Snape Takes On The Defense Against The Dark Arts Position Snape's first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson takes place when the Trio is in their sixth year at Hogwarts, in Chapter 9 of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
What did Snape teach when Slughorn taught potions?
Snape taught Defence Against the Dark Arts fairer than he did Potions, suggesting he was biased as a Potions Master as a means to vent out his frustrations of not getting the position he desired.
A short-lived series of private lessons took place after Christmas in the 1995–1996 school year, during which Severus Snape attempted to teach Harry Potter the skill of Occlumency.
What is special about Snape being the Half-Blood Prince?
Snape was born to Eileen Prince, a witch, and Tobias Snape, a Muggle, making him a half-blood (hence the name, "Half-Blood Prince"). This is rare for a Death Eater, as remarked in the last book, though Voldemort himself also had a Muggle father.
Snape's troubled childhood and abusive upbringing shaped his cruel and cold demeanor as an adult. His negative experiences with his muggle father and neglectful witch mother contributed to his decision to join the Death Eaters.
Severus Snape was on his own side, really. That meant he allied with Dumbledore because he was planning to do what Snape deemed right and proper. It may look like Dumbledore is controlling Severus, but he was way too brilliant of a wizard to allow anyone to control him.
As much as people romanticize Snape's infatuation with Lily, the fact she did not love him back romantically is ignored. The fact Snape and Lily were only friends, and she only saw it as such, reveals a lot about his refusal to respect her boundaries.
However, there were a select few that had his trust, and whom he treated with respect. This included Bellatrix Lestrange and Severus Snape. No matter what Snape did as a spy, Voldemort never figured out he was not on the Dark Lord's side.
The movies follow the books closely enough that they aren't really separate universes, except for the fourth movie. There isn't any truly compelling evidence that Snape is Harry's father, because all the points you raise are explained. Snape hated Harry because Harry reminded him of the man who "stole" Lily.
McGonagall later learned that Snape was secretly Harry's protector and had killed Dumbledore at Dumbledore's request. McGonagall then made a controversial decision to add Snape's portrait in the Headmaster's Office as a testament to his bravery.
But there was one emotion he could never keep entirely hidden: his bitter jealously and deep resentment of Harry's father. When Dumbledore decided Harry needed to learn Occlumency, he instructed Snape to teach him because he felt doing it himself would expose Harry to more harm.
And of course if he could not have Slughorn on his own side, Voldemort would have wanted to kill him so that his enemies could not recruit him. That is why the Death Eaters were searching for him, to make sure it was one or the other, service or death.
Snape wanted the Defense Against the Dark Arts job simply because he excelled at it. He was the good side's best candidate to prepare Hogwarts students for the real world and the future predicament.
Around 1981, Severus Snape became the professor of Potions at Hogwarts. Snape served as the school's potions professor through 1996, until he became the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor and was replaced by Horace Slughorn.
She missed Snape, but she knew she could never forgive him. Snape never stopped trying to make amends. But Lily remained steadfast. She could not, would not, forgive him.
Voldemort told Snape he had been a faithful servant, but that he had to regrettably kill him, as he mistakenly believed he was the master of the Elder Wand, as Snape had killed Albus Dumbledore, its former owner the year prior, during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower.
But what McGonagall doesn't know is that Snape is actually a double agent working for Dumbledore, so he has no intention of harming her. That being said, Snape holds back quite a bit. Many fans, however, like to speculate who would have won the duel had Snape given it his all.
Harry Potter had a few love interests during his time at Hogwarts. Though he eventually settled down with Ginny Weasley, he also had a thing for Cho Chang in his earlier school years. Then, of course, there's his secret love for Draco Malfoy… Wait, what?
In the books, Pansy Parkinson has a schoolgirl crush on Draco, and they went together to the Yule Ball. However, there was no true love between them. In the Cursed Child, Draco Malfoy's wife is Astoria Greengrass.
J.K. Rowling said that Draco had a crush on Hermione Granger, but he doesn't show that, beacuse Hermione was a Gryffindor, Harry's friend, and also a muggle-born. After the Battle for Hogwarts, Draco fell in love with Astoria Greengrass, and they had son Scorpius.
J.K. Rowling apparently confirmed that Lily Potter was pregnant again when Voldemort murdered her | Fandom. Thus, in murdering the Potters, save for Harry, Voldemort also killed a younger brother or sister that Harry would ultimately never know before it was even born.
Originally Answered: In the Harry Potter series, why didn't Lily marry Snape? The simple answer: She didn't love him. The more complicated answer: He proved again and again that he wasn't willing to listen to Lily, respect her or her views, or love her in a healthy way.
In the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movie, Snape showed how much he loved Harry, providing him with his memories and showing that he saw Lily in him, his last words echoing this: "You have your mother's eyes."
