As a low-ranking Death Eater, Snape was eager to impress Lord Voldemort. So, when he overheard Sybill Trelawney make a prophecy near the beginning of 1980, he was quick to pass it on to his master.

Expanding Snape's backstory in the Harry Potter remake would allow for a fascinating study of the character, and it would also give the series an opportunity to explore another underused Death Eater.

As far as readers and viewers know, Snape was the only Death Eater to cast a Patronus spell throughout the series. Snape anonymously sent a silver doe into the Forest of Dean to help Harry with ...

Snape’s character arc from an angry young man in Harry Potter to a Death Eater is interesting but sad. It could not be described as a fairy tale childhood at all.

If Snape was also a Death Eater, the Foe-Glass wouldn’t have shown him. And that means that Snape was a good guy all along! The Foe-Glass doesn’t lie.

It is incredibly difficult to assess his value to Lord Voldemort as a Death Eater, since in reality he was a spy for Dumbledore. He actively stopped Professor Quirrell from murdering Harry Potter ...

Tumblr user Jo Marie Walker has posted a theory about the untimely death of Harry's trusty owl Hedwig, who is killed by a Death Eater at the beginning of HP7. 23 of J.K. Rowling's Biggest 'Harry ...

I'm not Anti-Snape, but I also don't feel compelled to romanticize the character, without at least acknowledging both the good and the bad. After all, he was a Death Eater, serving Voldemort ...

By the end of the sixth book, when Harry watched Snape point his wand at the beloved headmaster and unleash a lethal spell, they were convinced he was a Death Eater at heart.