Yes, there was a commotion outside the door and it flew open, and there was that rather uncouth barman standing with snape, who was waffling about having come the wrong way up the stairs, although im afraid that i myself rather thought he had been apprehended eavesdropping on my. We take a closer look at the chapter from deathly hallows that changed everything. Severus snapes notoriously greasy hair has provided joke fodder for two generations of harry potter characters, from the marauders to the weasley twins. What other characters are similar in nature to severus. She learned of her magical nature as a child, after severus snape recognised her as such and told her of the existence of magic. A glance at the clock showed three clock in the morning. Severus snape has a new look in the illustrated harry potter. Rowling gave us a lot of interesting, complex characters few are as. The harry potter movies didnt always get the looks of j. Sixteen of these are brief descriptions of snapes actions. 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. The boy who lived ah, what a wonderful title for a damn chapter. Her basis for this belief is dumbledores line in ootp ch 37.
Thinking he murdered dumbledore in cold blood, harry and some of his friends, gang up on snape, who then flees without even so much as a remark. The casting directors of the harry potter series definitely had their jobs cut out for them. He is an exceptionally skilful wizard whose coldly sarcastic and controlled exterior conceals deep emotions and anguish. The description of weasleys degnoming a garden was fascinating, to say the least. It is also an allusion to a notorious and misunderstood character in the harry potter novels, professor severus snape, for his ability to keep one of the most important secrets in the story. Though we cannot be perfect as moderators, and there is some room for interpretation because not every detail across his whole life is laid out explicitly, there are certain characteristics that are described. Its one of the best books in the series, and succeeds in leaving off. Lupin was still staring down at his book, though his eyes were not moving and a faint frown line had appeared between his eyebrows. The best severus snape quotes harry potter star alan rickman died this morning on jan. Snapes eyes are central to unraveling the mysteries of the harry potter books. For almost seven books and more than 2,000 pages, snape had been a character readers loved to hate.
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. In his dying moments, he told harry to take his memories and look at him one last. 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. Later on, harry witnesses snape get attacked by voldemort and voldemorts snake. By looking at descriptions of him growing up and how the order of events in the books leaves no clues of his intentions, i will argue that he has.
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. Head of slytherin house to avoid spoiling enjoyment of any of the books, were colourcoding this website so you can choose which areas you look at click only on the books youve actually read to see ifwhere professor snape appears or is. Snape is now best known for snape maltings, no longer in commercial use, but converted into a tourist centre together with a concert hall that hosts the major part of the annual aldeburgh festival. 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. Its true that some of the actors didnt resemble their book counterparts as they grew older, while others looked exactly like. When we say book snape or canon snape, we mean a snape whose physical description and personality are similar to what we see in the books, or a plausible extension of whats there. Severus snape uncovered by howlingmojo on deviantart. I should explain that members of the order of the phoenix have more reliable methods of communicating than the fire in dolores umbridges office. Now you tell me you have been raising him like a pig for slaughter. The book snape was a complete jerk with no care for whats right and wrong. I have spied for you and lied for you, put myself in mortal danger for you. The chapter that made us fall in love with severus snape. In honor of alan rickmans incredible, inspiring work as professor severus snape, ive compiled a list of 10 moments in the harry potter series that made snape such an incredible, standout. Or, they didnt look like the book descriptions any more.
Quotes by and about severus snape the harry potter lexicon. In the book, snape is described as having greasy black hair, a hooked nose, and sallow skin, which is pretty close to alan rickmans look in the films, although his nose was a bit on the straight. Snape wanted to fill the potion into small flasks, but that had to wait until morning. Snape is a small village in the english county of suffolk, on the river alde close to aldeburgh. And while the final book nicely wrapped up the major questions in the harry potter septology mystery, there are still facets of the story that have not been explained, and never be. Of all the characters in the harry potter universe and over the course of seven books and eight movies, author j. Severus snape book version by lianit on deviantart. Working book by book, asking four questions about snape and his relationships to the this is the book i. Severus snape in harry potter and the sorcerers stone. Still, that didnt mean that he had to like the guy, who looked annoyingly like his father and snapes. Severus description in the book says he had greasy black hair and a hooked nose. Severus snape was potions master, defense against the dark arts teacher, and head of slytherin at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.
