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Professor Severus Snape was a very important character through out the Harry Potter series. He played very important roles in Harry's life as well as in Hogwarts fortune. His works were admirable and beyond expression in words.

But, with all due respect to him, I could not understand why he portrayed himself as angry, ferocious, tough and mischievous to his students?

He always misbehaved with harry and the students and nobody seemed to liked him, except his Slytherin students.

Why did he pretend to be so?

Was it because he could not get Lily and that Harry was the son of James, the hater of Snape?

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Snape as person was not very friendly or social, for that matter. His anger had a lot to do with his troubled childhood. He was a mudblood, had parental issues and was thoroughly bullied by James and Sirius at Hogwarts. This led to him develop a tough exterior.

However, Severus loved Lily deeply and had a fair share of affection for Harry too. But in Harry he saw James, a person who was used to being popular and treated as hero, and someone with utter disdain for rules.

In the end, Snape sacrifices his life for a cause and for Harry. The only reason he created that friction between himself and Harry was because he wanted Harry to be distant.

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There's also a point to be made that he sacrifices himself and puts himself at such risk not only for Harry, but to honor Lily's memory and her sacrifice for her son. – TylerShads♦ Jan 18 at 13:12
I concur. The cause I was stating is the war against the Dark Lord and the point you stated. – KeyBrd Basher Jan 21 at 6:16
Snape had parental issues? Looks like I missed that! So what is the story? – Mistu4u Jan 22 at 8:11
@Mistu4u: Details for that are interspersed across the books. I can't remember much light being shed on it in the movies. – KeyBrd Basher Jan 22 at 8:55
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@Mistu4u if it was in the movies, it was in an Occlumency lesson in Half-Blood Prince, wherein Harry (through Pensive or reversed-Legillimency) sees some of Snapes memories. – pandorym Apr 17 at 17:39

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