Very good essay! As opposed to what often feels like most of fandom, I'm not all that fond of the character Severus Snape, but his story touches me nonetheless - exactly for the reasons you've outlined above.
It is striking how similar he and Harry are in some ways, emphasised by those last chapters where they both die through the scheming of the man who's set both of them up. Dumbledore is indeed a manipulating bastard. (Pardon my language.)
It is striking how similar he and Harry are in some ways, emphasised by those last chapters where they both die through the scheming of the man who's set both of them up. Dumbledore is indeed a manipulating bastard. (Pardon my language.)