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{{Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Intermediate Spoiler}}
 
It is revealed later that Voldemort didprobably indeeddid cast a curse on the Defence Against the Dark Arts position – at least, Professor Dumbledore strongly suspects so. Ever since Dumbledore rejected him for the job, no teacher has remained in that position for more than one school year. Knowing this, it is curious as to why Snape continually applied for the position each year, or why Dumbledore chooses to appoint him now. It will be learned in the next book that Dumbledore, as a youth, was briefly attracted to the Dark arts when he befriended Gellert Grindelwald, who later became a notorious Dark Wizard that Dumbledore defeated in a famous duel. Dumbledore fully rejected Dark magic, though he never trusted himself to be in a position of power, choosing instead to teach at Hogwarts. One reason Dumbledore may have repeatedly denied Snape the position is because he similarly feared that Snape could be tempted by teaching a subject so closely linked to his Death Eater past. He also knew it was pointless to appoint Snape, assuming he was unlikely to hold the position any longer than his predecessors, and it would risk losing his talented potions instructor. As it turns out, Snape will also only hold the position for the one year. Both Snape and Dumbledore know, however, that Dumbledore's life expectancy is less than a year at this point, and Dumbledore has, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Deathly Hallows/Chapter 33|as we see in the final book]], required Snape to promise that he will take over as Headmaster at Hogwarts after Dumbledore's death, to protect the school and the students. Dumbledore also needed to vacate Snape's position so he could bring back Professor Horace Slughorn, Hogwarts' former potions master, solely to obtain an important memory Slughorn has guarded that is related to Voldemort and his Horcruxes.
 
Also, Harry notes that Tonks' Patronus is "something large and hairy", and, reviewing recent events, decides that it may be related to Sirius' death (based on Sirius' [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Animagus|Animagus]], a large dog), and that her ongoing melancholy is probably due to this as well. The reader may wonder why Tonks will still seem so sad, months later, when Harry sees her inside the castle. In fact, her depression is because [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Remus Lupin|Lupin]] repeatedly rejects her affections. He apparently does love her, but feels he is too old for her, times are too dangerous, and, being a [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Werewolf|Werewolf]], believes it is too risky to father children. As a result of Tonks' love for him, her Patronus has assumed a wolf shape.
 
Although Snape jeers at Tonks for her new Patronus form, understanding what it represents, it will be revealed in the final book that his own Patronus is its current shape for similar reasons. It is entirely possible that Snape, consciously or otherwise recognizing the reason Tonks' Patronus has changed, feels the need to denigrate it to somewhat salve his own feelings.
 
=== Connections ===
 
* Tonks' sad appearance [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Half-Blood Prince/Chapter 5|over the summer]], and now, is an indication of how her relationship with Lupin is going. This is not made clear until [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Half-Blood Prince/Chapter 29|the end of this book]], when Tonks manages to convince Lupin that they should try to make the relationship work despite the external strife. Their relationship will continue in the final book, where they get married and have a child.
* Like every Defence Against the Dark Arts professor we have seen until now, Snape's tenure in that office will only last a year. We are never told explicitly that the position is jinxed, but [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Half-Blood Prince/Chapter 20|later in this book]], Professor Dumbledore will say he suspects that the position is jinxed.
** It will turn out that Dumbledore expected Snape's tenure to be short. This is part of Dumbledore's succession plan for Hogwarts, he wants Snape to be free of encumbrances so that he can become Headmaster after Dumbledore passes. This is revealed, somewhat, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Deathly Hallows/Chapter 33|in the final book]].