Analysis Of Severus Snape

After Scout confronts Atticus about “defending negros”, Atticus replies on how this decision is for his own dignity: “‘For a number of reasons’, said Atticus. ‘The main one is, if I didn’t, I couldn’t hold up my head in town, I couldn’t represent this county in the legislature, I couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something again.’” (123; ch.9). Out of the lots of prejudice in Maycomb County, Atticus is one that looks passed race and gender. He holds equal respect for those who abide by the laws of being human. Not much of population consist of people like Atticus, who is not just fighting for Tom for the sake of the town, but for his own virtue. It takes a lot of integrity to stand up for what is right during that time and that is exactly what Atticus is making an effort to do.

Throughout Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, it seems as if Atticus Finch is a failure as both a parent and a lawyer. However, somebody with a good understanding of the novel will realise that Atticus is in fact a terrific lawyer and a superb father. However, like all people, Atticus has his flaws.

2002 - Morally ambiguous characters -- characters whose behavior discourages readers from identifying them as purely evil or purely good -- are at the heart of many works of literature. Choose a novel or play in which a morally ambiguous character plays a pivotal role. Then write an essay in which you explain how the character can be viewed as morally ambiguous and why his or her moral ambiguity is significant to the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.

In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee presents Atticus Finch as a principled lawyer, committed but single father to Scout and Jem, and a law-abiding citizen. Atticus is a respectable gentleman in society and a role model for his children. Throughout the book we see evidence of his honorable intentions, though he doesn’t seem to reap the rewards. He is morally upstanding, even-keeled, and daring. Because of these things, Atticus is a man who deserves great respect and admiration.

In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the character of Sir Gawain, nephew of the famed Arthur of the Round Table, is seen as the most noble of knights who is the epitome of chivalry, yet he is also susceptible to mistakes. His courtesy, honor, honesty, and courage are subjected to various tests, posed by the wicked Morgan le Fay. Some tests prove his character and the chivalrous code true and faultless, like the time he answers a challenge although it might mean his death, or remains courteous to a lady despite temptation. Other tests prove his character and the chivalrous code faulty such as the time he breaks his promise to his host, and when he flinches from a harmless blow.

Despite living in Alabama in the 1930s, Atticus Finch expects his children to treat everyone- regardless of race or class- with respect and dignity. There are many opportunities for Jem and Scout to concede to the Southern stereotypes of the 1930s, but with the guidance of Atticus and their housekeeper, Calpurnia, the children challenge the common stereotypes of the South- with some lessons learned. These stereotypes are based principally on race and social class. Several cases of these stereotypes arise throughout To Kill a Mockingbird. Many racial and social class stereotypes come out during Tom Robinson’s trial as well as during the children’s everyday lives.

Atticus Finch is one of the major characters in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus is a lawyer in Maycomb, Alabama, and the father of Scout and Jem Finch. Throughout the story Harper Lee portrays Atticus Finch as a courageous, wise man that is filled with integrity.

Human beings are like heroes, they have their own journeys to partake on, most of the time this journey is called "life". And just like heroes human beings have their own nemesis, their own sets of trials and challenges to conquer, goals and motives to achieve, as well as a mindset to be able to prove themselves to others that they are capable. A philosopher named Joseph Campbell, made a theory about the journey of a hero. In his theory, "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" talks about the hero going through a series of process the main ones being the hero's "retreat from the world" meaning the separation or departure of the hero, the hero's "initiation" in other words his triumphs

Would you stand up for what you believe is right? Atticus Finch did when he fought for Tom Robinson in “To Kill A Mockingbird”. Is it true that everyone on Earth is different and it needs to be that way? What would the world be like if we were all the same? In my opinion, it is better to stand up for what you believe is right; you could help someone out of trouble, the world is and needs to be different, and we would be so boring if we were all alike.

