Severus Snape is a more anti-death eater character than Harry Potter

I thank baggins for submitting a well-thought out argument for the second round. Con has pointed out that I (pro) need to show that Snape was MORE anti-death eater than Harry. Unfortunately, I did not put forth a definition of the term “death eater” and would assume that we follow something along the lines of: Death Eater: A follower of Lord Voldemort. And, it would seem that this site agrees with me [1]. If we follow the definition that I have just placed forth, I have, in round 2, attempted to prove that Severus Snape is a MORE anti-death eater character than Harry. Now, before we move onto my arguments, I would like to make some rebuttals: REBUTTAL 1: “Against dark arts from the beginning”. It is true that Snape loved the dark arts as a child but the story proves that changed after he changed after Voldemort started hunting Lily Evans and James Potter. This changed even Snape to have a more forgiving nature. Two examples can be seen here: ‘…Professor Snape made a terrible mistake. He was still in Lord Voldemort’s employ on the night he heard the first half of Professor Trelawney’s prophecy. Naturally, he hastened to tell his master what he had heard, for it concerned his master most deeply. But he did not know – he had no possible way of knowing – which boy Voldemort would hunt from then onwards, or that the parents he would destroy in his murderous quest were people that Professor Snape knew, that they were you mother and father – ’Harry let out a yell of mirthless laughter. ‘He hated my dad like he hated Sirius! Haven’t you noticed, Professor, how the people hates tend to end up dead?’ ‘You have no idea of the remorse Professor Snape felt when he realised how Lord Voldemort had interpreted the prophecy, Harry. I believe it to be the greatest regret of his life and then reason that he returned –’ Now the keyword here that we must pay much attention to is “remorse”. We all agreed that Snape used to be a death eater, but what I am pointing out is the things he has done after he joined forces with Dumbledore. Second example: And now Snape stood again in the Headmaster’s study as Phineas Nigellus came hurrying into his portrait. ‘Headmaster! They are camping in the Forest of Dean! The Mudblood –’‘Do not use that word!’ This is a very clear example that Snape does not possess the characteristics of a Death Eater. REBUTTAL 2: “The forgiving nature”. The part that Harry has a forgiving nature is true, but one cannot really expect someone like Severus to have much sympathy for what James and Sirius did to him during their school days. I would also like con to clarify his point when he said “Ultimately this Sirius’s death.” REBUTTAL 3: “The Sacrifice”. Unfortunately, I do not quite agree with con argument that Harry walked towards his own death. When Harry walked up to Voldemort armless, he was not letting himself die, but allowing Voldemort himself to destroy his last horcrux. As we all know, Harry was Voldemort’s only horcrux that he did not mean to create. The evidence can be narrowed down to the connections that both have with each other and also Harry’s ability to speak with snakes (parsletongue). All in all, Harry Potter did not walk towards his own death, but merely allowed Voldemort to destroy the part of him that lived inside Harry Potter. REBUTTAL 4: “Voldemort inside him”. Now I have to admit that this is a pretty interesting argument. From my understanding, con is saying that although Voldemort does not need to be a master with Legilimency to read Harry Potter’s mind. Unfortunately, this is not true as explained here: ‘Yet you confide much more in a boy who is incapable of Occlumency, whose magic is mediocre and who has a direct connection into the Dark Lord’s mind!’‘Voldemort fears that connection,’ said Dumbledore. ‘Not so long ago he had one, small taste of what truly sharing Harry’s mind means to him. It was pain such as he has never experienced. He will not try to possess Harry again, I am sure of it. Not in that way.’ [3] Although Voldemort and Harry share a connection, Voldemort does not use that connection to read Harry’s mind because of the pain he experiences. Arguments: Although Harry and Snape hated each other from their first time meeting each other, Snape has also saved Harry’s life in the first year. As proved by quoting Quirrel: ‘No, no, no. I tried to kill you. Your friend Miss Granger accidentally knocked me over as she rushed to set fire to Snape at that Quidditch match. She broke my eye contact with you. Another few seconds and I’d have got you off that broom. I’d have managed it before then if Snape had’t been muttering a countercurse, trying to save you.’ [4] Snape hates Harry Potter from inside out, yet, he still saves his life from a disastrous accident that could have happened during the Quidditch match. There’s not much more that I can add for now because con has not yet made any rebuttals to any of my argument yet, so my previous argument in Round 2 still stands untouched. References: http://harrypotterdictionary.com... Harry Potter And the Deathly Hallows Chapter 33 Harry Potter And the Deathly Hallows Chapter 33 Harry Potter And the Philosopher’s Stone Chapter 17