He even named one of his son after Severus Snape. Harry, forgave Severus Snape, not forget what he did.
In the final book, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” Rowling reveals that Snape was acting on Dumbledore's orders and had protected Harry at school out of love for Harry's mother, Lily. “Snape died for Harry out of love for Lily,” Rowling said.
Later in the year, Dumbledore revealed that Harry was in fact a Horcrux, meaning that he would eventually have to die. Now, as firmly established, Snape was not the greatest fan of Harry, but that didn't mean that he ever stopped loving Lily. Dumbledore was surprised that Snape seemed to care for the boy.
Not really. He only cared about Lily, and saved Harry from few life-threatening situations only in the honour of Lily's memory, who had died to protect this boy. This is evident from the point in Deathly Hallows, when we visit Snape's memories in The Prince's Tale.
With Harry and Hermione despondent after the events in Godric's Hollow and Ron trying desperately to find his way back to them, it was Snape's Patronus – the Silver Doe that was somehow familiar to Harry, perhaps because it recalled his mother's own Patronus – that brought them back together.
“Always,” said Snape. The Silver Doe was Lily's patronus. In the wizarding world, if you truly love someone, your patronus will resemble theirs. That is why Dumbledore was shocked.
As Rowling explained in a series of tweets, Snape loved Harry's mother, Lily, and his unrequited affection drove him to resent Harry's father, James — and by extension, Harry himself.
They were close friends, she saw in him someone special that she could care about. But she couldn't be with him. So, it seems like it was very unlikely that Lily ever found out Snape loved her.
He doesn't trust Snape as Dumbledore does, but he believes that he can detect any disloyalty. Moreover, Voldemort regards Snape as highly intelligent and therefore ' as a true Slytherin ' a person whose top priority is to take care of himself.
Harry Potter named his son after the character Professor Severus Snape in tribute to him dying for “for Harry out of love for Lily [Potter],”JK Rowling revealed on Friday.
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.
For the Potter uninitiated, “always” is how Snape explains to Dumbledore in the final book why his Patronus takes the same shape as the one belonging to his long-lost love: Harry Potter's mother, Lily.
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.
Snape tells Harry that he, Snape, is the Half-Blood Prince, and that Harry should not use his own spells on him, as Harry's father did. Harry dares Snape to kill him and calls him a coward once more.
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. And not only dying, but living to protect his life.
And although she was one of the few people at Hogwarts who was entirely unimpressed by him, her fellow Gryffindor James Potter was also deeply infatuated with her as well. Obviously Lily ultimately chose James Potter over Severus Snape, and Lily and James got married and had their only child, Harry Potter.
The reader knows more than the characters. Lily didn't agree to date until after Snape had already ruined any chances with Lily by calling her a mudblood and made it clear that his sympathies lay with the death eaters. Quite obviously Lily married James because she loved him. It's that simple.
Would he have ever worked for Dumbledore? Snape did eventually turn away from Voldemort – but it wasn't for any noble reason. As soon as he found out that Voldemort was planning to kill Harry and his parents, he met with Dumbledore and begged him to save Lily.
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.
This, of course, hints at one of the most major twists in the entire series: the reveal in the final installment that Snape has been on Harry's side the entire time because of his love for Harry's mother, Lily, who was killed by Lord Voldemort.
The truth came out when Professor Quirrell admitted to Harry that he'd jinxed the broom and claimed he'd have gotten away with it too if it hadn't been for those meddling counter-curses. In other words, Snape tried to save Harry's life, and the only thanks he got was being set on fire.
He knew that Snape had loved Lily. But his undying love and loyalty for Lily was surprising, after all, so many years had passed and Lily was married with a child. Therefore the famous question, which confirmed that Snape will always love Lily. Always.
Originally Answered: Why did Dumbledore plead with Snape? Dumbledore knew Snape didn't want to kill him and was afraid that Snape would still refuse to do so, and would then be killed by his Unbreakable Vow.
A Professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Snape is hostile to Harry due to his resemblance to his father James Potter, who bullied Snape during their time together at Hogwarts.