Character profile for severus snape from harry potter and. I thought being alan rickmans rip birth date, it was the right day to upload it. Severus snape was potions master, defense against the dark arts teacher, and head of slytherin at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Hirshenson joined the production after another casting director had worked on the movies for a year and said rickman was already locked in at the time. K rowlings fantasy universe in harry potter and the philosophers stone, which was the beginning of a saga that ended ten years later with a total of seven novels. Mar 07, 2017 severus snapes notoriously greasy hair has provided joke fodder for two generations of harry potter characters, from the marauders to the weasley twins. Im sure the only reason rowling did it was so she could add in the bravest man i ever knew line. Rowling reveals the only harry potter character she feels guilty about killing but that didnt stop fans from speculating about another character who could be a vampire. Harry was merely an unfortunate reminder and a convenient target. He is an exceptionally skilful wizard whose coldly sarcastic and controlled exterior conceals deep emotions and anguish. The other thing we learn through snape being stuck in the past is a possible reason why snape acts as horribly as he does to.
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. Alan rickman was perfect casting for harry potter s severus snape, and the way he nailed these mannerisms from the book showcases that point. 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. See more ideas about severus snape, harry potter and harry potter art. Severus snapes copy of advanced potionmaking harry. Rowling reveals something new about harry potters snape. Top 10 severus snape moments in harry potter duration. The magic of alan rickman, and how he got a child fighting. A personallyannotated copy of advanced potionmaking belonged to severus snape while he attended hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Severus snape has a new look in the illustrated harry potter. After reading his life story, we see the explanations of many of the mysteries and enigmas that have surrounded this character, and yet he remains full of intriguing contradictions. Jun 25, 2019 the late alan rickman was actually one of the few people other than j. Snape is torn as harry is both the son of the man he hated and the woman he loved. Severus snape went with the stack of books to his chair with grunt of effort due to the obvious weight of the thicker hard cover potter novels why the blasted hell are these damn incessant books so bloody heavy and picked up the first and obvious lightest book in the stack and went to the first page.
Snape gazed for a moment at dumbledore, and there was revulsion and hatred etched in the harsh lines of his face. His motivations and backstory are the same in both versions, but its his personality and his interaction with other characters, as well as the personalities of these, that make the. Even if harry grew to respect snape after seeing his memories, it seems like a huge thing to name his child after him. He was personally killed by lord voldemort and his snake, nagini. James potter, his archenemy, frequently teased and bullied snape. Professor severus snape click the character infographic to download. The snape in the books was aggressive, a side that was not shown in the films. The harry potter books from severus snapes perspective by j. Rowling stating on record that severus snape was not a bad guy, some harry potter fans just cannot seem to warm to the potions master. 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.
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. Severuss book later fell into the hands of harry potter in september 1996. Lets start with professor snape specifically after he started working for the order. The book snape was a complete jerk with no care for whats right and wrong. I feel like the movie snape was a lot more likable than the book snape by far. James potter, his archenemy, frequently teased and bullied snape during their school days. In 1997, readers all over the world were introduced to j. He asked for the help of albus dumbledore but they were unsuccessful in saving lily. Severus snape was the potions teacher at hogwarts until the end of harry potter and the halfblood prince.
Professor severus snape 9 january, 1960 2 may, 1998 was an english halfblood wizard serving as potions master 19811996, defence against the dark arts professor 19961997, and headmaster 19971998 of the hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry as well as a member of the order of the phoenix and a death eater. The sacking of severus snape wikibooks, open books for. Professor severus snape 9 january, 1960 2 may, 1998 was headmaster of hogwarts and the former potionsmaster at hogwarts. He named himself the halfblood prince when he began his n. And the unsaid is exactly where severus snape lives. He was tall and lanky, and his black greasy hair hung like curtains around his face. Alan rickman as professor severus snape in harry potter and the. Severus snape s notoriously greasy hair has provided joke fodder for two generations of harry potter characters, from the marauders to the weasley twins. Here are 10 of the best severus snape quotes from harry. Lily and severus read harry potter chapter 1, a harry potter. Advanced potionmaking is a potions textbook used by hogwarts for n. Severus snape 9 january 1960 2 may 1998 was a halfblood wizard wellknown for being a double spy in the second wizarding war.
