How is snape the half blood prince

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Active Oldest Votes. Thus, he gave himself the name "The Half-Blood Prince": 'I was going through the rest of the old Prophets and there was a tiny announcement about Eileen Prince marrying a man called Tobias Snape, and then later an announcement saying she'd given birth to a-' '-murderer,' spat Harry. Well, maybe one other student Improve this answer. Community Bot 1. DavidS DavidS A link backing up the claim would be good — Edward G-Jones.

A quote from the books is a better source than the Wikia; it is not a very good Wikia cc Noodlemanny — Jason Baker. I'd tend to agree, but am unable to access the books at the moment. If you can get the quotes, I'll happily accept the edits! DavidS Found it — Jason Baker. Hogwarts Hogwarts 19 1 1 bronze badge.

Although you're not wrong, this appears to be a worse version of the existing heavily upvoted answer. There's nothing intrinsically wrong with what you've written here, except its appropriateness to this site. This is a good answer, or it would be, if it included a few references and didn't say more or less what an existing answer says see Valorum's comment.

In some places, that's okay, but Stackexchange is different as I'm sure you'll learn. This section of town was by a filthy river and was full of ramshackle homes, abandoned warehouses, and broken street lamps. Severus was abused as a child, and his parents often argued. Muffliato, which filled the ears of those nearby with an unidentifiable ringing sound, and another hex that forced toenails to expand at an unnaturally quick pace, were two other curses. Many people used a similar nickname during their adolescent yearning to be something else and to more thoroughly inhabit the notion of being someone else.

Snape and Riddle have lived their childhood in a state of perpetual teen torment. He never seemed to use it publicly; Lily Evans never referred to him as the Half-Blood Prince, and he must have introduced it before the start of his 6th Year.

Who was this Half-and-Half student, and what was his enigmatic name? After rejoining Potions at the last minute of his N. Still, as Harry went on to claim, not many Death Eaters brag about their half-blood status. Or, for that matter, those who are in love with a Muggle-born. We may have assumed that Dumbledore was the Half-Blood Prince as well. But Harry never got around to questioning Dumbledore. In a sense, the potion being brewed foreshadows the much later exploration of personal chemistry between Lily and Snape.

Snape accepts a job that is as lucrative and co-conspiratorial as anything he received from the Marauders. While a romanticized Lily flits in and out of the frame, we see that she, too, had a dark confidant, and one who was not only formidable but also heroic in Snape. Harry felt conflicted about his performance, which had come as a result of the inadvertent and indirect orders of the individual he despised the most in the world. Then he kills Dumbledore, and all seems to be confirmed.

You are disgusted by him. It centers around determining who the Half-Blood Prince is. Most assumed that anyone who entered Slytherin House would mark him as such. Rowling was working on another huge reveal, which still makes us a little disappointed with her when you wonder at the end of the book if this is actually happening! So, Lord Voldemort is latched behind Prof. Lord Voldemort returns to his body while Barty Crouch Jr. In a interview with Bloomsbury , Rowling joked that Skeeter would probably have gone on to write a biography titled "Snape: Scoundrel or Saint?

World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Stephanie Ashe. Severus Snape is one of the most divisive characters in the entire "Harry Potter" series. He was a double agent, so many character details were kept a secret, and little is known about his life outside of Hogwarts. However, it is known that his mother was a witch and his father was a Muggle, which led to the moniker "The Half-Blood Prince.

Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. His first and last names loosely translate to mean "stern" and "disgrace," respectively. He was possibly the only Death Eater to conjure a Patronus. Snape pretty much fits the description of a Potions Master to a T. His father was a muggle. He didn't have the easiest childhood. Snape may have ended his relationship with Lily Evans by calling her an offensive name. Snape taught Potions partly because Rowling hated chemistry. Snape was one of Slughorn's favorite students when he was at Hogwarts.

His final words differ in the final movie compared to the book. He's neither all good nor all bad. Snape evidently smells like bitterness and old shoes. Rita Skeeter probably wrote a tell-all about Snape.