Wormtail was looking from sirius and james to snape with a look of avid anticipation on his face. The harry potter books from severus snapes perspective. K rowlings harry potterseries came out, few readers were prepared for the ending and the revealing of the supposedly evil professor severus snape as one of the great heroes of the story. How does severus snape look in the mind of artist jim kay. Snape, suspicious of quirrell, had been looking out for harry throughout the book. He is an exceptionally skilful wizard whose coldly sarcastic and controlled exterior conceals. There on the floor was a book on advanced potions making. Mr weasley, called out snape, looking up from the book and glaring at the gryffindor table.
Was severus snape more attractive than harrys description. The harry potter series from professor snapes point of view. He was personally killed by lord voldemort and his snake, nagini. Harry, ron, and hermione return to hogwarts, looking for a way to further weaken voldemort, and harry encounters snape. I yelped, looking back just as snape shut the door. And within seconds of beginning the book, there was a knock on the door. Snapes character becomes more layered and enigmatic as the series progresses, and a central mystery concerns his loyaltie. Harry potter severus snape silhouette vinyl macbook. The past two nights he had not slept at all and snape did not want to look like a ghost.
I feel like the movie snape was a lot more likable than the book snape by far. Sinking our teeth into the character of snape by david haber. Snape extinguished the flame under the cauldron and looked at the potion, which he had brewed. The unwelcome reunion occured when potters old friend remus lupin secured snapes dream job of. Can we look into his conscience and perceive what lies within. Make your macbook laptop have as much personality as you.
The custom vinyl shop prides ourselves on lightning fast shipment times, we always will ship your decal within 2 days of purchase. I dont think words could explain the surprise i felt at this realization. In the book, snape is described as having greasy black hair, a hooked nose, and sallow skin, which is pretty close to alan rickmans look in the films, although his nose was a bit on the. Severus snape and the deathly hallows locked in voldemorts circle, snape set to work following dumbledores final wishes, all the while appearing loyal to the dark lord. Trelawney remembers how snape interrupted her job interview. Why professor snape was always the most important harry. This was the story where our hero had to confront the villains of his past. Heres what severus snape is actually supposed to look like. For aunt petunia, it was real or perceived neglect by her parents and favouring of her sister. Sinking our teeth into the character of snape harry potter. 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 snape. If your memory of the harry potter books is rusty, prisoner of azkaban is the book that introduced sirius black to the story. How the harry potter characters looked in the books vs.
Snape is super mean to harry and the other gryffindors, and looooves the slytherin students over all others. With that said, its hard to argue that alan rickman was anything other than. The princes tale professor snape is dead on voldemorts orders, and harry saw it all. You may be looking for the novel, film, soundtrack, video game or video game. Everything was supposed to be to keep lily potters son safe. A walk inside snapes memories transformed him in harrys mind from sniping potions master to the bravest man he ever knew. Lily attended hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry from 19711978. A definitive reading goes far beyond the motivations of severus snape. As a teacher i have the summers off and since the publication of harry potter and the goblet of fire, i have spent one month. Harry potter severus snape silhouette, manufactured and marketed exclusively from the custom vinyl shop. Picking it up, it became noticeable that this wasnt my old book that was torn, worn and pretty much unreadable.
His black hair was overlong and his clothes were so mismatched that it looked deliberate. A walk inside snape s memories transformed him in harrys mind from sniping potions master to the bravest man he ever knew. Probably because ive read the translated versions of the books, i have a wrong impression, but as far as i remember the word ugly connected with snape was used only for sentences such as. It has about 600 inhabitants, measured at 611 at the 2011 census.