Non-verbal Spells

I thought it was a hoot when Harry levitated Ron out of his sleep! But I don't think the nvbl's are just for fun. Anyone notice how Snape gets on Harry for not performing these well early in the book, then again antagonizes him about them as he is fleeing the castle grounds? Is this just Snape being Snape -- or could it be significant?

It's just snape being snape again. He loves to piss Harry off.

yes that was just snape being snape but harry needs to learn it in order to fite voldy i wonder in voldy can do it we have never seen him do it i mean why would he want ppl to hear wat hes gonna do to them y not leave it as a suprise a bad on but a suprise none the less

Of course Voldemort can do it. Remember, he is the most powerful wizard. I don't see one reason of why he wouldn't be able to.

Yes, I agree that Harry will need the nvbl spells to defeat Voldy, but Snape's taunting of Harry is clearly done to really encourage Harry to work on this skill. This -- along with the fact that Snape does NOT try to use Crucio on Harry at the end -- is good evidence that Snape is still on the side of the Order, and not a double agent.

Maybe hes not yet strong enough

well he may be able to but u cant say for sure i cant think of a better canidate for someone who would want to cause intentional pain and not want ppl to know its comming then voldy

I do have a feeling that Snape is doing it to push Harry - how better to push him than to have Snape throw it in his face that he can't do it well in the way that Snape can do so well. It leads me to believe that Snape still may be good. But, the down fall for thinking that is that I wonder if Snape won't ever kill Harry because Lord Voldemort wants to do it himself and any who cross him will die probably with a lot of pain.

why is everyone defending snape after wat he did?

I agree with peeves if he is suggesting that Snape is bad and that he has rejoined the Death eaters. But still, in the back of my mind I think that Snape could be a double agent ninja.