Chapter : The Other Minister
- “The trouble is, the other side can do magic too, Prime Minister.”
- Rufus Scrimgeour, to the Muggle Prime Minister.
Portrait of Ulick Gamp in the Prime Minister’s office
The Muggle Prime Minister receives a notice that Cornelius Fudge is to meet him. He then recollects Fudge’s earlier meetings with him: his first meeting with Fudge soon after he became the Prime Minister, Sirius Black‘s escape from Azkaban, the Quidditch World Cup, the Triwizard Tournament and the 1996 Azkaban mass breakout. When Fudge finally arrives, he reveals a number of incidents which had occurred in the Muggle world and for which the Prime Minister is forced to owe responsibility: the collapse of the Brockdale Bridge, a supposed hurricane in the West Country, the deaths of Amelia Bones and Emmeline Vance and the insanity of Junior Minister Herbert Chorley which have all been caused by Lord Voldemort, his followers the Death Eaters and their Giant allies. In short, the Second Wizarding War has begun. Fudge also reveals that he has been sacked and replaced by Rufus Scrimgeour as Minister for Magic. Scrimgeour too meets the Prime Minister and discusses security arrangements with him. He also reveals that Fudge will be a laison between them.
Chapter 1: The Secret Riddle
- “I can make bad things happen to people who annoy me. I can make them hurt if I want to.”
- Tom Riddle, to Dumbledore.
Tom Riddle reading on his bed at Wool’s Orphanage in Dumbledore’s memory
In his second lesson with Dumbledore, Harry first sees Caractacus Burke talking about a locket of Salazar Slytherin‘s that a pregnant and desperate Merope Gaunt had sold him, Riddle having abandoned her when she stopped giving him Love Potion, then goes into a memory of Dumbledore’s to the orphanage that Riddle had grown up in. Harry learns that Merope had later died in childbirth, and that even at an early age, Riddle had developed his powers, which he used to punish people who annoyed him and had a sadistic, cruel and independent nature, just like the adult Voldemort. Dumbledore also reveals to Harry that Voldemort likes to collect trophies.
Chapter : Spinner’s End
- “Do you really think that the Dark Lord has not asked me each and every one of those questions? And do you really think that, had I not been able to give satisfactory answers, I would be sitting here talking to you?”
- Snape, to Bellatrix Lestrange.
Bellatrix and Narcissa Malfoy at Snape’s House
Snape agrees to all three terms and the vow is made.
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Chapter : An Excess Of Phlegm
- “Seven OWLs, that’s more than Fred and George got together!”
- Molly Weasley, to Ron.
Phlegm
Harry is warmly received at The Burrow by the Weasley family, who offer him Fred and George’s bedroom to sleep in. Harry meets his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger and Ron’s younger sister Ginny Weasley the following morning. He also meets Triwizard ChampionFleur Delacour, who is now working at Gringotts and is engaged to Ron’s oldest brother Bill Weasley, which is not liked by Hermione, Ginny, and the rest of the Weasleys . Later in the day, the trio receive their O.W.L. results; Harry and Ron receive 7 O.W.L.s while Hermione receives 10. However, Harry is slightly disappointed as he has only achieved ‘Exceeds Expectations‘ in Potions, meaning he can no longer realise his ambition as an Auror as Snape only takes students who have achieved ‘Outstanding‘ into his N.E.W.T. Potions class.
Chapter 2: The Lightning
- “No, Draco. It is my mercy, and not yours, that matters now.””
- Dumbledore, at the Astronomy Tower.
The Dark Mark over Hogwarts
Borrowing broomsticks, the pair fly to the tower. Upon hearing someone approaching them, Dumbledore uses a charm to paralyse Harry and hides him under his invisibility cloak, before being disarmed by Malfoy. Malfoy reveals that he had let Death Eaters into the school through a pair of vanishing cabinets, which were the objects Harry had overheard him questioning Borgin about. Malfoy also explains that he was behind the cursed necklace and poisoned mead incidents, which were really assassination attempts on Dumbledore. Dumbledore reveals that he had known Malfoy was attempting to kill him, but allowed him to remain at Hogwarts because he knew that Voldemort would have murdered Malfoy once his cover had been blown. Dumbledore tries to persuade him to change sides, but the other Death Eaters join the scene and urge Malfoy to finish his mission. Then Snape appears, and with Malfoy still reluctant to finish off the unarmed Dumbledore, Snape kills Dumbledore.
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The Lightning Struck Tower
- When returning from the cave, Harry and Dumbledore appear on High Street in Hogsmeade, where they encounter Madam Rosmerta , who warns them that the Dark Mark has appeared over the Astronomy Tower. Harry and Dumbledore borrow her broomsticks and head up there. In the film, Harry and Dumbledore Apparate there directly. There is a dark, uneasily tranquil feeling conveyed as views of various parts of the school are shown, as though something bad would happen at any moment. However, the Dark Mark is not cast over the school until after Dumbledore’s death.
