Many people read this line from Snape as rage at being called a coward: perhaps he was taunted as a coward by bullies too many times. Perhaps after making the brave choice to kill his dying friend and accept a life of being vilified, it’s unbearable to be taunted so wrongly. Perhaps this sentence is primarily about the mortal panic of feeling trapped in a world that’s going up in flames, as unable to articulate his pain as a beast (Justice). Certainly, Snape must be
