<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" > Professor Snape wanted to steal the Philosopher's Stone? </h1>
Seeing this title, I believe that many people who have watched the Harry Potter series of movies will be very angry, and even scold:
You guys, have you ever seen Harry Potter, it's not Professor Snape who wants to steal the Philosopher's Stone, it's Professor Quirrell next to him!
But for the fans who have just entered the pit and have not yet seen the full series, the first 1 hour or so of the first movie is secretly conveying this message:
Professor Snape was the one who wanted to steal the Philosopher's Stone.
Professor Snape, with a gloomy face
Despite the appearance of the real culprit and accomplice at the end, Professor Quirrell and Voldemort, who is staying with him.
Professor Quirrell and Voldemort
I believe that many people are still highly suspicious and wary of Professor Snape, after all, he looks like a bad guy!
Especially in Harry Potter 6: The Betrayal of the Half-Blood Prince, many people will be more determined about their former doubts.
Without further ado, let's just talk about the first one, Harry Potter 1: The Mysterious Philosopher's Stone.
Why is it that the murderer is someone else, and everyone still has a high degree of suspicion about Professor Snape?
In fact, this is a question of perspective, and people with such doubts have taken Harry's perspective for granted?
To explore what Harry's perspective is, we must first be able to see the difference between Harry's perspective and other perspectives.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" > how does Harry's perspective differ from his aunt's? </h1>
From the beginning to the end, the film revolves around our protagonist, Harry Potter.
From the Muggle world to the Wizarding School, we've been looking at Harry from Harry's perspective and his relatives, friends, and teachers.
Not only did he have to live in the stairwell, but he had to take care of all the housework, wear his cousin's old clothes to school, and even hide the truth about the death of his parents.
Harry Potter made breakfast for his aunt's family
What about a different perspective? From Aunt Harry's perspective:
First of all, although the gap between her treatment of Harry and her own son was very large, this was understandable, after all, the son was the only one.
For example: Harry lives in the stairwell and his son lives in a large room; Harry is in charge of the housework, and his son is in charge of the instructions;
Harry himself celebrates his birthday, his son's family sends blessings; Harry goes to public school, his son goes to private school...
Second, although she had always hated Harry, she took Harry home and raised him safely until he was 11 years old.
In the end, she concealed the truth about harry's parents' deaths, in large part because she didn't want Harry to repeat her sister's mistakes— dying at the hands of Voldemort.
In this way, did you think that Aunt Harry's family was not so hateful?
A family of three is happy
To sum up, Harry's perspective is based on the attitude of others towards him, with a strong subjectivity: the belief that people are either good or evil.
For example, his aunt's family let him live in the stairwell, do housework, etc., and the extremely unequal treatment made him think that his aunt's family was very mean.
Another example is Hagrid giving him a hand-baked birthday cake, praising the greatness of his parents, taking him to take the inheritance left to him by his parents...
For the first time, he felt the kindness and courtesy of others, and therefore considered Hagrid to be his trusted friend.
Hagrid gives Potter a misspelled birthday cake
So back to the beginning of the question, why do we say that the suspicion of Professor Snape stems from our spontaneous substitution of Harry's perspective?
Next we look at Professor Snape from Harry's point of view, and you'll see that his image is highly consistent with your portrait of the suspect.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" > What is Professor Snape's image from Harry's perspective? </h1>
We know that Harry has been known as a new generation of celebrities in the wizarding world because of the mysterious legend of "Great Difficulty Does Not Die".
Even many famous wizards who had never seen him had heard of his name.
In the wizarding world, he is the top stream: wherever the eyes of the people follow.
In the midst of so many adoring eyes: Harry's conception also began to change from just Harry to: I'm Harry!
But there is such a strange beam in so many adoring eyes, which is a contemptuous look.
1. The first eye contact
At the freshman dinner, Professor Snape stood on the stage and watched Harry in the audience;
The scar on Harry's head suddenly faded into pain, and he looked up just in time to meet Professor Snape's gaze.
Harry looked at Professor Snape on the stage
Here Harry begins to misunderstand Professor Snape, but if you look closely, you will find that:
Professor Quirrell next to Professor Snape, Voldemort under his hood, was the main culprit who made Harry's scar faintly painful!
But the language of the lens tells us that Professor Snape is more suspicious.
Professor Quirrell with his back to Harry
2. Tit-for-tat confrontation in the classroom
In Professor Snape's Potions class, Harry kept writing something offstage.
When Professor Snape on the stage saw this, he named Harry to answer the question, alerting him to put down his fame and listen carefully to the lecture.
