Why was Snape protecting Harry?

Only at the very end of the seventh book do we learn the sad truth about Snape’s life and loyalties. His childhood love of Lily Potter lead him to secretly protect Harry his entire life, and his final acts helped cement Voldemort’s ultimate defeat.

Was Snape supposed to protect Harry?

Distrusted for his past as a Death Eater by those on Albus Dumbledore’s side, and hated by other Death Eaters for living as Dumbledore’s stooge for ten years, Snape continued living on to complete Dumbledore’s plan to protect Harry and defeat Voldemort.

Why did Snape make the promise?

Snape agreed to make the Unbreakable Vow because he knew he’d keep it. He was careful with his words on that and that’s where he kept his options open – If Draco would be unsuccessful in killing Dumbledore (as Nacrissa feared), then Snape knew he’d have to fall back on his promise to Dumbledore to kill him.

What is the unbreakable bond in Harry Potter?

An Unbreakable Vow is a magical spell of unknown incantation, in which one witch or wizard makes an oath to another. If either of the two break their terms, they die.

Why does Snape hate Harry Potter?

• Snape could be said to hate Harry because he had once been in love with Lilly. When James ended up marying Lilly and were killed later by Voldemort, his hatred ended up being projected on Harry, who looks so much like his father.. the person who took away his love.

Did Snape ever love Harry Potter?

But still, readers weren’t placated by this response. After all, yes Snape’s love story with Lily gave us some of the most heartbreaking moments in the series (“Always”), but otherwise Snape was pretty awful to Harry. Rowling even admitted that yes, Snape took out his anger on Harry:

Is Snape Good or bad?

No, he’s not bad. Even though Snape was a DeathEater he turned from bad to good after Lily’s death. Snape tried to protect Harry Potter and worked as a double-agent to Dumbledore.

Was Snape evil and why was he evil?

Dumbledore trusted him and they must have had a prearranged agreement that Snape was to slay the Hogwarts Headmaster if provoked. Snape is evil: He’s a Death Eater , he has a longstanding grudge against Harry’s father, he’s been nothing but nasty to the boy since his arrival, and he’s generally an unpleasant fellow to be around.