Severus Snape is inherently loyal to both Dumbledore, Lily Potter and Harry potter, sometimes to the point where he is forced to betray himself in order to continue to be loyal to the three of them. He remains loyal to Lily Evans-Potter, long after she dismisses him as a friend, and long after she has declared her love for someone else. On page 740, Harry says “Snape loved my mother nearly all his life”. This excerpt clearly shows that Severus Snape’s loyalty and love for Lilly is basically never ending. Even Lily’s son, Harry, was aware of the lengths and trials Snape went through to carry on being loyal to her. He remains loyal to Albus Dumbledore despite the danger he willingly puts him through, seemingly without caring for the outcome. In Chapter 33, Severus says to Dumbledore “I have spied for you, lied for you, put myself in mortal danger for you, and for what?”. This quote proves that Snape would do almost anything for Dumbledore, even if it seems as though it is meaningless to him. The loyalty Snape has for Lily and Dumbledore is comparable to Pi’s devotion to Richard Parker and his

Collis Potter Huntington was a man who was known for his nonstop ambition, great railroad builder and an extraordinary financier. Many people know him as part of “The Big Four” or the man who was involved in the transcontinetal railroads. The transcontinental railroads was Huntington’s prodigious project of his lifetime, but he had his hand in a little bit of every business in the United States. Huntington’s ambition did not let him stop after his success with the transcontinental railroad, he kept on travelling and creating more projects for himself. “People have said about him that he has done greater things where it has helped America to progress”. Some people are born to be behind the curtains doing the most work to make a change

(and 7 movies) Every year, he seems to hate Harry more and more. His sarcasm and constant actions to help Lord Voldemort make Harry very uncomfortable. Throughout the series, Snape always seems to be around the corner when Harry, Ron and Hermoine are doing something they aren’t supposed to do. He is the potions master for most of the series but finally gets his dream job of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher in the sixth novel. Despite Dumbledore saying that Snape is trustworthy, nobody actually seems to trust him. Snape’s trust factor goes down by a lot when he kills Dumbledore at the end of the sixth book and takes over

Fictional characters, if well-written, make the readers’ heart grow fond of them. One of the most talked characters in the Harry Potter series by J. K Rowling is Severus Snape. The readers get mixed feeling about the character through all the series, and it is not until the end that the truth is revealed. There have been a lot of arguments about this character after the ending of the series. Did Snape die for love? Who was Severus Snape? The complexity of Severus Snape’s character makes it hard to understand his role/personality on the Harry Potter series. While he is misconceived as a hero, it is evident that he is a hateful antihero looking for the forgiveness of his dead lover.

The Grimm brothers, in their short story, “Hansel and Gretel”, illuminate the idea of vulnerability, innocence, and determination through two children’s eyes, and how in time, they become who they need to be in order to overcome their obstacle. The two words, “vulnerability” and “innocence” are known adjectives when one thinks of a child, thus fitting almost perfectly when describing Hansel and Gretel. With these natural childlike traits instilled within the two, they have no choice but to become dependent upon one another. These two brothers have constructed a great deal of imagery throughout the story which represents the innocence of a child. The authors develop symbolism throughout the story which in return, helps support my thesis. Unless one takes a closer look within the text, they just might overlook what it actually represents. There is a great use of diction throughout this short story which simply helps describe the two children, Hansel and Gretel. “The white pebbles…glistening like silver coins” is a complete depiction of a young child (Grimm 15). White as we all know represents purity, and the comparison of the pebbles to silver coins creates represents a childlike view of excitement and innocence. This excitement and vivid imagination of Hansel occurs just in time after overhearing the parents plan. There’s a white(purity) cat that the boy mentions when leaving home. Both objects are white, the pebbles and the cat. These two things also represent hope that the

In Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird,” Mayella Ewell, a young woman as well as the daughter of Bob Ewell, lives a life of insolence and isolation in the town of Maycomb. As a Ewell, which they are familiarized as being vulgar, uneducated, and indigent, Mayella is disrespected by the people of Maycomb as well as by her father. During the court case, Atticus shows courtesy towards Mayella by addressing her as a miss and a ma’am, which is not surprising for his values of equality. Mistaking his manners with sarcasm, she replies with, “Won’t answer a word you say as long as you keep mockin’ me” (pg.181). Harper Lee is demonstrating the amount of disregard Mayella faces in her life, so much that courtesy can’t be identified as just that. Mayella finds that Atticus is ridiculing her for what she doesn’t have, respect from others. With a reputation such as Mayella’s, people treat her like an outcast. Her lonely life can be a reason to explain why she always asked for Tom Robinson’s company, she wanted to experience friendship and perhaps love for the first time. Her loneliness was so clear to see, even Scout, who still has their childhood-innocent mind, can see through it. Scout compares Mr.Dolphus Raymond’s “mixed children” to Mayella because they both don’t know where to stand in their social class, “white people wouldn’t have anything to do with her because she lived among pigs; Negroes wouldn’t have anything to do with her