Defence of the dark arts

Defence of the dark arts
Quirinus Quirrell (Ian Hart) in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. (Image: Warner Bros)
Simon Robertson
DADA, or Defence of the Dark Arts, was a course taught initially by Quirinus Quirrell at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series. It taught students how to protect themselves from various dark spells, curses, and magical creatures.There was, of course, the Patronus Charm (to fend off Chloe Swarbrick), the Unforgivable Curses (Jacinda Ardern earning $300,000 a lecture), the Cruciatus Curse (which inflicts excruciating pain on the victim) and the Imperius Curse (giving the caster total control over the victim). I will let readers insert their ow...

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