Snape good/bad??? Anyone else a Harry Potter addict?

Question

so what do you think? Is Snape good/evil? Anyone else going crazy waiting for the 7th Hp to come out??

Answer 1

Snape, such a tricky thing to know if he is good or bad. One thing he does you say jhes good, next thing he does is bad , still not sure if when dumblodre was pleading with Snape on the tower if he was pleading for Snape to kill him or to save him. I cant see Dumbledore pleading for his life as he always said 'death is the next great adventure', so he must be pleading to Snape to do what he asked of him, so therefore Snape should be good, but J.K Rolwing makes sooo many things tricky to keep the readers hanging on to every word, which she does marvellously.

And of course I'm going crazy, but even though I cannot wait I dont want it to ever come either as it will be over and I dont think I could cope.

Answer 2

Snape is Snape. He is beyond that sort of simplistic categorization, IMHO. I do believe he is not as evil as he appeared at the end of HBP. It would take too much space to really go into this in detail, but consider this:

It is well known that Snape played the double-agent prior to the death of Harry's parents, and there is no reason to believe he wasn't still a double agent on the anti-Voldemort side. Why then did he bind himself to the success of Draco's mission and then actually kill Dumbledore.
My answer: Dumbledore knew that destroying Slytherin's ring had fatally wounded him and Snape knew so too. Therefore he allowed himself to be bound to Dumbledore"s death, a death he knew was imminent and against which he knew Dumbeldore had taken precautions to ensure that his death would not derail the anti-Voldemort movement.

Now, on the other hand, if Snape has turned coats; why did he not kill Harry* or disable him and take him helpless to Voldemort? JKR made it clear that Harry is no match for Snape a a wizard (yet). If you look at Snapes "taunts" at Harry and put them into anyone else's mouth, they're very good advice on what Harry needs yet to learn to fight strong adult wizards on anything like equal terms.
My answer is that Dumbledore at some point shortly after Harry was orphaned made Snape take an unbreakable vow to protect Harry. This fits in perfectly with Snape's actions toward Harry in the books thus far. Yes, Snape is a mean SOB to Harry, but that is Snape's personality, and he didn't vow to be nice to Harry after all.

My conclusion is that in Book Seven, Snape will act covertly and eventually overtly to aid Harry, that he will likely live, and that Harry will be just as in the dark over Snape's motivations as when Harry entered Hogwarts. (BTW, the above is why I don't think Harry will die. If I'm right, then Snape dies too if Harry dies, and Snape is the ultimate survivor).

*My reading of the prophecy is that there is no requirement that either has to directly kill the other, just that one no longer lives, so I think Snape certainly could have killed Harry and talked he way out of it afterwards.

Answer 3

Snape is probably Rowling's best and most evolving character. With each book we receive more clues as to his past, but with each new clue we have more questions. I would like to believe that snape will be a champion for good in the end, but I just can't bring myself to really make that leap. His internal struggle between good and evil, probably makes him the most believable and therfore realistic character in the series. Despite what happens with harry and l. voldemorte, I am very much looking forward to seeing where snape's alliegences really lie. I want him to be good, but am afraid it cannot be.

Answer 4

Daniel or Harry == Harry Emma or Hermione == Emma Ronald or Rupert == Rupert Tom or Draco == Draco McGonnegal or Maggie == McGonneal The phelp twins or Fred or George == Fred and George Alan or Snape == Snape Bonnie or Ginny == Ginny Evanna Lynch or Luna Lovegood katie leung or Cho chang == Cho Chang Gary oldman or Sirius Black == Sirius Black Ralph Fieness or Voldemort == Voldemort Helena or Belllatrix == Belllatrix

Answer 5

Totally addicted to the HP books.

I think Snape will turn out to be a good guy. The thing about an unbreakable vow is, that it's unbreakable. He had no choice in killing Dumbledore. Only time will tell.

Answer 6

Snape = bad.
I Want That Book Right Now!!!
I WILL be going at Midnight to WalMart to buy the book! I have for the past three!

(My friend beside me agrees with me!)

Answer 7

Snape is good. Severus and Dumbledore cooked up the whole killing thing beforehand. Dumbledore didn't want Malfoy to become a murderer, so him and Severus cooked up a plan in case Malfoy ever got close to killing Dumbledore, that Snape would step in and kill him before Malfoy did.

Answer 8

I think Snape is a good guy. I'm a HUGE harry potter fan. I can't wait til July!!!!!!!!!

Answer 9

Snape is good. (Yup, I am another Harry Potter addict)

Answer 10

I think he is evil. Though I am excited for the next book, I can wait (I am not going crazy, no)