This jinx was used by Quirinus Quirrell on Harry Potter's Nimbus 2000 in early November 1991, during a Quidditch match. It was an attempt to murder Harry for Lord Voldemort. No one in the stands detected Quirrell of using this jinx, except Professor Severus Snape, who attempted to save Harry with a counter-curse.
However Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley and later Harry incorrectly thought that Snape was performing the jinx, as he kept eye contact and kept muttering under his breath, whereas he was instead trying to counter-curse.
However, turns out that it was Professor Quirinus Quirrell (under Voldemort's command) who was casting the spell for Harry's broom to spin out of control. Snape, on the other hand, was casting a counter-spell to protect Harry from the jinx, thus saving his life.
The truth came out when Professor Quirrell admitted to Harry that he'd jinxed the broom and claimed he'd have gotten away with it too if it hadn't been for those meddling counter-curses. In other words, Snape tried to save Harry's life, and the only thanks he got was being set on fire.
Did Snape know Harry was under the invisibility cloak?
Dumbledore was doing James a favour by helping him pass down the Invisibility Cloak to his son Harry. Snape definitely knew because in book 4 when Harry sees crouch in Snapes office, he's in his invisibility cloak. As soon as snape sees the golden egg and the map he says 'potters here' to mad eye. Potters here.
Harry's Jinxed Broom | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
How did Draco see Harry under the cloak?
In February, Harry went to Hogsmeade underneath the Cloak, because he wanted to remain hidden again during his second visit. During this visit, his floating head was seen by Draco, Crabbe and Goyle when he hid under the Cloak to throw dirt at them to help Ron.
They are from different families. Though Queenie might be related to Anthony Goldstein. Yeah, there are some similarities between them like they both were half blood and what u said but they are not related in any way. Also, Queenie was a naturally born legillimen while Snape had acquired that skill.
He was aware of Dumbledore's plans for Harry, and he was actually trying to help him many times instead of trying to hurt him. Now, Dumbledore's end plan for Harry might not have been that great for him, but Snape was at least helping keep him alive for years.
Family. Snape's family background is mostly shown in flashbacks during the course of the last three novels. Snape was born to Eileen Prince, a witch, and Tobias Snape, a Muggle, making him a half-blood (hence the name, "Half-Blood Prince").
How did Hermione stop Snape from jinxing the broom?
However, Snape's robes caught on fire when Hermione Granger used the Bluebell Flames on them, as she thought that Snape was causing the jinx. She knocked over Quirrell, thus breaking his eye contact, stopping the jinx.
Sectumsempra was a curse invented by Severus Snape that lacerated the target and caused severe haemorrhaging. Snape created it as a student of Hogwarts, with the intention of using it against his enemies, likely including the Marauders, with it becoming one of his specialities.
Yes, Snape did know who "Padfoot" was in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." "Padfoot" was a nickname for Sirius Black, Harry Potter's godfather, who could transform into a black dog as an Animagus [3]. Although Snape knew the identity of "Padfoot," his assistance to Harry was minimal.
James was a bully in school — to the point that even the biggest of James Potter apologists can't deny this. He mercilessly teased Snape, and in one particularly horrific memory, hung him upside down and exposed him in front of the entire school.
In the case of Snape. he was Sorted into Slytherin because he was ambitious, leaning towards the Dark Arts, his mother was one, AND he had an anti-Muggle bias, same as Salazar Slytherin himself.
It's implied that Septum Sempra is Snape's own creation, that he used a specific counter-curse to heal Draco, and that the spell isn't designed to be instantly fatal, but to inflict a gruesome, but relatively slow death if left untreated. It's likely Snape is the only person who knows said counter-curse.
Snape questioned McGonagall as to why she was patrolling the corridors at that hour, and then discreetly used Legilimency on the Professor. As he asked McGonagall if she had seen Harry Potter, McGonagall quickly slashed her wand through the air, but Snape cast a Shield Charm that threw McGonagall off balance.
Malfoy spots Harry and casts a Cruciatus curse; Harry, defending himself, using the Half-Blood Prince's Sectumsempra spell without knowing its effects. To his horror, it gashes Draco's face and chest, spilling his blood everywhere. Moaning Myrtle flies off, screaming.
Snape's hatred towards Harry in the Harry Potter series was fueled by his unrequited love for Lily, which he couldn't move on from due to guilt. This adds complexity to Snape's character and explains his treatment of Harry.
Why didn't Snape tell Harry he was protecting him?
Snape even said that he didn't want anyone to find out that he was protecting Lily's child, “especially Potter's son” (pg. 679 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) because of his hatred for James. Instead of providing Harry a safe haven from his abusive home with the Dursleys, he tormented Harry over an old grudge.
In his fifth year James saved Severus Snape from a near-fatal prank that Sirius Black played on him, which involved luring Snape to the Shrieking Shack where Remus Lupin was in his werewolf form. As such, Snape owed James a life debt, although they hated each other.
Queenie is not Voldemort's mother. Voldemort's mother is Merope Gaunt, a British Pureblood witch who can trace her ancestry back to Slytherin and the Peverall brothers, specifically, the 2nd brother who had the Resurrection stone. Queenie is as American as they come.
Bellatrix is a Lestrange by marriage to Rodolphus Lestrange, a fellow Death Eater who has a Death Eater brother, Rabastan. All three of them were confined to Azkaban for the torture of Neville Longbottom's parents.
Mason Riddle is the Son of Tom Marvalo Riddle, otherwise known as Lord Voldemort, and the only American student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
