snape was the half blood prince in harry potter.
snape was the half blood prince in harry potter.
who was the half blood prince in harry potter?
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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
"harry potter and the half-blood prince" is the sixth book in the harry potter series. the first book in the series, "harry potter and the philosopher's stone", was first published by bloomsbury in 1997, with an initial print-run of 500 copies in hardback, 300 of which were distributed to libraries. by the end of 1997, the uk edition won a national book award and a gold medal in the 9- to 11-year-olds category of the nestlé smarties book prize. the second book, "harry potter and the chamber of secrets", was originally published in the uk on 2 july 1998 and in the us on 2 june 1999. "harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban" was then published a year later in the uk on 8 july 1999 and in the us on 8 september 1999. "harry potter and the goblet of fire" was published on 8 july 2000 at the same time by bloomsbury and scholastic. "harry potter and the order of the phoenix", the longest novel in the harry potter series, was released 21 june 2003. after the publishing of "harry potter and the half-blood prince", the seventh and final novel, "harry potter and the deathly hallows", was released 21 july 2007. the book sold 11 million copies within 24 hours of its release: 2.7 million copies in the uk and 8.3 million in the us.
harry potter and the half-blood prince