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Yes, As much as Snape Loathed James Potter and how much Harry was like his father, he still could see Lily in Harry. He made a promise the night Lily died to look after Harry, as he was devastated she had been killed. This is when he joined Dumbledore as spy.

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Why was snape so mean to Harry?

SPOILERS Snape is mean (to Harry) as he hated harr'y dad and harry look's just like him but on the other side of harry family tree , snape loved lily and was secretly portect him and he ends up diying to save his ture love's only son. also he just don't like other people sometimes and hate gryffindors anyway


Why did Lily Evans marry James Potter?

Lily may have liked snape more than James because he was more quiet and probably was a good listener. Lily choose James because snape decied to go to the dark side and that was against every thing she believed in. He was also popuar and a very good wisard just like herself. Also he loved her very much and ended up marrieing each other and having a son. Before lily and James died snape was back on the good side and confessed to dumbuldoor that valdamort was after harry, lily, and James. Becase it was he who was in the profassy. To keep lily safe and unharmed. So dumbledoor hid them. Though pettygrewin blabed and told valdamort where they were hiding. valdamort went after the potters and killed James first. Then he went to where lily was and did the killing curse on her. But when he did the killing curse it back fired on valdamort and almost killed himself. harry was fine and he survived because lily sacrificed herself so harry could live baecause he was her only child. In the end snape was mad at valdamort for killing lily because he loved her. He doesn't like harry because he has a resembleince of his father witch makes him mad. But also he has a resemblence of lily witch makes him sad so he saves harry because of lily. That is why Lily potter likes James more than snape. And why snape doesn't like James, also why harry didn't die when valdamort did the killing curse on harry.


Did Harry Potter like Hogwarts?

No. Harry Potter always hated Severus Snape but during the Battle of Hogwarts he witnesses Snape's memories and learns that he was in love with Harry's mother and because of that helped keep Harry alive and helped the Order. After this, Harry calls his son Albus Severus after the the two bravest men he ever knew proving he at least had some respect for him.


What did Severus snape do for Harry Potter?

Severus Snape attempted to get Harry Potter expelled from Hogwarts on several occasions. Snape wanted to punish Harry for James' actions towards Snape. Throughout the years, Snape bullied, embarrassed and punished Harry. Yet, Snape also works with Dumbledore to protect Harry's life because he wanted to protect the son of Lily Potter.


Did Snape ever care about or even like Harry Potter?

Opinions differ on this. Some take the view that Dumbledore truly cared about Harry and considered him a son which is why he was so involved in his life and took so many steps to help him. Others think that Dumbledore was so invested in making sure Harry survived because he knew that Voldemort had to destroy the Horcrux inside of him and that Harry may die, so who better to risk destroying the rest of the Horcruxes.

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Why did they cut Lily out of Snape's Worst Memory in the Order of the Phoenix movie?

Well, Snape had a huge crush on Lily, but Snape and Harry weren't fighting about that. They were fighting about his father who bullied Snape, so Harry finds out why Snape didn't like his father or him. It didn't really focus on Lily that much.


Why did Professor Snape tell Harry to look in his eyes before he died?

he looks into the pensieve (memories) snape gave him before he died. in this he saw dumbledore and snape talking about how harry was the last horcrux and how he should give himself up in order for voldemort to be destroyed. so harry gives himself up.


Why was snape so mean to Harry?

SPOILERS Snape is mean (to Harry) as he hated harr'y dad and harry look's just like him but on the other side of harry family tree , snape loved lily and was secretly portect him and he ends up diying to save his ture love's only son. also he just don't like other people sometimes and hate gryffindors anyway


Why did Lily Evans marry James Potter?

Lily may have liked snape more than James because he was more quiet and probably was a good listener. Lily choose James because snape decied to go to the dark side and that was against every thing she believed in. He was also popuar and a very good wisard just like herself. Also he loved her very much and ended up marrieing each other and having a son. Before lily and James died snape was back on the good side and confessed to dumbuldoor that valdamort was after harry, lily, and James. Becase it was he who was in the profassy. To keep lily safe and unharmed. So dumbledoor hid them. Though pettygrewin blabed and told valdamort where they were hiding. valdamort went after the potters and killed James first. Then he went to where lily was and did the killing curse on her. But when he did the killing curse it back fired on valdamort and almost killed himself. harry was fine and he survived because lily sacrificed herself so harry could live baecause he was her only child. In the end snape was mad at valdamort for killing lily because he loved her. He doesn't like harry because he has a resembleince of his father witch makes him mad. But also he has a resemblence of lily witch makes him sad so he saves harry because of lily. That is why Lily potter likes James more than snape. And why snape doesn't like James, also why harry didn't die when valdamort did the killing curse on harry.


