![]() So he loves Harry because he is Lily's son but hates some of his characteristics because he is also his father's son. Those memories also explain some of the motivation for his harshness with Harry: Harry has some of the less noble characteristics of his father (who stole the love of Snape's life from him and who was sometimes a bully to Snape). ![]() But his last living act-he donates his memories to Harry so Harry can understand his motivation-suggests he wants Harry to understand why he behaved the way he did towards him. We could suppose that his motivation was just to get revenge for the murder of Lily and caring for Harry was just a means to that end. It could be that he is protecting Potter because that is the only way Voldemort can be defeated but his motivation for that is because Voldemort killed Potter's mother. From the first movie (where he tries to neutralise Quirrell's spell during the Quidditch game) to the agonised conversation he has with Dumbledore about Potter's fate confirm this. The whole purpose of Snape's actions throughout the series is to protect Potter.
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