About the Half-Blood Prince. When Harry was on Christmas holiday in the burrow, Lupin says that he might have some hint as to whom the Prince is if he looked at how old the book was. Harry checked and saw that it was 50 years old, and Lupin says that was before he and James were at Hogwarts. If James and Snape were at Hogwarts the same time, how could Snape be the Prince?
Hermoine does say the book once belonged to Eileen Prince, Severus' mother, but then why isn't her name on the book?
2007-07-27 02:17:01 · 8 answers · asked by Greek 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I KNOW the Half-Blood Prince was Severus, but I was just wondering why his mother's name isn't on the book if it was hers, too.
2007-07-27 03:06:09 · update #1
Eileen Princes name might not have been in there because she either didn't put it in or removed it when she gave it to Severus.
Lupin might have known who the Half-Blood Prince was Severus. He also knew that Severus made up some of his own spells and the Severus was involved in Dark Magic in school. Lupin might have wanted to take the book away from Harry to make sure he wasn't tempted to use and of them.
2007-07-27 03:47:07 · answer #1 · answered by c_greiff 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the book was 50 years old, and it once belonged to Severus' mother, then it would be about the right age. She could have used it 50 years ago. It was a hand-me-down. And she may just not have written her name in her books, like Snape did.
2007-07-27 02:28:15 · answer #2 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
THE BOOK BELONGED TO SNAPE'S MOTHER....
And she passed it on to Severus Snape - HE is the one who put the words "This book belongs to the Half Blood Prince" in the book, because he considered himself "half" a Prince, as his father was a muggle.
His mother's name was Eileen Prince...
2007-07-27 02:25:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the book was just passed on through the family, and Snape put his name on the book as the prince once he started Hogwarts!!
Maybe???
2007-07-27 02:21:05 · answer #4 · answered by spoilt_rotten 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because Snape's mum gave the book to snape instead of being him a new one, so thats how
2007-07-27 02:21:57 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
because the book was passed on to snape and he made all the corrections in his time and wrote
PROPERTY OF THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE
a name he made for himself at that time
it's not about why her name was not written in the book
she was not the half blood prince it was snape all along
2007-07-27 02:45:06 · answer #6 · answered by neha t 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Severus's name isn't on the book either...
2007-07-27 02:20:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
snape was poor, it was probably a hand-me-down book...
2007-07-27 02:25:31 · answer #8 · answered by ♥jenny♥ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