Harry in NEWT Potions Class? (Was: Is Snape confident?)

[Berit Jakobsen]

No: HPFGUIDX 88894

Alina wrote:
Snape isn't making himself
unpopular to make Harry safe. I think what Rowling meant there was 
that Snape was planning to make Harry safe, however because he was 
already unpopular with the rest of the staff, they assumed he was 
planning to sabotage the game.

Carol wrote:
> Actually, Berit is right. The quote says quite clearly that he "made
> himself unpopular" via his choice to referee the game. There's no
> evidence that he's unpopular with the other teachers (e.g. Flitwick 
or Sprout) and he's constantly in McGonagall's company. Those two are
> with Dumbledore almost as often as Ron and Hermione are with Harry 
or Crabbe and Goyle with Draco Malfoy. In fact, I'm pretty sure that
> despite the show they make of the Gryffindor/Slytherin rivalry,
> they're allies or even friends ("I couldn't look Severus Snape in 
the eye for weeks" after a Gryffindor defeat--why worry about looking
> someone in the eye if they're someone you dislike?) Also, they work
> together to get the useless Lockhart out of the way (and into 
Harry's and Ron's company) when Ginny Weasley is captured; they both 
oppose Umbridge, etc. And Dumbledore, of course, not only trusts 
Snape but worries about his safety when he sends him off on a 
prearranged mission in GoF. However much the students dislike Snape 
(and most of them, except the Slytherins, do), there's no indication 
that the teachers share their antipathy.

Berit replied:

Thanks for the support Carol :-) Especially the scene in CoS where 
the other teachers very happily are supporting Snape to get Lockhart 
out of the way is a good example of the mutual respect and friendship 
that exists among the teachers, Snape included (Lockhart excluded :-
). I advice everyone to read that passage again, it's one of those 
very rare occasions where Snape is not shunted away but receiving 
full support and up-backing :-)) A fun and beautiful passage!

Berit
http://home.no.net/berjakob/snape.html