40 His mother's name was Eileen Prince, and his father was a Muggle (Tobias Snape). Thus, he gave himself the name "The Half-Blood Prince": 'I was going through the rest of the old Prophets and there was a tiny announcement about Eileen Prince marrying a man called Tobias Snape, and then later an announcement saying she'd given birth to a-'
harry potter - Why was Snape called the Half-Blood Prince? - Science ...
The Half Blood Prince, Chapter 2: Spinner's End Dumbledore was going to die by the end of the year anyway; he preferred to die painlessly rather than suffer from the ring's curse. "It is a miracle you managed to return here!" Snape sounded furious.
Why didn’t Dumbledore pretend to die at the end of Half Blood Prince ...
Harry got the book of the Half Blood Prince by the 6th Book. But when Harry uses the Sectumsempra spell on Draco Malfoy, he ran to the Room of Requirement and had finally decided to hide it there. ...
Half-Blood Prince -- page 495 - Bloomsbury - chapter twenty-four, Sectumsempra Frankly, I was surprised that Harry received only detention after hitting Draco with Sectumsempra -- Malfoy could have bled to death or had permanent scarring on his face and chest.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - p.315 - Bloomsbury - Chapter 16, A Very Frosty Christmas And, indeed, we see James Potter cast the spell right after an OWL exam in his and Snape's fifth year.
This Book is the Property of the Half-Blood Prince Half-Blood Prince - page 183 - Bloomsbury - chapter nine, The Half-Blood Prince ‘SECTUMSEMPRA!’ bellowed Harry from the floor, waving his wand wildly. Blood spurted from Malfoy’s face and chest as though he had been slashed with an invisible sword.