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Post by ForeverLost on Nov 22, 2005 18:46:06 GMT -5
The Hogwart's Potion master. He loathes Harry because of the grudge he has against harry's father james.
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Post by ForeverLost on Nov 22, 2005 18:46:53 GMT -5
Birth name: Severus Snape. 'Severus' meaning: Severus=obvious connotations of severity and strictness. Possible allusion to the Roman Emperor, Lucius Septimius Severus, who reconstructed Hadrian’s wall and defeated Clodinus Albinus and Pescennius Niger. There are also several saints with the name 'Severus.' 'Snape' meaning: JKR says "Snape is an English village" (eT), probably the one in North Yorkshire near Hadrian’s (aka Severus’) Wall. This village also has a 'Snape Castle.' There is another Snape Village that is near Saxmundham, northeast of Ipswich near the Alde River. snape (v.) - 'to be hard upon, rebuke, snub,' c.1300, from Old Norse sneypa 'to outrage, dishonor, disgrace.' (etymonline) sneap: to nip; pinch; put down; repress; snub (phrontistery). Other names: 'Snivellus,' used by classmates James Potter and Sirius Black to ridicule him; the 'Half-blood Prince' a pun Snape made on his mother's maiden name.
FAMILY Birthdate: January 9, 1959 or 1960 [we know the date from Jo's website; the year range is calculated from info JKR gave in the CR interview]. Ancestry: Half-blood. Mother: Eileen Prince (witch --HBP30). Father: Tobias Snape (muggle --HBP30). Grandparents: ? Siblings: ? Spouse: ? Children: Unknown, although JKR says he does not have a daughter (JKR). Childhood: Appears to have had an abusive father (OP26). Location of childhood home: ? Current residence: A brick row house on Spinner's End in what appears to be a rundown area of an industrial city in northern England (HBP2). Relationships: JK tells us that Snape has been loved by someone (TLC), but does not say if it was one of his parents or someone his own age. In 1999, she was asked if Snape had ever fallen in love. Here's what she said: excerpt from "The Connection" interview, October 12, 1999.
APPEARANCE Hair: black and greasy, shoulder length. Eyes: black. Complexion: sallow, also described as very pale. Distinguishing features: long, hooked nose, scowl; Dark Mark on left forearm but not always clearly visible.
Descriptions from the books:
"a professor with greasy black hair, a hooked nose, and sallow skin." (PS7) "His eyes were black like Hagrid’s, but they had none of Hagrid’s warmth. They were cold and empty and made you think of dark tunnels" (PS8). "uneven, yellow-ish teeth" (PA14). "Snape-the-teenager had a stringy, pallid look about him, like a plant kept in the dark. His hair was lank and greasy and was flopping onto the table, his hooked nose barely half an inch from the surface of the parchment as he scribbled" (OP28). SNAPE at HOGWARTS First year: 1971. House: Slytherin (JKR website). Career: Hired as Potions Master & Head of Slytherin House at Hogwarts in 1981 (OP17); made Defense against the Dark Arts professor in 1996. Now a fugitive, whereabouts unknown. Office: Located adjacent to the dungeon classroom where he teaches potions. From the books:
Sirius Black: "Snape’s always been fascinated by the Dark Arts, he was famous for it at school" (GF25). Sirius Black: "Snape knew more curses when he arrived at school than half the kids in the seventh year and he was part of a gang of Slytherins who nearly all turned out to be Death Eaters" (GF25). SNAPE at HOME We finally get a glimpse of Snape's house when Narcissa and Bellatrix pay a visit. It is located on Spinner's End in a dreary, rundown industrial city in northern England.
The interior is dreary too: "a tiny sitting room, which had the feeling of a dark, padded cell. The walls were completely covered in books, most of them bound in old black or brown leather; a threadbare sofa, an old armchair, and a rickety table stood grouped together in a pool of dim light cast by a candle-filled lamp hung from the ceiling. The place had an air of neglect, as though it was not usually inhabited." (HBP2) Wormtail (aka Peter Pettigrew) is living there too.
SKILLS, AFFILIATIONS, ETC. Wand: ? Organizations & affiliations: Death Eater, Order of the Phoenix. Skills: Potions (i.e.: Wolfsbane and Veritaserum), curses, Occlumens. Patronus: ? Worst fear/memory: Possibly his worst memory is the humiliating episode when James Potter hung him upside down so his "graying" underwear showed (OP28). However, Dumbledore thinks it was when Snape realized that Voldemort decided to go after the Potters because of the Prophecy (HBP25). Boggart: ? Punishment: Denounced as a Death Eater by Karkaroff at his trial; however Dumbledore vouched for his loyalty (GF30).
