He had too much bitterness and resentment to show his love and care openly for anyone, let alone harry. Snape s family background is mostly shown in flashbacks during the course of the last three novels. Sirius jokingly suggests that snape follow lupin through the passage beneath the whomping willow. Time period, harry potter and the deathly hallows, may.
Snapes last words in the harry potter books were look at me, not the above quote which was added in for the movie. Rowling approved death scene change in harry potter. He portrays a true slytherin all along outwardly but he does all good behind the scenes. This was the story where our hero had to confront the villains of his past. Harry potter and the deathly hallows did snape care for. Jan 09, 2014 you are remembered, alan rickman, february 21 1946 january 14, 2016. Dumbledore was cursed by the gaunt ring and was already slowly dying. Snape is intensely curious about where remus lupin goes each month. Jk rowling reveals she nearly killed off ron weasley. Aug 17, 2017 another hp origins video this time for severus snape. Severus snape in harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban book, analysis of severus snape.
Once i read the last book, i believed snape cared for harry very much. The elder wand belongs to the wizard who killed its last owner. The chapter that made us fall in love with severus snape. Severus snape died in harry potter and the deathly. Sirius black, remus lupin, peter pettigrew and james potter the bullies of snapes youth, with one of them happening to be the man who married the love of his life, lily. Severus snape important scenes in chronological order.
In the last book, snape becomes the headmaster of hogwarts. Voldemorts last stand, also known as voldemorts end, was the conflict that marked the end of the battle of hogwarts and by extension the second wizarding war. Harry notes that snape doesnt seem to care about that last bitas soon as lily insults james, he relaxes. In the final chapter, dumbledore suggests that because harrys father james. Firstly, because it was an act of mercy for dumbledore, as he was already dying, first from the curse he received. Snape and voldemort r arguing about harry and how he will come 2 voldemort, and snape keeps offering to go get him, and voldemorts like, no. I just finished reading that chapter last night and there were parts that i felt they did better than the movies such as more. He is killed by voldemort in voldemorts attempt to acquire the elder wand, but not before transferring his. Rowling shares which harry potter secret she told alan. Voldemort kills him because he thinks he is the master of the all powerful elder wand, when in fact it was harry potter. If you havent read all the potter books, be warned. 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.
A walk inside snape s memories transformed him in harrys mind from sniping potions master to the bravest man he ever knew. Professor snape is dead on voldemorts orders, and harry saw it all. On this scene, voldemort asks snape about the elder wand, but the dark lord kills severus thinking the wand would become his. The legendary actor who won millions of fans worldwide as professor severus snape has died of cancer.
Why did snape kill this character in halfblood prince. Jul 19, 2005 granger points out that the sibilance of severus snape makes the reader think of a snake, and the crafty, mistrustful snape has many snakelike qualities. If you have no intention of reading the book we suggest that you change your mind youre missing some fantastically creative writing and brilliant reading, if you are an open the book and turn to the last page sort of reader and dont want to have to wait until nearly the end of harry potter and the deathly hallows. So harry had no reason to think badly of him in the end.
He only died because voldemort worked out about the elder wand, only a month before the final battle continue reading. It took place at dawn on 2 may, 1998 in the great hall of hogwarts castle. Jul 21, 2007 after being estranged from his family, he rejoins them in the last battle xeno lovegood. However, i think there is a more significant meaning of the name, which perhaps holds the key to the denouement of the forthcoming book 7. He made an arrangement with severus that when the time came, snape would have to kill him in order to uphold the unbreakable vow snape made with narcissus, swearing to help draco finish the task he was given by the dark lord. In his dying moments, he told harry to take his memories and look at him one last time. Did snape just lose it, or undergo a personality transplant have resulted in my death if your father hadnt got cold feet at the last moment. Voldemorts voice then sounded through the corridors, challenging harry to meet him in the forbidden forest in an hour. Over the thousands of pages of harry potter books and hours of their movie adaptations, funeral bells rang almost constantly. Severus snape was born 9 january, 1960 to eileen prince, a pureblood witch, and tobias snape, a muggle, making him a halfblood wizard. Alan rickman as professor severus snape in harry potter and the philosophers stone.
If you remember when i did the first film shed only written three or four books, so nobody. 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. If snape were in a realworld school, hed probably either be sued, fired, or arrested. Snape says that voldemort does not expect draco to succeed in. Is there a way that he couldve combatted the snake poison, as he was potions master. Harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2 snapes death scene. Jk rowling reveals she nearly killed off ron weasley this article is more than 8 years old the harry potter author has confessed she considered. What are the differences between movie snape s and book snapes personality. Snapes very first words to harry were secretly about lily.
In soho, new york, there was a release party for the american paperback edition, with many games and activities. What would have happened if snape had died in absence of. Still, i do remember thinking that snape s death after all he did for the order and the. He is an exceptionally skilful wizard whose coldly sarcastic and controlled exterior conceals deep emotions and anguish. In the book and movie when they are in the great hall with all the dead, good and evil, they mention most people even death eaters, but not snape. Muggles guide to harry pottermajor eventsseverus death. Alan rickman had an older brother david, a younger brother michael, and a younger sister sheila. There is not a moment in the books that makes me think that snape cares about harry beyond his dedication to protecting him for lilys sake.
However, snape did not hear the entire prophecy, as the hogs heads barman and albus brother. All 76 deaths in harry potter, ranked by sadness mtv. Severuss book later fell into the hands of harry potter in september 1996. In his dying moments, he told harry to take his memories and look at him one last. Hell, baby harrys first nickname is the boy who lived. However, she does suggest in the books that he is generally an effective. Lord voldemort, the last of his horcruxes destroyed and mortal once again, was confronted by harry potter as the second part of the battle of hogwarts. The debate over whether harry potter character severus snape was loyal to dumbledore or voldermort has raged on for years, but bookseries author j. Dec 15, 2016 such is the case with severus snape, whose last name rowling took from an actual place in england. Severus snape died in harry potter and the deathly hallows, the last book in the series. The princes tale professor snape is dead on voldemorts orders, and harry saw it all. Rowling explains why harry potter honored snape the way. Snape was born to eileen prince, a witch, and tobias snape, a muggle, making him a halfblood hence the name, halfblood prince. Nov 12, 2015 snapes very first words to harry were secretly about lily.
This is rare for a death eater, as remarked in the last book, though voldemort himself also had a muggle father. He did name his son after him by naming him albus severus. We take a closer look at the chapter from deathly hallows that changed everything. Harry potter and the deathly hallows was released in hardcover on 21 july 2007 and in paperback in the united kingdom on 10 july 2008 and the united states on 7 july 2009.
Alan rickman was born on a council estate in acton, west london, to margaret doreen rose bartlett, of english and welsh descent, and bernard rickman, of irish descent, who worked at a factory. A professor at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, snape is hostile to harry due to his resemblance to his father james, who bullied. Book snape seems to be even meaner and nastier when he spea question and answer in the severus snape club. Little did we know at the time of release, but this was the intro to a new generation of wizarding journeys, which plays out on the stage, in rowlings harry potter and the cursed child. The actor later revealed that, ahead of the publication of harry potter and the deathly hallows, rowling had shared a small part of snape s secret with him, although she did. Severus snape s most important scenes and arcs in the harry potter film series in chronological order, from meeting lily to. What are the differences between movie snapes and book. I last read the seventh book about a year ago so i dont remember if thats a reference or not. Snape did not sacrifice his life to fool voldemort. He merely observed snape s eyes growing blanker, which could have been evidence of a deeper comatose state, not death.