Professor Snape gave Harry a disembarking in his first class, in stark contrast to other professors who praised Harry.
It also left one in Harry's mind: the image of a stern teacher on high.
Professor Snape, who needs to look up
3. Spells from Quidditch matches
In the Slytherin vs Gryffindor Quidditch match, Harry was the youngest seeker and attracted attention.
But his flying broom was clearly cursed, swinging uncontrollably, even trying to throw Harry off the broom.
Wisdom Director Hermione saw with a telescope that Professor Snape across from him had been chanting words and seemed to be saying incantations.
So she cast a spell and set Professor Snape's robe on fire with a wand, and sure enough, as Hermione expected:
Professor Snape's mouth stopped opening and closing, and Harry's flying broom returned to normal.
Professor Snape in the stands speaking incantations
In fact, this is also a misunderstanding, if you look closely at this picture, you will find the professor Quirrell in the last row who watches the game but is contemplative.
From a close-up, after Professor Snape's robe was set on fire, a man in the back row fell, followed by Professor Quirrell.
Professor Snape stood up, and a man in the back row fell down
Professor Quirrell also fell
Is this a coincidence?
Our wisdom bears Hermione's mistake for Professor Snape for a spell on Harry's flying broom, and the misunderstanding deepens.
In Harry's eyes, Professor Snape was full of malice towards him, scornful, public criticism, game casting spells...
With such prejudices, Harry saw some strange behavior of Professor Snape and automatically associated it with evil.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="04" > Professor Snape's theft of the Philosopher's Stone from Harry's perspective. </h1>
1. Broken clothing corners
Harry and Ron happened to have a fight with the troll in the girls' bathroom in order to find Hermione, and the troll was knocked unconscious.
When Snape and Quirrell and the other professors arrive, Harry discovers that Professor Snape's robe is torn, and he becomes confused.
2. Inconvenient walking posture and blood stains
Harry noticed that Professor Snape was walking in a strange manner, as if he had been injured.
Harry might have thought to himself: How could a professor who was just teaching a course get hurt, and whether the wound was caused by his fight with the three-headed dog guarding the Philosopher's Stone?
3. Professor Snape's threat to Professor Quirrell
While searching for information about the Philosopher's Stone in the Forbidden Book District, Harry, dressed in an invisibility cloak, overhears a conversation between Professor Snape and Professor Quirrell.
Their few words seemed to reveal Professor Snape's verbal threat to Professor Quirrell.
Snape and Quirrell
In summary, torn corners of clothes, unchanging posture, threatening dialogue...
All of them made Harry even more convinced that Professor Snape was the one who wanted to steal the Philosopher's Stone.
So are there any other arguments for Professor Snape's innocence?
At this time, we need to jump out of Harry's perspective and circle of mind, and prove Professor Snape's innocence from the perspective of others.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="05" > jump out of Harry's perspective to prove Professor Snape's innocence! </h1>
Jump out of harry potter's perspective and explain the above doubts one by one.
1. Broken clothing corners and inconvenient walking posture
Hearing the appearance of the troll, Snape did not follow the others to find it, but rushed to the fourth floor to stop Professor Quirrell, who was injured during the fight.
Quirrell tells the truth
2. Snape's threat to Quirrell
Snape already knew who Quirrell was working for, and he was reminding him to take sides.
3. Spells during Quidditch matches
The person who actually cast the spell was Professor Quirrell, and Snape cast the anti-spell.
4. Snape is one of the protectors of the Philosopher's Stone
Harry and the trio go to Hagrid and inform him that Professor Snape may be stealing the Philosopher's Stone.
Hagrid's first reaction was, "Snape is one of the teachers who protect the Philosopher's Stone," and he has no reason to steal the Philosopher's Stone.
Hagrid
5. The person who sold Hagrid's dragon was a man with a hood
Harry and the three of them ask Hagrid who the person who sold him the dragon was and what it looked like, and Hagrid said that he didn't see his face clearly.
But one thing is for sure, "he wears a hood".
It's a detail hint: The man with the hood is not Snape, but Professor Quirrell.
Hagrid recalls the characteristics of the dragon seller
These 5 points can be used as evidence to prove that Professor Snape is indeed not the one who stole the Philosopher's Stone.
Step out of Harry's perspective and look at Snape again, and you'll see:
Although he is very strict with students, it is based on the premise that students do not abide by classroom discipline;
Although he was not as friendly to Harry as Hagrid, he would never curse him for no reason;
Although he looks very gloomy on the outside, he is very kind and upright on the inside.
He is the Guardian of the Philosopher's Stone, not the Thief!