dolores umbridge taught defence against the dark arts in book number 5.
dolores umbridge taught defence against the dark arts in book number 5.
who taught defence against the dark arts in book number 5?
dolores umbridge
defence against the dark arts, commonly shortened to d.a.d.a., is the class that teaches students defensive techniques to defend against the dark arts, and to be protected from dark creatures. in "harry potter and the deathly hallows", with death-eaters in charge of the school, the subject is renamed the dark arts, and involves pupils practicing the cruciatus curse on those who have earned detentions. the subject has an extraordinarily high turnover of staff members—throughout the series no defence against the dark arts teacher has retained the post for more than one school year. harry is exceptionally skilled in this subject. during the period the story takes place, the class is taught by quirinus quirrell (book one), gilderoy lockhart (book two), remus lupin (book three), bartemius crouch jr impersonating alastor "mad-eye" moody (book four), dolores umbridge (book five), severus snape (book six), and amycus carrow (book seven). hagrid suggests in "harry potter and the chamber of secrets" that ""they're startin' ter think the job's jinxed. no one's lasted long for a while now."" in "half-blood prince", dumbledore suggests that voldemort cursed the position because his application for it was rejected. the existence of the jinx was eventually confirmed by rowling. the position had also been coveted by snape, but he was denied the position as well. snape was finally appointed d.a.d.a. professor in "half-blood prince". rowling announced in an interview that once voldemort had died, the jinx he placed on the office was lifted and a permanent professor had been teaching the subject between the end of "deathly hallows" and the epilogue, set nineteen years afterwards. furthermore, she imagines that harry potter occasionally comes to the class to give lectures on the subject.
magic in harry potter
in the wizarding world, use of the dark arts is strongly stigmatised and even illegal; however, these spells are prevalent enough that even before the rise of voldemort, many schools, (including hogwarts), taught defence against the dark arts as a standard subject. techniques include anti-curses and simple spells to disable or disarm attackers or fight off certain creatures. some schools, such as durmstrang, teach dark magic. a dark arts class is also taught at hogwarts while it is under death eater control.









































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magic in harry potter