About Severus Snape;
"*Albus Severus <http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Albus_Potter>, you were
named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin. And he
was the bravest man I've ever known.*" —Harry Potter's high opinion of
Snape's character
The name is pronounced as written: Sever-us
And here is more background:
Professor Severus Snape (9 January, 1960[1] – 2 May, 1998[2]) was a
half-blood[3] wizard serving as Potions Master (1981-1996), Defence Against
the Dark Arts professor (1996-1997), and Headmaster (1997-1998) of Hogwarts
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, as well as a member of the Order of the
Phoenix and a Death Eater. His double life played a very important role in
both of the Wizarding Wars against Voldemort. The only child and son of
Muggle lowlife Tobias Snape and Gobstones witch Eileen Snape (née Prince),
Severus was raised in the Muggle dwelling of Spinner's End, which was in
close proximity to the home of the Evans family, though in a poorer area.
He met Lily and Petunia Evans when he was nine, and fell deeply in love
with Lily, becoming a close friend of hers.
Severus attended Hogwarts with Lily in 1971, where he was Sorted into
Slytherin House. This put him in the same year as Lily but unfortunately
for him, in rival houses. Severus became the immediate enemy of James
Potter and Sirius Black and was a frequent victim of their bullying. This
led him to victimise James's son Harry as a student when he was a
professor. Snape when young developed a passion for the Dark Arts, which
increased as his desire for revenge grew stronger. Snape became involved
with the bullies in Slytherin House, many who were pure-blood supremacists.
This put his friendship with Lily, a Muggle-born, under great strain, until
it was eventually broken in their fifth year. In an attempt to win back
Lily's affections[15], Snape joined the Death Eaters along with a group of
his fellow Slytherins.
Severus was made a member of the Slug Club, presumably because of his
brilliance at potion-making, and Horace Slughorn kept a picture of him as a
student, clutching his copy of Advanced Potion-Making. Despite this, Horace
did not have many hopes for Severus's future, as his photograph was kept
behind many others.[16]
Shortly before Lily Evans was murdered by Lord Voldemort, Snape changed
sides and became a member of the Order of the Phoenix and double agent
during the Second Wizarding War. With tremendous difficulty, Snape
prevented Lord Voldemort from learning the truth about his loyalties.
Despite the opinions of most others including Harry during his early life,
Albus Dumbledore trusted Snape for reasons that were kept between them both
until their deaths. Despite Snape killing Dumbledore, it is learned that
they had a special agreement for him to do so. When he died, it was
revealed that his deep strong love for Lily Evans caused him to redeem
himself, joining Dumbledore's cause at the prospect of her protection (and,
after her death, that of her son) from Lord Voldemort.
The relationship between Dumbledore and Snape would be one of an unusually
strong loyalty, so much so that Snape agreed to kill Dumbledore upon
Dumbledore's own request. Before Dumbledore's death, Snape promised to
protect the students of Hogwarts from the Death Eaters, who would
inevitably take control of the Ministry of Magic, as well as the school.
Snape later participated in the Battle of Hogwarts, but was murdered by
Lord Voldemort who mistakenly believed that Snape was the master of the
Elder Wand (an immensely strong and powerful wand that Voldemort deeply
desired, one of the Deathly Hallows) when in reality, Harry Potter was the
master of the Elder Wand, because Draco Malfoy had disarmed Dumbledore, on
the night of Dumbledore's death on top of the Astronomy Tower and Harry had
disarmed Draco at Malfoy Manor.
After his death, Harry Potter ensured that Severus Snape's portrait
remained at Hogwarts, honouring him as a hero, despite their significant
personal differences. In addition, Harry later named his second son Albus
Severus Potter in honour of Dumbledore and Severus, both an inspiration in
Harry's life after the Battle of Hogwarts. Harry also was influenced by
Severus' Hogwarts house, and freely admitted that Albus could choose
Slytherin if he wished.
Good luck by the way!
Jeanette Shown
On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 8:18 AM, Anthony Tibbs <anthony@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi everyone,
A braille reader in Canada is seemingly plowing through the Harry Potter
books and has raised some questions about the translation of various names.
The most recent example is "Severus".
The liblouis UEB grade 2 table includes this override rule that prevents
the use of the "ever" sign:
sufword severus 234-15-1236-12456-136-234
This is apparently consistent with how Duxbury treats it, but I'm trying
to figure out why. Rule 10.7.4 (regarding the 'ever' contraction) includes
the name Severn as an example of when you would use "ever". Why are we not
using it for "Severus"?
My understanding is that the pronunciation of "Severus" is "Seh - ver -
us", with the stress on the first "e".
Is there some history to "Severus" that might explain this?
--
Anthony Tibbs
anthony@xxxxxxxx
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