(Admittedly, the second point Snape takes is unfair) I get that Snape only takes takes single points from Harry on this first encounter – despite Harry’s impression that Snape really hates him.
I get that monkshood/wolfsbane/aconite foreshadows the arrival of Lupin as DADA professor during Harry’s third year. I get that the bezoar foreshadows Slughorn’s accidental poisoning of Ron Weasley, when Harry takes the Half-Blood Prince’s suggestion just to shove a bezoar down his friend’s throat. So when I read Harry’s first classroom encounter with Professor Snape, it just looked like Snape was singling out and taunting Harry with questions about things the poor kid couldn’t possibly know about.īut that’s not what some people who’ve spent years reading and thinking about this passage have gotten out of it.įirst, let me mention the parts I do “get” without any outside assistance: I was not involved in Potter fandom during all those years of speculation about Snape’s true nature, his motives, or his loves. 
Powdered root of what to an infusion of what? Harry glanced at Ron, who looked as stumped as he was Hermione’s hand had shot into the air. “What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?”
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