Our feelings for Snape turn on a dime, just like Harry's do, as soon as we learn the truth about him his love for Lily, proved beyond a shadow of a doubt by his doe Patronus, reveals a truly tragic, noble, and self-sacrificing character that we'll admit we never suspected.
Though Snape has seemed to foster nothing but resentment, bitterness, and flat-out meanness, it turns out he's been motivated by the highest, best, most valuable qualities all along – love and loyalty.
We only get to see the true Snape emerge right before he dies (the most tragic thing of all), but what we see in the Pensieve is a man completely different from what we expected, who's a far cry from the melodramatic, brooding stereotypical villain we thought he was. So many layers we hardly know where to begin! However, the hidden Severus Snape is much more interesting. He's a convincing villain, and a seriously amazing double agent. And in the beginning of Book 7, he seems like the worst of the Death Eaters when he blasts off George Weasley's ear. After killing Dumbledore at the end of Book 6, Snape has us convinced that he's on Voldemort's side for sure. He's also notoriously anti-Harry even though he doesn't appear to be trying to thwart Harry directly over the course of the previous six books, he certainly dislikes the boy. Greasy, ill-tempered, batlike (we hope no one ever has to describe us as "batlike"), and perpetually frowny-faced, Professor Snape really seems to fit the mold of the stereotypical villain. On the outside, Severus Snape has "Death Eater" written all over him. Let's take a look at the two Severus Snapes… The Death Eater He's the ultimate double agent, and obviously, his disguise had us all fooled.
Severus Snape has kept us wondering all the way through the series: is he a good guy? Is he a traitor? Why does he hate Harry so darn much? And just when we thought we knew any of those answers, Snape goes and proves us wrong. OK, so we have to admit it – we never would have guessed that Snape would emerge as one of the true heroes of this saga.
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