General Profile of Severus Snape [Removed for editing]
Mysteries & Misconceptions Contrary to the assumptions of some, Snape is not a vampire, although he does in some way resemble those creatures (WBD).
Evidence that Snape is loyal to Dumbledore Evidence that Snape is loyal to Voldemort Dumbledore vouched for Snape's loyalty before the Wizengamot (GF30) Snape (along with McGonagall & Dumbledore) was visible in Barty Crouch Jr.'s Foe-Glass (GF35) [thanks, Gina!] Dumbledore never expressed any distrust of Snape Dumbledore says Snape was remorseful after he told Voldemort about the prophecy (HBP25). After Voldemort's re-birth, Dumbledore gave Snape some sort of grim assignment (OP36) Over and over (until HBP) Harry's suspicions of Snape prove to be unfounded; what Snape says is often at odds with what he does Timing suggests that Snape may have been the person that tipped Dumbledore off that Voldemort planned to kill the Potter's child When Dumbledore said "Severus ... Please ..." was he asking Snape to end his life? (HBP27) Snape is a superb Occlumens and could have hidden his loyalty to Dumbledore from Voldemort Snape murdered Dumbledore when Draco was unable to (HBP) Death Eater; refers to Voldemort respectfully as "Dark Lord" Eavesdropped on Trelawney's prophecy and reported what he heard to Voldemort (HBP25) Tells Bellatrix that all his work for Dumbledore was done under Voldemort's orders (HBP2) Narcissa Malfoy believes that Snape is the "Dark Lord's favorite, his most trusted advisor" (HBP2) Abuses his power as a professor; cruel to students, especially Harry, Hermione and Neville Lifelong fascination with the Dark Arts Ambitious and resentful of people who are well-liked Snape is a superb Occlumens and could have hidden his loyalty to Voldemort from Dumbledore
Snape responds to Bellatrix, and may have answered some of our questions too (HBP2) B: Where were you when the Dark Lord fell? S: At Hogwarts where Voldemort ordered him to be, spying on Dumbledore.
B: Why did you never make any attempt to find him when he vanished? S: He thought Voldemort was utterly vanquished.
B: What have you been doing all these years that you've lived in Dumbledore's pocket? S: Snape claims the Dark Lord is pleased that he did not desert his post.
B: Why did you stop the Dark Lord procuring the Sorcerer's Stone? S: Snape did not know that Voldemort had possessed Quirrell, so he thwarted Quirrell because he was "unworthy."
B: Why did you not return at once when the Dark Lord was reborn? S: Snape did return, 2 hours later, on Dumbledore's orders thus ensuring (Snape tells Bella) that Dumbledore continued to trust him.
B: Where were you a few weeks ago when we battled to retrieve the prophecy for the Dark Lord? S: Snape says his orders were to remain behind.
B: And why, Snape, is Harry Potter still alive, when you have had him at your mercy for five years? S: Snape tells Bella that murdering Potter would have ended Dumbledore's trust and Snape's ability to gather information on the Order of the Phoenix.
More mysteries... Was his childhood as grim as it appears to have been? Where was Snape when Voldemort attacked the Potters? When did Snape find out that Pettigrew was a Death Eater? Why has he singled out Harry and Neville for verbal abuse? What made Snape decide to spy for The Order of the Phoenix? How did he convince Dumbledore to trust him? What is his relationship with the Malfoy family? Whose side is he really on?
SNAPE in the FILMS Severus Snape is played by Alan Rickman.
From the 2001 Unreel Magazine interview of Alan Rickman: Q: Can you tell us a little about your character Professor Snape? A: Well he's Professor of Potions and the current head of Slytherin House at Hogwarts - the school of wizardry that Harry attends, but he harbours a secret ambition to be a Professor of the Dark Arts. He isn't that taken with Harry though, probably because he finds him a little too popular for a first year pupil, I suppose. I think at heart Snape is basically quite an insecure person, he's always longing to be something else that people will really respect like a black magician not just a school master. That's why he envies the more popular and successful boys like Harry. He does have his positive side though even though Harry's a thorn in his side he doesn't let it worry him too much.
Profile from hp-lexicon
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