- Harry is not frozen by Dumbledore as in the book, rather, Dumbledore instructs Harry to go and hide below, and not to speak or be seen by anyone. Harry hesitantly oblidges and goes down to the floor below the top of the astronomy tower looking up through floorboards at the events. In the book, he remains unnoticed the whole time, while in the film, Snape catches Harry in the tower, and persuades him to stay silent, before going upstairs to kill Dumbledore.
- In the book, Amycus Carrow finds Draco with Dumbledore, and he pressures Draco to kill Dumbledore. In the film, while Amycus is still present, it is Bellatrix Lestrange, who is not among the Death Eaters present in the book, encountering Draco and pressuring him to kill Dumbledore.
Harry and Dumbledore apparating to the Astronomy Tower
Differences From The Book
While at the middle of the series in length, the film Half-Blood Prince did add or change events in the literary canon. The book begins with a scene involving the Muggle Prime Minister. Yates and his crew debated over this scene, as well as the character Rufus Scrimgeour, but gave up the beginning of the movie to events described but not seen in the book. Yates thought it would give the audience a feel for what the Death Eaters were doing if they showed the collapse of the Millennium Bridge rather than simply describe it . As with Goblet of Fire, the Dursleys were cut, which Steve Kloves did to “break the pattern”. Further background of Tom Riddle was removed, such as the Gaunts because they felt it more important to concentrate on Riddle as a young boy, and an additional action scene at the Burrow was added to keep with the tone of the franchise. Yates felt that they needed “an injection of jeopardy and danger” and that without it there was too much comedy and lightness. A small battle scene at Hogwarts which happened during the end of the book was also cut; Heyman commented that it was removed to ” repetition” with the forthcoming adaptation of the Battle of Hogwarts in Deathly Hallows. Dumbledore’s funeral was removed as it was believed it did not fit with the rest of the film.
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Chapter 1: Hermione’s Helping Hand
- “Oh, come on, Harry, It’s not Quidditch that’s popular, it’s you! You’ve never been more interesting, and frankly, you’ve never been more fanciable.”
- Hermione about Harry.
Confunded McLaggen during the Quidditch tryout
Harry, the new Gryffindor QuidditchCaptain, holds trials to select the team for the annual Quidditch Cup. Due to Harry’s popularity, it proves to be extremely taxing and difficult, with even first-years, Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs turning up for the trials. In the end, Harry selects a team which includes among others, seventh-year Katie Bell, the only member remaining from the Quidditch team Harry joined in his first year, Ginny, who returned as a chaser, and Ron, who returned to his position as Keeper, staving off competition from another seventh-year and Slug Club member Cormac McLaggen. Later Harry, Ron and Hermione go visit Hagrid, who is upset at them as they had dropped his subject, Care of Magical Creatures. After lying to Hagrid that they had dropped Care of Magical Creatures as they could not fit it into their timetables, Hagrid reconciles with them. When the trio return to the Great Hall for dinner, Harry finds out that Hermione had used the Confundus Charm on McLaggen so that Ron would become Keeper, but he does not tell Ron this. Slughorn then invites Harry and Hermione for dinner with the other Slug Club members in his office, which Harry declines as he has to do his detention with Snape.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald
The final movie so far in the Harry Potter world hit theaters in 2018. This was the second movie in the;Fantastic Beasts series. While Newt Scamander was still the main protagonist, there was a lot here to set up a battle mentioned in the original Harry Potter movies between Albus Dumbledore and his greatest rival, Gellert Grindelwald.
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Snape Appears To Pick A Side
More than Draco Malfoy, Severus Snape takes center stage in “Half-Blood Prince.” He’s long been an antagonist to Harry the mean, snide Potions professor who has it out for Harry, specifically. And yet, for years, Dumbledore has supported Snape.
As Harry grows closer to Dumbledore this year, he tentatively sees Snape in a different light and a flicker of trust grows. So in the climax, when Harry is watching Dumbledore’s confrontation with the Death Eaters, he trusts Snape to take care of the problem and doesn’t engage like he wants to. This immediately backfires, however, when Snape flings the killing curse at Dumbledore.
To Harry, this proves what he’s believed all along: Severus Snape is loyal to Voldemort. But it’s revealed in “Deathly Hallows” that Dumbledore actually asked Snape to kill him, to spare Draco from the harm of succeeding and to spare himself from torture at another Death Eater’s hands. Earlier in the film, Harry walks in on the two of them talking and hears Snape tell Dumbledore that he asks too much Snape didn’t want to kill him. Additionally, Snape makes the Unbreakable Vow with Narcissa Malfoy to keep Draco safe and complete his task killing Dumbledore if he couldn’t. So, Snape has pressure twofold to kill Dumbledore, but his action is not a betrayal.
