While many believed the act of killing Dumbledore made Snape the ultimate villain, it was in fact a brave act to showcase his loyalty towards the beloved wizard. Even though Harry, and many fans, couldn't see it, all of Snape's actions were meant for the best.
The curse pushed him of the tower and he fell, still alive. This shows that Snape wasn't able to hate the headmaster so much to let the killing curse work. Dumbledore died because he fell from the astronomy tower, pushed by Snapes spell, not killed by the hatred of Avada Kedavra.
For all intents and purposes, this act only solidified Harry's suspicions that Snape was working against Dumbledore the entire time. But there were parts of the story Harry didn't know, including that Dumbledore was already dying and had asked Snape to kill him when the time was right.
The fall kills Dumbledore. For an Unforgivable Curse to succeed, the caster has to really mean the spell. In 'Half-Blood Prince', Severus Snape has no desire to kill Professor Dumbledore.
Snape took the fall instead at Dumbledore's insistence. But, that's not all. Dumbledore was also aware that he wouldn't be alive for long because he had been cursed by the Horcrux ring. Instead of suffering a painful death, he urged Snape to end his misery.
Professor Snape is dead on Voldemort's orders, and Harry saw it all. In his dying moments, he told Harry to take his memories and look at him one last time. Voldemort's voice then sounded through the corridors, challenging Harry to meet him in the Forbidden Forest in an hour. This is the end.
He did not even wish he had chosen differently — he believed he had made the only reasonable choice. He felt what he said, regret. Because he had to kill his most useful servant. His other Death Eaters either fled or were imprisoned when Voldemort was 'half-dead'.
We know, by way of The Prince's Tale chapter in Deathly Hallows, that Snape turned on Voldemort when he realized that his master meant to kill Lily Potter. He goes looking for Dumbledore, and they have this exchange: “Hide them all, then,” he croaked. “Keep her — them — safe.
When the Dark Lord used Avada Kedavra for the final time in the Harry Potter series, the spell deflected due to Harry's ownership of the Elder wand, killing Voldemort with his own signature spell. Following Voldemort's demise, the Unforgivable Curses were strictly deemed illegal by the Ministry of Magic.
Though Harry encountered many opportunities that deemed Avada Kedavra necessary, it remains as one of the Unforgivable Curses Harry Potter never cast. For one, he viewed the spell as an immoral practice commonly used by users of the Dark Arts.
So, Voldemort had to kill Snape for the wand's allegiance to switch. Voldemort knew he couldn't cast Avada Kedavra with the Elder Wand to kill its master, so he ordered Nagini to be the one who killed Snape. In reality, the Elder Wand belonged to Draco, as he was the one to disarm Dumbledore in the Astronomy Tower.
“You disgust me,” said Dumbledore, and Harry had never heard so much contempt in his voice. Snape seemed to shrink a little, “You do not care, then, about the deaths of her husband and child? They can die, as long as you have what you want?” Snape said nothing, but merely looked up at Dumbledore.
Who would have guessed that Snape could love anyone, let alone Harry Potter's mother. He didn't protect Harry because it was the right thing to do; he didn't risk his life by being a spy for Dumbledore because he enjoyed living on the edge; he couldn't even stand Harry, yet Snape died protecting Harry's life.
Dumbledore reveals how thoroughly he loves Harry. Harry is brave, and Dumbledore is proud as any father would be. More than that, Dumbledore succumbs to a parent's weakness; he cares more about Harry's happiness and wellbeing than the wizarding world he is trying to protect.
12. Snape's Last Words. In the [Deathly Hallows] book, Snape's dying words to Harry were "Look at me". Right then we did not realize the significance of his words but in the very next chapter when Harry goes through Snape's memories in the Pensieve, he comes to know how much Snape loved Lily.
Despite his attraction to the Dark Arts and Voldemort's ideology of wizard supremacy, Snape's love for Muggle-born Lily Evans, Harry's mother, eventually compelled him to defect from the Death Eaters. He then became a double agent for Albus Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix.
So in summary, Snape is so angry with Harry in particular because he is petty in a sense; punishing the son for the sins of a father he never knew. He's ferocious with the other houses and is only nice to his Slytherins because he needs to preserve his role as a spy.
Draco Malfoy's mother Narcissa was cold, cunning and devoted to the Dark Lord. But she was also a mother, which meant she was willing to risk everything to make sure her son was safe. When Harry survived Voldemort's Killing Curse for the second time, Narcissa pretended he was dead so she could get to Draco.
It's a word that gained so much more clarity and tragedy after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows revealed that the nefarious Professor Severus Snape was actually serving a nobler cause: protecting Harry from Voldemort out of love for Snape's childhood friend Lily Evans.
He said, 'According to Victorian flower language, asphodel is a type of lily meaning “my regrets follow you to the grave” and wormwood means “absence” and also typically symbolises bitter sorrow. If you combined that, Snape's words mean “I bitterly regret Lily's death”.
Three reasons, really: firstly, as part of Harry's transition from boyhood to full blown adult wizardry, the death of Dumbledore represents the point at which Harry is fully exposed to the fight against Voldemort - his insistence on not briefing Prof McGonagall (as the new head of Hogwarts) on Dumbledore's final ...
The Deathly Hallows Part I begins with a whole bunch of double-crossing and betrayals. Snape betrays the Order of the Phoenix. A guy from the Ministry of Magic becomes a Death Eater, which is probably how the Ministry ends up falling. And that's just the beginning of the movie.
Rather, as an insightful adviser, Harry had Dumbledore waiting for him in Limbo where he could choose to live or die after being “killed” by Voldemort. Meeting him in King's Cross Station, Harry needed the advice of Michael Gambon's Dumbledore (whether in his head or not) to objectively convince him why he should live.