Deep down I knew Snape wasn't completely evil.

The part where he does it all because of his love for Lily surprised me. I think he loved her and he loved the part of Harry that was Lily. He hated the part of Harry that was James especially since so many people said how much Harry resembled his father. I think if James and Lily Potter had a daughter that was the splitting image of Lily and was in the same situation he would have been a different character.

Rowlings was brillant with that chapter. Snape had the hardest job in the series. He had to protect Harry and still appear to be on Voldermort's side. If you think about the series Snape saved Harry's life a few times. So him crying makes perfect sense.

I loved the fact that his patronus was a silver doe. I read in one of the many post Hallows transcprits that since you have to think about your happiest memory to produce one the shape your patronus takes is usually associated with the memory. Harry's was a stag because his happy memory was of his parents. (His father's patronus was a stag). Snape happiest was with Lily. The woman was dead at least 17 years and that was still the memory he used to produce his patronus.

This is so much more than I planned to say about this subject but that chapter was just brillant.


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