Over the course of the harry potter books, seven different teachers assumed the role of defence against the dark arts professor. Theres a lot of talk about why snape was denied the defense against the dark arts teaching job, but why did snape want it in the first place he is shown to be very skilled at two branches of magic. Severus snape has received his very first confession of love from a former student. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of harry potter and the half blood prince by j. Take his first class, for example, which kicked off with a quiz about himself, right before he let loose a cage of cornish pixies on innocent children. Severus snape 9 january, 1960 2 may, 1998 was an english halfblood wizard serving as potions master 19811996, defence against the dark arts professor 19961997, and headmaster 19971998 of the hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry as well as a member of the order of the phoenix and a death eater. Harry potter and the halfblood prince simple english. The defense against the dark arts teacher in harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban harrys third year at hogwarts. Harry potter and the halfblood prince was written by j. In the sixth book he became the defence against the dark arts teacher and in the final book he was the headmaster. Severus snape serves as the potions professor and head of slytherin house for most of harrys tenure at hogwarts. For all wizards and witches who worked as defence against the dark arts professors at hogwarts. Harry potter and the half blood prince summary supersummary. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details.
Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Draco malfoy insists his godfather attend a new and exciting show. The defence against the dark arts teacher is also responsible for dealing with any dark arts related activities that threaten the school and its residents, as harry and ron expected lockhart to enter the chamber of secrets and protested against his excuse of leaving under an unavoidable urgent call, while snape was assigned to staunch the. Defence against the dark arts harry potter wiki fandom. Naturally, given that he was a charlatan, lockharts time as defence against the dark arts teacher was an incompetent shambles one in which the class learned more about him than the dark arts. Who was harrys first defense against the dark arts teacher when he arrived at hogwarts. He is loved by most students except for those in slytherin house for being the best defense against the dark arts teacher. In harry potter and the half blod prince, we learn that voldemort applied for the position of defence against the dark arts teacher, but dumbledore refused to give him the job. A fascinating guide to the dark arts of the harry potter films and fantastic beasts and where to find them, these pages cover both dark wizards and the heroes who rise up to combat themfrom dumbledores army and the order of the phoenix to the hogwarts. Snape is the only death eater described as using a patronus charm.
Defence against the darks arts harry potter and the. Find out whether you are selfish lockheart, cowardly quirrel, loyal lupin, moody mad eye moody or mysterious snape. In e book 6, he taught protection against the dark arts. Name the defence against the dark arts teacher from the 7 harry potter. Who was your favorite dark arts teacher in harry potter. In fact, it is a wolf, and reflects her attachment to lupin. Pottermore made a joke about defense against the dark arts. Hermione granger has a new hobby and a new identity. The book is the sixth harry potter book in the sixth book harry begins his sixth year at the magical school hogwarts with his best friends ron weasley and hermione granger.
Like every defence against the dark arts professor we have seen until now, snapes tenure in that office will only last a year. Why did professor snape want the position as a defence. During the year he has help in his worst class by the mysterious halfblood prince also known as severus. Snape is very much kept a secret by dumbledore, it must have been a lonely life. Severus snape was potions master, defense against the dark arts teacher, and head of slytherin at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. Which defence against the dark arts teacher are you. Its said that the post of defence against the dark arts is cursed. The new defence against the dark arts teacher at hogwarts. Snape wouldve been too good at it, and people finding out exactly how skilled of a wizard he was mightve compromised his undercover work. Hearing snapes comment that it is new, harry assumes it is a large dog, and related to sirius blacks death.
Several of the teachers were mainstays, there for the kids through their entire journey through the education system. He is in the second bookmovie, harry potter and the chamber of secrets as the new defense against the dark arts teacher. He was personally killed by lord voldemort and his snake, nagini. Name the defence against the dark arts teacher from the 7 harry potter books. The defense against the dark arts professors seemed to change every year. In this book, however, we learn that dumbledore is aware that his own time is strictly limited, and so, having extracted a promise from snape that he would take care of my. He also briefly became the defence against the dark arts professor and headmaster of hogwarts. His most common enemies when he was at hogwarts at a young age were the marauders james potter, sirius black, peter petrigrew and remus lupin. Snape was known to be incredibly strict and his classes were very difficult.
But the teacher was an evil dude called amycrus carrows, who changed it and taught dark arts instead of defence against it. I make no claim to any of the rights and responsibilities for the characters, creations or other such things featured in this story. Muggles guide to harry pottermagicdefence against the. He was the head of slytherin and hated gryffindors. Professor severus snape alan rickman acts as a substitute teacher for the defense against the dark arts class. Professor snape, professor lupin, professor quirrel, professor moody, pro. Throughout the years harry potter has a lot of defense against the dark arts teachers, so today ben gives a full break down of each to determine who was the best and who was the worst. Hermione compares snapes teaching of defense against the dark arts to harrys teaching of the da. Defence against the dark arts teachers harry potter fan zone. Harry owes his success to the old copy of advanced potionmaking from slughorns cupboard, inscribed with the name the halfblood prince, which was edited by a.
Yes, severus snape taught potions in the first five books. Who is harry potters defense against the dark arts. Learn all about voldemort, death eaters, horcruxes, obscuruses, and more in this collectible movie scrapbook. I humbly recognize and accept that all forms of ownership for this series and its character, places, and things belong to their. Severus snape potterpedia, the harry potter wiki fandom. Snapes strictness carried through with this class, having strict guidelines for admission that harry still managed to pass. These are the clues contained in the pages of harry pottter and the halfblood prince which support the possibility that snape is not really a eater, has remained loyal to dumbledore, and all through the book, snape is working on dumbledores orders since the book is virtually about snape its titled harry potter and the halfblood prince, which we know.
Snape taught protection against the dark arts interior the 0. A perfect storm of happenstance can only be tidied up with the proper soap. But when a favourite character, lupin, lost his defence against the dark arts job having neglected to take the wolfsbane potion, which snape prepared for him, to control his monthly werewolf. Dumbledore theorised that tom riddle jinxed the job after the hogwarts headmaster refused him the teaching post. Year three at hogwarts means new fun and challenges as harry.
However, there was one teacher that changed year after year. Horace slughorn took the empty potions teacher slot. Who became the potions teacher after severus snape answers. Severus snape alan rickman harry potter and the halfblood prince. Occlumency enough to resist voldemort himself and potions as a student he figuratively and literally wrote the book on the subject and his attitude in the notation in the potions. In harrys sixth year, snape became the defense against the dark arts teacher, the position he vied for throughout his entire teaching career. Snape victorious wikibooks, open books for an open world. A definitive reading is a must read for general fans as well as those of us who have a snapecentric love of the harry potter series. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. Professor severus snape 9 january, 1960 2 may, 1998 was headmaster of hogwarts and the former potionsmaster at hogwarts. Before the dark lords downfall, no dark arts professor lasted longer than a single school year. He resigns at the end of that year after snape reveals that he is a. Snape tries to jinx harry in defence against the dark arts, but he excels in potions and wins a bottle of felix felicis. Harry potter defence against the dark arts teachers.