Snape - Includes GoF SPOILERS...

[brooksindy]

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From: brooksindy
Subject: Re: Snape - Includes GoF SPOILERS...
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Date: 8/7/00 11:05 pm  (ET)

I have been wondering if Snape is the kind of teacher who is EXTREMELY
tough on the students he sees promise in, actively being hostile,
in order to strengthen them to deal with a potentially hostile Muggle
world. Sort of a "Boy named Sue" philosophy. But the seeming favoritism
to the Slytherins, doesn't really go with that.
The fact that he is not just a teacher employed by AD but is in fact
Head of a House and clearly a quite competent (if bad-tempered) wizard,
argues that there is something more even than we have begun to think,
based on GoF, about him as a person/character.

And yes, referring to a later post, it is Ron in Book I who says
"Everybody knows (Snape) is after Quirrell's job" (i.e., DADA). That is,
we haven't heard it from an adult, that I can find.