The Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom wasn’t cursed by just anyone. It was cursed by Dumbledore. That’s what one theorist believes. Even though Dumbledore knew Snape was the most qualified professor to teach the students, he refused to let him fall under the curse.
The reason Dumbledore cursed the classroom was to make sure no one would hold the position for longer than a year at a time. He finally gives in to Snape after he makes an unbreakable vow to kill Voldemort. The theory, unfortunately, does not fully explain why it’s important to have a new teacher every year.
Professor Trelawney Predicted Dumbledore’s Death
Is it possible that Professor Trelawney predicted Dumbledore’s death in The Prisoner of Azkaban? In one scene she refuses a seat at Dumbledore’s table, saying “If I join the table, we shall be thirteen! Nothing could be more unlucky! Never forget that when thirteen dine together, the first to rise will be the first to die!”
As it happened, there were thirteen people at the table without Trelawney taking a seat. Peter Pettigrew was there in the form of Ron’s rat, Scabbers. And then, at the end of dinner, Dumbledore stood up first.
Trelawney Wasn’t Wrong About Harry’s Birthday
Another prediction that sounded crazy at the time but might be true happened in The Goblet of Fire. Trelawney senses that Harry was born “mid-winter,” which is wrong on the surface, but not underneath it. Harry Potter was born in July, but Tom Riddle was born in December.
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