Now, however, harry uses it to protect someone he cares about. Harrys decision to name his son severus is laughable. A sallowfaced, sadistic teacher with lank hair and thin lips, prof severus snape s sole aim in life, up until book seven in the harry potter series, appeared to be the downfall of. A walk inside snape s memories transformed him in harry s mind from sniping potions master to the bravest man he ever knew. He was the head of slytherin and hated gryffindors. Harry s father, james potter, was also at odds with snape, and members of the order of the phoenix suggest that harry s inherent dislike of snape was inherited from james. Jun 28, 2018 harry potter and the deathly hallows audiobook here. Severus snape potterpedia, the harry potter wiki fandom. Snape likewise resents harry potter simply because of who his father is, and who he looks like, and what harry represents as rowling notes living proof that lily preferred another man, projecting his loathing of james onto harry.
While professor snape the hogwarts potions master and head of slytherin house is a huge character in the harry potter series as a whole, he plays a relatively minor part in harry potter. Rate 5 stars rate 4 stars rate 3 stars rate 2 stars rate 1 star. I dont get why he used severus for his other son though. Professor severus snape in harry potter and the chamber of. The princes tale wikibooks, open books for an open world. As children, harry, ron and hermione had looked at the sarcastic and strict professor snape as something of a pantomime villain the bitter potions master, stewing in the dungeons. Severus snape was born 9 january, 1960 to eileen prince, a pureblood witch, and tobias snape, a muggle, making him a halfblood wizard. Harry used the halfblood princes tips and earned praise with that years potions. The severus snape wand with ollivanders wand box is a meticulous recreation of thewand propused in the harry potter film series, crafted with high quality materials.
Ever since the day he stood as a father figure and guardian to harry potter after voldemort murdered james potter and lily potter in their home in godrics hollow, severus snape showered harry potter with love. But snape didnt have time to get too deeply into that. How snape became harry potters most unlikely sex symbol. Theres a lot of jealousy boiling around in snape and it just overflows at the end of this book. Heres what severus snape is actually supposed to look like. James potter publicly humiliates severus snape for sirius. Here are 10 of the best severus snape quotes from harry potter. The sound frightened harry beyond anything he had experienced all evening.
Severus snape is a skilled wizard who has held a number of senior roles at the hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Although harry sees snapes shiftiness as black and white, rowling is purposefully vague about snapes true allegiances. This is one of the most significant professor severus snape quotes from the harry potter and the deathly hollows because it demonstrated snape s genuine and sincere loyalty to professor dumbledore. His most common enemies when he was at hogwarts at a young age were the marauders james potter, sirius black, peter petrigrew and remus lupin. Snape broke the news to harry that life in unfair in harry potter and the order of the phoenix.
Harry is appropriately devastated when he learns that snape and his. Opf also missing from the movie is followup scene in which harry is so disturbed by the memory that he asks sirius and lupin why they did it op29. 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. A gorgeous illustration of harry potter s former potions professor has just become available, in anticipation of the upcoming illustrated. Thats how harry potter casting director janet hirshenson put it when asked about the actors considered for the role of severus snape in the harry potter film franchise. Characters severus snape chapter thirtythree brings us the longawaited truth about snape, beginning with his childhood and stretching almost to his death.
Jk rowling apologises for killing snape the telegraph. He is the hidden story, multiinterpretable, deeply confusing at times, completely opaque in his motivations. No, despite what the film tried to show with sappy s. From the books it doesnt really look like he is protecting just harry. He originally wanted to be the defense against the dark arts teacher, but didnt get the job. And considering its effect on amycus carrow, this time, harry obviously meant it. If you enjoyed the video, hit the like button, and dont forget to share.
