Snape and the DADA Job

[Cyril A Fernandes]

No: HPFGUIDX 157744

Cyril here:

Just a question that has been there in mymind, esp after reading some
of the recent posts. Not sure if this has been covered earlier, if so
- please point me to the relevant message.

The question is "Why does Snape want the DADA job so bad?" He has been
wanting this from the first year. He even mentioned it to Umbridge
during inspection in OOTP.

He *most* probably knows about the curse on the job - nothing in canon
to directly support this assumption - but even the students are
noticing that the job is not safe - and DD clearly told Harry in HBP
that the job was cursed by LV (incl the trip down Pensieve lane)... so
he also most probably told Snape.

The thought that he did not want to give Snape the job earlier was
because he did not believe that Snape would be able to control his
feeling for the Dark Arts... but when he gave the job to Snape in HPB
he must have known that Snape would not be keeping the job beyond the
year? Would Harry have also realised this after knowing about the curse...

Have rambled on a bit after my initial question...

I suppose the questions I have are:
a) Why does Snape want the job so bad (assuming he know it was cursed)?
b) Did DD give it to Snape knowing that he would not be there end of
year - or was it just temp and Snape may require to return to Potions
in the next year?
c) Did Harry realise that Snape was going to be out after learning
about the curse on the DADA post?

Let me know your thoughts.

Cyril.