In Harry Potter is Snape EVIL or is he GOOD?

Answer 1

he evil he kill dummble dore or howeva u speel his name he evil since he was suppsoe to protect drako malfoy so he evil since he kill howarts master

Answer 2

I have grown to love Snapes character. I think he is turning out to be one of the most complex characters in the book. Most of the character have plenty of anguish and turmoil but none of it is so much within himself as with Snape. He loathes Harry but save him in book 1, 3, and 6 just going off the top of my head. He struggles with his loathing of James and Harry but yet owes James his life and is in a very real sense responsible for Voldemort choosing to attack a 1 year old. Also in the pensieve we find that Lily stood up for Snape when he was being picked on though Snape did not appreciate it at the time. He also has his standards, low as they may seem. I keep wondering what Dumbledore insisted that Snape do. Harry overheard it in book 6 and Snape did not want to do it. I am not convinced it had anything to do with spying on Malfoy, possibly it was Dumbledore insistig Snape fulfill the vow he made to Narcissa. Dumbledore may very well have suspected that he would not survive retrieving many more Horcruxes. Anyway I definately think that Snape will turn out good in the end and maybe even save Harry yet once again.

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

snape cant be harry potter! they look nothing alike! anyways snape is good cause maybe dumbledore pleaded to snape to kill him or something. he never said not to. and even though he made the Vow it was because he was under pressure with the possibility of dying. and those reasons he gave werent so presausive to me. I guess we'll have to read to find out.

Answer 5

Snape actually IS Harry Potter. Leaked info from the web.

Answer 6

He's good. He's one of those people that is unexpected to take certain actions, such as saving harry from Voldemort in book 1.

Answer 7

I think he is evil only because he is out for himself. THis doesn't mean that he is on the evil side. He wants to be on the winning side and uses each one for his own means.

Answer 8

He used to be on of Lord Voldemorts followers, he has the dark mark, but he is now good and trying to help Dumbledore and Harry.( He is just an a**hole) !!!!

Answer 9

he killed dumbledore and he is a follower of voldemort and he hated harry so he is evil

Answer 10

We can only wait and see. IMO Harry is evil.

Answer 11

good and bad. he killed dumbledore.he saved harry in the first book.chances are dumbledore wanted to die.