Did Harry Potter like Hogwarts?

No. Harry Potter always hated Severus Snape but during the Battle of Hogwarts he witnesses Snape's memories and learns that he was in love with Harry's mother and because of that helped keep Harry alive and helped the Order. After this, Harry calls his son Albus Severus after the the two bravest men he ever knew proving he at least had some respect for him.


What did Severus snape do for Harry Potter?

Severus Snape attempted to get Harry Potter expelled from Hogwarts on several occasions. Snape wanted to punish Harry for James' actions towards Snape. Throughout the years, Snape bullied, embarrassed and punished Harry. Yet, Snape also works with Dumbledore to protect Harry's life because he wanted to protect the son of Lily Potter.


Why did Dobby want to save Harry Potter?

Because Snape was in love with Harry's mum, and he also promised Dumbledore. All along Snape was a good guy really, so he'd do the right thing whether he liked Harry or not to make up for all his other mistakes in life.AnswerHe did all he could to help protect Harry and destroy Voldemort because Voldemort had betrayed him by killing Lily (Harry's mother), whom he loved. He protected Harry because he knew Harry was the only one who could destroy Voldemort for good.He did it all for Lily -- not Harry.


Did Snape ever care about or even like Harry Potter?

Opinions differ on this. Some take the view that Dumbledore truly cared about Harry and considered him a son which is why he was so involved in his life and took so many steps to help him. Others think that Dumbledore was so invested in making sure Harry survived because he knew that Voldemort had to destroy the Horcrux inside of him and that Harry may die, so who better to risk destroying the rest of the Horcruxes.


Does snape pick on Hermione because he likes her?

No. He doesn't like anyone since Lily died.


What is severus snapes background?

Dunno if you mean ancestry or not..... Snape was an only child and his dad left when he was a baby, so he was raised by his mother. He had a continually growing interest in the dark arts as a child and as soon as his powers became apparent he did all sorts of things with his magic. He lived near harry's mother Lily and her sister Petunia and spied on them almost every day because he had a really big crush on lily. When they met eventually as kids, Snape showed Lily his powers and also showed her that she had the same magical powers and how to use them. Snape really didn't like Petunia and played a prank on them and Lily found out and she was really mad, so him and Lily didn't speak for years. They went to Hogwarts together and became friends again. Lily didn't approve of the people Snape hung around with at school and vice versa, so their friendship dropped again. Snape always had deep love for Lily, but she only ever saw him as a friend. Lily then started to date James (harry's dad) and Snape really loathed him - people thought he was jealous of James' talent on the Quidditch Pitch, but it was of a very horrible prank that James, Sirius, Lupin and Wormtail played on him while they were at school, which would have resulted in his death, if James hadn't stepped in at the last moment before it happened. Snape doesn't like Harry for many reasons - he gets away with anything and seems to get special treatment from the teachers because it's "famous harry potter" He is James' son and Snape hated James. Snape was jealous of the fact that Lily chose James over him. But in the end, Snape really was a good guy - hence why Harry and Ginny named one of their kids after him! Hope this helped!!


What is the significance that Harry Potter has his mother's eyes?

There is no real significance it is simply a trait that many people noticed about Harry that knew his mother. == Severus Snape and James Potter hated each other. However, Severus loved Lily Potter and was racked with guilt over his part in her death. Harry looked just like James and every time Snape looked at Harry he was reminded of all the awful things James did to him. Due to this Snape was never able to form a positive relationship with Harry. The exception to Harry's resemblance with James did not include his eyes. Harry had Lily's eyes. This was a constant reminder to Snape of his guilt and of what Voldemort could do. No matter how Snape felt about Harry, it was Lily's eyes that kept Snape committed to Harry and what he had to do to protect him and help him defeat Voldemort at any cost.


Who is snape in love with in the Harry Potter books?

I think you mean "why does snape like Draco malfoy"... If it is...Dunno. Probably because he's in Snape's House and he looks after all of them. Or maybe because he was friends with the Malfoy's when he was younger? Don't really know. Rowling never said anything.