Why were the instructions in the potions book wrong?

The textbook didn’t have wrong instructions, they were merely old. When Libatius Borage wrote it, all the potion recipes were correct and worked. It’s just that Severus Snape discovered shortcuts and improvements on the original instructions and notated them in his copy of the book.

Why did Snape write in the potions book?

Slughorn makes it a point to repeat what a potions wiz (pun intended) Lily was in HBP. Sadly, the book that Harry has is the 6th year book, after Lily ended her friendship with Snape… therefore he was writing to himself as if she would still be reading it.

Why didnt Snape write a potion book?

After graduating, Snape didn’t need his old Potions book. He had all his spells and hacks somewhere else and he was going to become a Death Eater – he didn’t need a copy of Advanced Potions Making.

What was Snape’s mistake?

By far the worst mistake that Snape ever made was to become a Death Eater. He also had to make a lot of horrible choices leading up to this one big decision, and this shows just how dark of a person he was.

Did Snape leave his book on purpose?

We don’t know much about Snape’s childhood, but one thing we do know is that he was very poor. Simply, the reason he left the book there was because it wasn’t really his. It was one of the school’s copies that he used while he was at Hogwarts because his family couldn’t afford to buy him a copy.

Was Snape the reason Lily died?

In Voldemort’s mind, Lily gave him no choice but to kill her. Snape didn’t sell her out. He WAS definitely a big reason they died but he did not know who the prophecy was about until Voldemort PICKED the Potters.

Is Snape The reason the Potters died?

Because he was the one how told Voldemort about the prophecy that led the Dark Lord to go after the Potters. Because it is. He is the one that told Voldemort the Prophecy. Snape IS to blame for the Potter’s death, not the only person.

What was Snape’s nickname in Advanced Potion-Making?

A personally-annotated copy of Advanced Potion-Making belonged to Severus Snape while he attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Snape’s nickname for himself was the “Half-Blood Prince”, and so he signed this nickname along the bottom of the back cover of the book.

How did Snape find out about Harry’s potion-making skills?

During one of Professor Slughorn’s Slug Club parties, Snape was told of Harry’s sudden improvement in the art of potion-making. Snape then suspected that his old textbook may have fallen into Harry’s hands.

What was Snape’s nickname for himself in Harry Potter?

Snape’s nickname for himself was the “Half-Blood Prince”, and so he signed this nickname along the bottom of the back cover of the book. Advanced Potion-Making is a Potions textbook used by Hogwarts for N.E.W.T level Potions classes and authored by Libatius Borage.

How did Snape get the Half-Blood Prince book?

When Snape attended Hogwarts as a student, he had acquired this textbook for N.E.W.T.-level Potions with Horace Slughorn and then signed it with his own self-proclaimed nickname and signature, the “Half-Blood Prince”.