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Chapter : The White Tomb
- Rufus Scrimgeour: “I see you are”
- Harry Potter: “Dumbledore’s man through and through. That’s right.”
- Harry to Scrimgeour.
Dumbledore’s White Tomb
The funeral is attended by many witches and wizards, including a number of minor characters in the series. During the funeral, Harry ends his relationship with Ginny to protect her from Voldemort. She reveals that she had never given up on him; Hermione had advised her to go out with other people so she could relax around Harry, as previously she had trouble talking to him. As a result, he fell in love with her upon seeing who she really was, and regrets not asking her out sooner. Harry then meets Scrimgeour, who again makes the offer he’d made to Harry at Christmas, which Harry again turns down. He then tells Ron and Hermione of his intention to leave Hogwarts to destroy the Horcruxes and then Voldemort himself. His two best friends agree to travel with him on his quest, and Harry happily acknowledges that there is “still one last golden day of peace left to enjoy with Ron and Hermione”.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
Five years after the end of the Harry Potter franchise, the world came roaring back to the big screen. This time, it wasn’t based on books of any kind but was instead a story J.K. Rowling created for the big screen. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them told the story of Newt Scamander, whose books about fantastic beasts Harry studied in school.
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Why Is Snape Called The Half
Let’s start with the “Half-Blood” part, shall we? If you’ll remember, Snape’s father was a Muggle and his mother, Eileen, was a witch. If a child has one parent who’s a witch/wizard and one parent who’s a Muggle, then they’re classified as a “half-blood” under the blood purity classification. The “Prince” has been added because “Prince” was his mother’s maiden name and he valued his mother’s lineage over his father’s.
In;Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Hermione explains Snape’s reasoning to Harry. “Snape must have been proud of being half a Prince, you see? Tobias Snape was a Muggle from what it said in the Prophet.”
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How Did Snape Not Work Out That Voldemort Had Horcruxes
Look, Snape was a pretty smart guy and highly skilled in the Dark Arts, so why didn’t he know about Horcruxes? Throughout the books, he seems to possess all the same information about the Harry/Voldemort connection as Dumbledore, yet he continually fails to put two and two together.
The truth of the matter is, Horcruxes were a fairly obscure topic, even among Dark Wizards. Not only that, but chances are that Snape had stopped studying the Dark Arts after he switched allegiances, plus Dumbledore had removed all books on the topic from the library.
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Book : Harry Potter And The Half
When it hit shelves: July 16, 2005
What happens in the book:No longer able to deny Voldemort’s return as the Dark Lord and his minions wreak havoc in both magic and Muggle communities the Minster of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, resigns. Arthur Weasley is promoted to Head of Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects, and the Weasleys’ financial situation improves.
On the dark side of the world, Draco Malfoy’s mother makes Snape swear he will protect Draco. To everyone’s surprise, Snape takes a post he has long coveted: professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts. Meanwhile, emotions between Harry, Ron and Hermione are at an all-time high when Ron starts dating Lavender. Harry is caught between Ron and Hermione’s cross fire, which doesn’t end until Ron is poisoned.
Dumbledore shares with Harry his theory that Voldemort’s soul was split into seven parts, called Horcruxes, to attain immortality. If all his Horcruxes are destroyed, Voldemort is a goner for good. Dumbledore and Harry review all the memories about Voldemort that Dumbledore has collected in order to figure out where the Horcruxes might be located.
The students, professors and ghosts at Hogwarts are immensely saddened by Dumbledore’s death. There is talk of closing down the school for good. Harry ends his budding romance with Ginny to protect her from Voldemort. Harry also decides to leave Hogwarts, and vows to find the remaining four Horcruxes with Ron and Hermione’s help.
Harry Was Right About Draco But Not Quite
Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy have been rivals since Harry’s first day at Hogwarts. Draco’s always been an entitled, arrogant bully who’s gone out of his way to hurt Harry, Ron , and Hermione , but “Half-Blood Prince” takes him to new extremes and yet sets him on a new path.
For the whole school year, Harry is convinced Draco has been inducted into the Death Eater ranks, joining his father. The last scenes prove this is true: Voldemort charged Draco with killing Dumbledore and he’s got the fancy Dark Mark to show for it. He tries halfheartedly a few times, with the cursed necklace and the poisoned bottle of mead, but this time, he enacts his true plan, letting the Death Eaters into Hogwarts via the Vanishing Cabinet. They corner Dumbledore at the top of the tower, but, even though Draco’s been a horrible person for the last six years, he doesn’t have it in him to murder someone. He hesitates, even though he’s certain Voldemort will kill him and possibly his family if he doesn’t complete the task.
Dumbledore, to his credit, knew all along that Draco was plotting this, but he doesn’t want Draco to follow through because he doesn’t want his student to cross that line. He tells Draco, “Years ago, I knew a boy who made all the wrong choices,” comparing the young Slytherin to a teenage Tom Riddle.
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