The Fully Knowable

Every Snape fan remembers his dying words, “Look…at…me.” But what did those words mean, exactly, and why do they seem to mean something different to every reader? If we understand that, perhaps we can fully know this masterfully ambiguous character. Come heed Snape’s final command and discover -- using only, and all of, what J.K. Rowling gave us -- the answers to these questions and more: How did Rowling make the final gaze between Snape and Harry the key to the entire series? Why did Snape want the Defense Against the Dark Arts position, and how does that desire define him? How did Dumbledore secure Snape’s agreement to kill him? How do we reconcile Snape’s courage with his abusive behavior? How does Snape tackle dementors? Did Eileen Prince Snape love her son? And if Snape had a walk in the forest toward death, as Harry did, who would have walked alongside him?