Why does Snape vow to protect Malfoy?

He promised to protect Draco Malfoy from harm and guide him whilst he attempted to perform the task the Dark Lord had asked him to do: to kill Albus Dumbledore. Snape was actually a double agent working for Dumbledore, who requested Snape to kill him anyway to spare him of a painful and humiliating death.
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Why does Snape vow to protect Draco?

He did that because Dumbeldore asked him to help Draco. Dumbeldore didn't want little Draco to be a murderer at his young age so he asked Snape to kill him instead. Dumbeldore knew that Draco would fail to kill him and the Voldemort will then kill him, Draco. To prevent all this, Dumbeldore asked Snape to help him.
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Why did Snape protect Harry Ron and Hermione from Lupin?

Snape is deeply conflicted about his feelings towards the son of his school days chief tormenter on one side and the unrequited love of his life on he other. He wants to keep Harry safe for Lily's memory but sees a lot of James in him at the same time. She was the reason he left Voldemort.
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How did Snape save Draco Sectumsempra?

Counter and treatment. Snape healing the damage the curse has done, using Vulnera Sanentur Minor wounds inflicted by this curse can be cured by the song-like incantation Vulnera Sanentur; the first usage eased the blood flow, the second caused the wounds to knit and the third removed the worst effects of the curse.
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How did Snape heal Malfoy?

Vulnera Sanentur was the song-like incantation of a healing spell and counter-curse to the Sectumsempra Spell, which was invented by Severus Snape.
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How did Snape reverse Sectumsempra?

Snape reversed it using the counter-curse. Snape reversed the effects of the Sectumsempra spell Harry used on Draco using a counter-curse.
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Did Snape ever forgive Harry?

The acclaimed author explained that Harry paid tribute to Snape because of “forgiveness and gratitude.” Though Snape bullied Harry, he also saved him. “Harry hoped in his heart that he too would be forgiven.
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Did Voldemort know Snape was a spy?

Voldemort in turn knew the first half of the prophecy from Snape. He knew from his own knowledge of the wizarding world and his spies (presumably) that the prophecy could refer to either the Potters or the Longbottoms, and he knew from Snape that Dumbledore knew this too (if not more).
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Why did Snape like Draco?

He turns on Voldemort and works for the other side because Voldemort went after Lily. In short, Snape favors Draco because Lucius was his old friend and Snape has a rather difficult time separating children from their parents.
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What happens if Snape breaks the Unbreakable Vow?

An Unbreakable Vow is a magical spell of unknown incantation, in which one witch or wizard makes an oath to another. If either of the two break their terms, they die.
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Did Draco Malfoy want to be a Death Eater?

Rowling commented that "The moment Draco got what he thought he wanted, to become a Death Eater, and given a mission by Lord Voldemort, as he did in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, reality finally hit him" because his dream was "so very different".
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Did Dumbledore know Snape was a Death Eater?

Basically. Voldemort thought Snape was a death eater spy pretending to be a order spy; Dumbledore knew Snape was a order spy pretending to be a death eater spy who was pretending to be a order spy.
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Why did James Potter bully Snape?

James and Snape had a strong rivalry throughout their time at Hogwarts. To Remus and Sirius, the reason this rivalry began was due to Snape's jealousy over James' talent at Quidditch and his popularity, as well as Snape's interest in the Dark Arts, which James despised.
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Does James bully Snape?

James was a bully in school — to the point that even the biggest of James Potter apologists can't deny this. He mercilessly teased Snape, and in one particularly horrific memory, hung him upside down and exposed him in front of the entire school.
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Why was Snape's Avada Kedavra blue?

In order to conjure the avada kedavra curse, you have to want to kill your victim. We all know that Voldemort could easily kill a child without an ounce of remorse... but not Snape. Snape didn't want to kill Dumbledore, and this was why the spell was blue instead of the usual green.
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Why can't Harry use Avada Kedavra?

When the Dark Lord used Avada Kedavra for the final time in the Harry Potter series, the spell deflected as a result of Harry's ownership of the Elder wand, killing Voldemort with his own signature spell. Following Voldemort's demise, the Unforgivable Curses were strictly deemed illegal by the Ministry of Magic.
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Why did Voldemort not use Avada Kedavra on Snape?

He concludes that, because Snape killed Dumbledore, the Elder Wand belongs to him. So, Voldemort must kill Snape for the wand's allegiance to switch. Voldemort knew he couldn't cast Avada Kedavra with the Elder Want to kill its master, so he ordered Nagini to do it.
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Why is Dumbledore's hand Black?

After Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts, he used Godric Gryffindor's Sword to crack the Resurrection Stone so as to destroy it as a Horcrux. While the act did destroy the ring as one of Riddle's Horcruxes, it did not stop the fatal curse. The curse gave Dumbledore's hand a withered black look, as though it had died.
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What is Rictusempra?

The Tickling Charm (Rictusempra), also known as the Rictusempra Charm, is a spell that causes a victim to buckle with laughter. It also has at least two other side effects on the victim. It is usually used as a diversionary tactic in duels.
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Why did Harry stop using Sectumsempra?

Most likely it was because he was the one who created the curse to begin with. If he hadn't wrote that spell into the book Harry wouldn't have used it on Malfoy to begin with. I'm pretty sure Snape took responsibility for what Harry did, and decided the punishment for him.
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