Is Snape good or bad i dont get it??

Question

i mean Dumbledore trusted him and i min every1 knw dhat dumbledore is great in leginimens or sumthing lyk that so plz guys help me??????????????????

Answer 1

There is huge debate over this so I suggest you head over to Mugglenet.com and click on the links to the side to find MULTITUDES of information. However, here is my say on it:

Snape could be bad for the obvious reasons portrayed in Book 6 - he killed Dumbledore on Voldermort's instructions and helped Draco along his path of being a Death Eater. And he was also partially responsible for Sirius' death.

On the other hand, Snape could be good. By Dumbledore saying 'Severus, please...' just as he was about to be killed, it could have meant that they had some sort of plan involving Dumbledore being killed. If you think about it, Dumbledore was almost imninently READY to die all throughout Book 6, like it was just planned all along. Although other people think Dumbledore's plea is just simply a plea for Snape to not kill him.

So really it's up to you to decide. We won't really know the answer to your question till July 21 when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) is released worldwide.

Hope this helped clear things up for you and remember to check out Mugglenet.com for everything Harry Potter! It's great help for when I'm confused about HP-related things.

xx Chloe xx

Answer 2

Well that's the question on everyone's minds, ain't it? Snape was a very good Occlumens so it's possible he could have hidden it from Dumbledore, but there's obviously some iron-clad reason that we don't know about which made Dumbledore sure to trust him. Like Chloe said, noone except JKR and her editors know exactly what happened on the night Dumbledore was killed, it's all a mystery til the next book comes out. You're not going to get a definite, for-sure, I-know-for-a-fact-I'm-right answer, so just use your head and find an opinion for yourself!

Answer 3

Snape is Snape. He is beyond the sort of simplistic categorization as "good" or "evil", 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 as 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 his way out of it afterwards

Answer 4

Well, it depends on what time frame you are working with. If you say before Half-Blood Prince, he is helping a lot so then he would be good.

In the end of 'The Goblet of Fire' Harry says that Voldemort returns and Snape is getting bad in 'The Order of the Pheonix' (Coming to theaters on July 15 i think) because he knows that Harry is probably telling the truth.

In the end, it is proven that Voldemort had returned and in the beginning of Half-Blood Prince Narricisa and Snape (both Death-Eaters now) talk about a few things. Near the end, it is known that Snape is bad because he "kills" Dumbledor.

Also try mugglenet.com

I hope this helps.

Answer 5

ok.pls get this straight..
D is a powerful wizard n all.if D trusted snape,dun mean D is a lousy wizard..it means snape is 2 smart 4 D.snape is a skilled occulement,he can shut off certain ideas,feelings-whatever..
read hbp again..
it's so clear snape is so evil..it's all over book 6 tht he's a rotten snitch.
he double crossed D n now he's gonna die in book 7.

Answer 6

Personally, I think he is both... He has a mean streak, but Dumbledore trusted him for a reason. There is so much we don't know, hopefully it will be more clear with the next book.

If nothing else, he is bad for the way he treats Harry.

Answer 7

Snape is good. Dumbledore was not wrong.

Answer 8

snape is bad. he is helping voldermort and being a hypocrite in dumbledores eyes

Answer 9

All will be revealed July 21. Be patient.