Slytherin

Slytherin: Slytherins wrongly hold a bad connotation because a large number of evil people in Wizarding history were Slytherins. Although many evil people are Slytherins, that doesn't mean that Slytherins are evil people. The characteristics of this House often leave these people more susceptible to the temptations of being a Death Eater, because ambition drives the accomplishments of many Slytherins. Ambition and cunning can lead to the ruthlessness many of the Death Eaters displayed, but when we look at Snape, Draco Malfoy, and even Professor Slughorn, these characteristics held true despite the pressures of the evil surrounding them. Snape had ambition in that he wanted to protect Harry, but only for his selfish desire of loving Lily. Draco was not born inherently evil despite antagonizing Harry, but he was merely pushed into that archetype due to the atmosphere he grew up in.