But the other snape is one whos a bit new hes bitter and furious, hes not listening to reason, and hes kind of deranged. Prisoner of azkaban page 394, severus snape hq youtube. The book version of snape is more of a puppet figure, contrary to the hero image the harry potter films gave him in the end. The dark arts are many, varied, everchanging, and eternal.
Here, we explore snapes actions before readers met him at. He was a former death eater in the first wizarding war who abandoned voldemort when lily potter and her family were the target of murder. Snape s nickname for himself was the halfblood prince, and so he signed this nickname along the bottom of the back cover of the book. 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.
Snape s seeming malice towards harry actually resulted from snape s lingering hatred and resentment towards james potter. Although snape was once a death eater a group seeking to rid the magical community of nonpure wizards, he changed his allegiance to become a double agent for albus dumbledore and the order of the phoenix. 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. Travel back in time and show severus snape that he does have a life worth fighting for. Snape raised his wand and pointed it directly at dumbledore. The harry potter books from severus snapes perspective.
The severus snape from the harry potter films is different from the one in the books, drastically changing the reaction from readers and. The harry potter books from severus snape s perspective. In his dying moments, he told harry to take his memories and look at him one last. Severus snape in harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban. Harry potterseverus snape works archive of our own. My favorite is from harry potter and the halfblood prince. Knowing snape s skill at legilimency, it is hardly surprising that he seems to be looking around for harry. Sep 11, 2017 in harry potter and the halfblood prince, professor snapes big reveal was that he was the halfblood prince who wrote the spell book diary that harry tried to use against him. Snapes nickname for himself was the halfblood prince, and so he signed this nickname along the bottom of the back cover of the book. Harry had no idea that snape was the creative prince, and wondered at times if his own father james had written the book. Harry potter books from severus snapes perspective, as told.
As we start discovering in this book, snape has some pretty intense emotions and seems to have a heck of a lot of hangups regarding his youth at hogwarts. Severus snapes copy of advanced potionmaking harry potter. He was a grey one rowling herself stated this, and not some white knight in shining armor. He bullies students to the verge of tears, is blatantly biased towards slytherins, and does not care for an innocent life just because of a childhood grudge. From harry potter, severus snape yule, as a stylized pop vinyl from funko. Dec 12, 2014 she reveals something about the past of severus snape, the greasyhaired, grumpy hogwarts professor, slytherin house leader and spy who loves to give harry potter a hard time. The severus snape audiences met in the harry potter films is not exactly the character that was shown in the books. Meanwhile, potter was nosying around in snapes affairs once again having found an old potions book snape used to write in and create. The sacking of severus snape wikibooks, open books for an.
His motivations and backstory are the same in both versions, but its his personality and his interaction with other characters, as well as the personalities of these, that make the difference. I dont hate snape, but i do dislike it when people misjudge and get his character wrong. The chapter that made us fall in love with severus snape. The princes tale professor snape is dead on voldemorts orders, and harry saw it all. Oct 19, 2012 harry potter is intellectual property of j. George weasleyoriginal female character s minor or background relationship s hermione grangerron weasley. Severus, whose father was emotionally vacant, began to identify with his mothers family and created a secret nickname from his mothers maiden name, calling himself the half blood prince. Instead, harry sees the memory in snape s mind during occlumency as a short, quick montage of snape being attacked by james and hung upside down as he threatens to take off snivellys trousers. Collect them all the ollivanders wand box collection. We take a closer look at the chapter from deathly hallows that changed everything. His legacy in lily potters family lived on forever. Severus snape is one of the most divisive characters in the harry potter series.
How does severus snape look in the mind of artist jim kay. Snape likely perceived harry s presence under the invisibility cloak. Rowling to learn about severus snapes secrets long before the seventh harry potter book had even been published. Severus snape was a hero, but died knowing barely anyone knew it.
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