The tragedy of Severus Snape
The reason why Severus Snape is the most tragic character in the Harry Potter series
Snape‘s character isn‘t so tragic because he didn‘t „get“ Lily.
His character is so tragic because he was doomed from the very beginning.
It‘s so tragic, because he was hit by his drunk father.
It‘s so tragic because he was neglected by his mother.
It‘s tragic because he was separated by his childhood friend by being sorted into a house where you couldn‘t survive as a halfblood if you didn‘t adapt to the social rules of said house and joining a hateful cult.
He is a tragic character because he is bullied from day one and sexually harrassed in front of the other students.
His loss of Lily is so tragic, because she was the only friend he ever had.
It‘s so tragic because she was the only person in his life to show him understanding and kindness, warmth and love.
It‘s so tragic because noone ever showed him love again after Lily.
It is so tragic because he is silenced over the werewolf incident and forbidden from telling anyone he was almost murdered.
It‘s so tragic because he has to see his almost murderers and bullies get away with it without any form of punishment.
It‘s tragic because he has to watch the love of his life marry his childhood tormentor.
It‘s tragic because he has to kill one of the only people he ever cared about. The only person who knows about his true loyalties.
It‘s so tragic because he dies believing the world will always believe him to be the villain.
A traitor and the murderer of Dumbledore.
He dies thinking that the truth about his loyalty will die with him and Harry.
It‘s so tragic because the only other person in his life to show him kindness(, when he stays with him while he dies,)is the son of the love of his life who he lost.
It is so tragic, because he dies in the belief that he has doomed this boy, the boy he always protected.
He dies in the belief that all of it was in vain.
He dies thinking that all of it was for nothing.
He dies believing that he is sending Harry who he tried to protect all these years to his death.
His death is so tragic because of all of the above reasons and also because he is murdered in cold blood.
He is killed slowly. He is terrified. He knows what‘s coming and that he can‘t safe himself.
He is killed by the person he fears the most.
His death must have been unbearably painful and agonizing.
He must have been in so much pain.
It’s so tragic because he never had a chance.
Snapes character is so unbelievably tragic because he was never intended to have a happy ending.
It‘s so tragic because his whole life was nothing but a tragedy.