Harry Potter: 10 Biggest Ways Snape Changed From Sorcerer’s Stone To Deathly Hallows

The beloved characters of Harry Potter obviously changed from Sorcerer’s Stone to Deathly Hallows, but none grew as much as Snape.

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The magical world of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter resonated with people of all ages around the world. It’s tough to pin down exactly what gave the series that universal appeal, but for many, it’s the wide cast of now-iconic characters. From Harry himself to the ever-wise Albus Dumbledore and the brilliant yet sometimes bothersome Hermione, these characters kept fans enthralled through eight movies and seven novels.

The slippery Severus Snape is perhaps the most interesting character of all. At the start of the series, he seems to exude almost Marvel supervillain levels of malevolence, but we learn that there’s also much more to him. Here are some of the ways he changed the most as Harry Potter progressed.

10 He Branched Out To Hating Other Students Too

Back in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, when Harry first arrives at Hogwarts, Snape makes his feelings for the boy perfectly clear from a distance. Before even knowing the teacher’s name or ever speaking to him, Snape shoots Harry an angry glare from across the room.

Later, of course, we learn that Snape’s history with James and Lily is at the root of this bad blood. This doesn’t exactly excuse the Potions master’s behavior, though, especially considering that, as the years go on, he starts to treat other students (such as the unfortunate Neville Longbottom, who soon becomes terrified of Snape) just as badly.

9 He Steadily Becomes A Better Person

Well, perhaps ‘better’ isn’t quite the way to put it. However the fans of Severus Snape may spin his actions, in light of everything we know about him now, there’s no denying that his tormented childhood made him a bitter bully later in life. Neville Longbottom’s Boggart was actually Snape himself, which says a lot.

What we’re really getting at here is that Snape became more and more involved with the side of good as the series went on, both behind the scenes and directly (such as after the reformation of the Order of the Phoenix, as we’ll see later).

8 He Found New And Inventive Ways To Punish His Students

As we’ve already seen, Snape was never one to confine his student loathing to just Harry. While the Boy Who Lived was a disobedient, sassy menace at times, Neville’s only crime was to lack confidence and ability, shortcomings that Snape should have helped him with. Instead, he scolded, snarked and bullied Neville into submission.

Indeed, Snape, as head of Slytherin, only seemed to like students of his own house. Those he particularly disliked were treated in awful new ways (which he seemed to love devising) as the series progressed. In the books, he got so frustrated with Neville’s potion-making that he announced he’d feed Neville’s effort to the boy’s pet toad, Trevor, to see if it poisoned the creature or not.

7 He Became Worthy Of Harry’s Begrudging Respect

All in all, it’s safe to say that first impressions of Severus Snape (on fans and Harry himself) were not good. Harry wasn’t innocent in all of this, and the pair certainly tormented each other, but Snape, in a position of power, really shouldn’t have behaved the way he did.

With all of this in mind, their spats were all a bit petty for the most part, and it’s important to be able to let some of these things go. Whether Snape’s redemption made him the ‘hero’ he’s sometimes seen as or not, Harry saw the bigger picture in the closing moments of the last installment in the series. He understood everything Snape had sacrificed for him, for his mother and the whole wizarding world; later naming his son after Snape and declaring his old nemesis one of the bravest men he ever met.

6 He Became Increasingly Important To Both Sides

As the series progressed, more and more hints were dropped (both subtle and super direct) that Snape was still faithful to Voldemort. Things were presented in such a way that fans would think he was deceiving Dumbledore, only for the truth to hit with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Regardless, though, Snape had an instrumental role in both the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters’ plans, culminating in his killing of Dumbledore. With this act, Voldemort trusted him enough to position him as Headmaster of Hogwarts (for a brief time), protecting the school’s students as far as he could from the Dark Lord’s regime.

5 He Becomes More Multi-Dimensional As A Character

As we’ve seen, then, Severus Snape isn’t the kind of guy who’ll leave a good impression on you. There’s just something about his toad-poisoning, student-bullying, Dark-Arts-loving ways that doesn’t really scream lovable. Early on in the series, he’d be easy to dismiss as just another cruel teacher stereotype, but he gradually becomes one of the most multi-faceted characters in the series.

We learn more about his motivations, his deep love for Lily Evans/Potter, his painful childhood and so on. He’s no hero in the traditional sense, but he’s far from a boring villain either. This is why he’s captured the imagination of fans all over the world, perhaps more so than any other character.

4 He Gradually Shows More Of His Magical/Dueling Ability

Harry’s first lesson with Snape is iconic. The Potions Master explodes into the room like a force of nature, announces that there’ll be “no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class,” then sets to work discussing the finer points of making potions.

This little speech is actually quite telling. As a result of the lack of wand-waving, we don’t get to see much of Snape’s magical prowess for much of the series. We know that he’s a very able wizard and duellist, but see precious little of this. By the time of Deathly Hallows, though, he’s performing all manner of flashy The Matrix moves (in the movie) to fend off McGonagall and escape Hogwarts.

3 He Learns To (Somewhat) Co-Operate With Sirius Black And Remus Lupin

Again, co-operate might be a bit too strong a world. They can exist in the same room together for a moment or two without attacking each other (snarky comments aside), so we’ll count that as personal growth on everybody’s part.

As fans will know, Severus Snape and the Marauders attended Hogwarts together, utterly loathing each other the whole time. During one disastrous Occlumency lesson, Harry sees just how badly his father and his friends used to treat Snape. It’s no surprise, then, that Snape is thrilled by the prospect of being the one to capture Sirius in Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban (as badly as that whole scenario went), but after the reformation of the Order of the Phoenix, he’s on the same side as Lupin and Sirius and spends a little time in Grimmauld Place.

2 He Seems To Become Crueler

Now, this is a bit of a tough one to judge. Alan Rickman’s Snape in the movies is much more softly-spoken and quietly menacing, while in the books, he can’t control his emotions and is prone to terrible outbursts.

Not only was there the toad incident, but Snape also throws a heavy glass jar at Harry (which missed and exploded on the wall), bellowing at him on countless occasions. Perhaps this is indicative of the increasingly pressure he’s under, as Dumbledore and Voldemort’s plans both advance as the series goes on.

1 He Goes On The Wildest Character Development Ride Of Anyone (Arguably)

A lot of the time, morality in Harry Potter is very cut and dried. Yes, Sirius mentions that there’s dark and light inside of everyone and it’s up to them to choose which path to follow, but that’s not very evident a lot of the time here. The series is ultimately about good triumphing over evil.

Having said that, we learn more about Voldemort himself and see that even he is a bit of a gray area (what with his troubled childhood). The same’s true of Snape, whose journey from villainy to redemption is expertly presented by J.K. Rowling. One of the series’ most multi-faceted characters for sure.

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