among most of the students. The youthful snape is described as having a stringy, pallid look, being roundshouldered yet angular, having a twitchy walk like a spider and. She was the apple of every boys eye, and one of the high marked stud. Rowling just explained why harry potter named his son. Meanwhile, potter was nosying around in snapes affairs once again having found an old potions book snape used to write in and create spells under his nickname the halfblood prince. Severus snape is a character from the famous book series harry potter.
According to the author, severus snapes birthday is 9 january 1960 and he died on 2 may 1998 at 38. Jk rowling posts twitter tribute to alan rickman bookstr. As evil as he seemed, severus snape, wasnt actually a bad guy, as anyone. What are the differences between movie snape s and book snapes personality.
At the age of twentyone, severus snape is about to become one of the youngest professors ever taken on at hogwarts, a position he takes with some reluctance. Severus snapes life after deathly hallows, including stories set before the epilogue. Snape joins the order of the phoenix to combat lord voldemort, apparently acting as a double agent, though, later, snape also serves lord voldemort. The severus snape audiences met in the harry potter films is not exactly the character that was shown in the books. Hermione shows harry and ron some old daily prophet articles featuring an announcement that eileen married the muggle tobias snape, and one about how she had given birth to severus. Apr 09, 2020 alan rickman, the actor that portrayed severus snape in the harry potter films, passed away four years ago. Being the child of none other than professor severus snape, sure had some perks. He is an exceptionally skilful wizard whose coldly sarcastic and controlled exterior conceals deep emotions and anguish. Snape is normally seen with shoulder length wavy greasy black hair. This is my first essay on this community, based on my frustration with some recent remarks made by j. Severus snape quotes 45 quotes goodreads share book.
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