Summary
- Dobby's sacrifice highlights the power of love and loyalty, leaving a lasting impact on Harry and his friends.
- McGonagall's defiance and use of Voldemort's name signifies her unwavering courage in defending Hogwarts and its students.
- Snape's true intentions are revealed, showcasing his complicated love for Lily and his ultimate redemption in protecting Harry.
The final novel in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series is split into two movies - The Deathly Hallows Part 1 and Part 2. Both parts boast profound, fascinating, and impactful quotes. While the Golden Trio survives the Second Wizarding War, they also bid goodbye to some lovable and divisive characters (Snape) that die either at the hands of the Dark Lord or his forces.
The Deathly Hallows is home to the final confrontation between Harry and the powerful dark wizard - Lord Voldemort. The dialogue from the last two Harry Potter movies intensely focuses on the themes of sacrifice, friendship, love, death, and good vs. Evil, and has earned a coveted place in popular culture.
10 Dobby's Love For Harry
Towards the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, the free elf, Dobby comes to Malfoy Manor to rescue Harry Potter and his friends. Known as the Skirmish at Malfoy Manor, the event sees Dobby, motivated by his unwavering love and loyalty towards Harry, apparate in and out of the Manor:
Dobby has come to rescue Harry Potter, of course. Dobby will always be there for Harry Potter.
Dobby takes Harry, Ron Weasley, Luna Lovegood, and Garrick Ollivander with him to Shell Cottage on the outskirts of Tinworth. He holds Luna and Mr. Ollivander's hands in the cellar and instructs Harry and Ron to meet him at the top of the stairs in ten seconds. However, tragedy strikes at the end of the escape and the brave Dobby only has a few moments to live.
9 Dobby's Death
Before Disapparating with the trio and Griphook, Dobby vehemently reminds the unhinged Bellatrix Lestrange that he is a free elf. His words prove that he's burned through his previous persona of servitude. As they are Disapparating out of the Manor, Bellatrix throws her knife at them, and it strikes the elf in the chest. Dobby breathes his last in Harry's arms and leaves him with the deep words:
Such a beautiful place... To be with friends. Dobby is happy to be with his friend... Harry Potter.
Dobby's death at the hands of Bellatrix is one of the most heartbreaking moments in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Luna closes his eyes and Harry gives him a proper burial on the beach above Shell Cottage.
8 Harry Confronts Snape
In The Deathly Hallows, Headmaster Snape summons students to the Great Hall to warn them against aiding Harry Potter who he declares was spotted in Hogsmeade earlier. Moments later, Harry himself appears in the Great Hall and boldly confronts Snape:
How dare you stand where he [Dumbledore] stood! A man who trusted you Tell them how it happened that night. Tell them how you looked him in the eye and killed him.
At the end of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry helplessly watched as Snape killed Headmaster Dumbledore, unaware that it was done at Dumbledore's insistence. Snape took the fall in order to earn the trust of the Dark Lord and his Death Eaters. He holds back in The Deathly Hallows but has his wand at the ready as Minerva McGonagall steps up to defend her students. He blocks McGonagall's spells and flees the scene instead of fighting back.
7 McGonagall Calls The Dark Lord By His Name
The good side avoided saying the name 'Voldemort' out loud, and instead referred to the Dark Lord as "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" or "You-Know-Who." However, in The Deathly Hallows, McGonagall calls the Dark Lord by his proper name and in doing so, proves to Professor Filius Flitwick that she feels extremely secure in using it:
And his name is Voldemort. Filius, you might as well use it. He's going to try to kill you, either way!
While it was Taboo to say Voldemort's name, the brilliant, sassy, and brave McGonagall finds a perfect opportunity moments before the onset of the Battle of Hogwarts. She is ready to defend herself, her colleagues, and the students against Voldemort's forces.
6 McGonagall Always Wanted To Use 'Piertotum Locomotor'
McGonagall uses 'Piertotum Locomotar' to bring to life the inanimate suits of armor to aid the defenders of Hogwarts against Voldemort, and his forces right before the Battle of Hogwarts.
Hogwarts is threatened. Man the boundaries! Protect us. Do your duty... To our school.
The suits all along the corridor come to life and Molly Weasley is quite taken by McGonagall's unwavering confidence, devotion, and love for Hogwarts. In the midst of the chaos, McGonagall wisecracks and delivers a dose of humor by telling Molly that she's always wanted to use that spell.
5 Molly Kills Bellatrix
The duel between Molly and Bellatrix Lestrange is one of the most exciting scenes from The Deathly Hallows. It breaks out when Bellatrix targets Ginny Weasley, forcing Molly to step up and defend her daughter.
"Not my daughter, you b*tch!"
Molly Weasley's words convey her protective side. Her character is a mixture of sweet, kind-hearted, and loving, but she isn't going to let the evil witch, Bellatrix harm her girl. Ultimately, Lestrange dies at the hands of Molly in this one-on-one duel. She is hit directly in the heart with an extremely powerful curse and disintegrates into pieces.
4 The Boy Must Die
In Snape's dying moments, he gives Harry his memories who then pours them into the basin of the Pensieve, and dives in. Harry sees the origins of Lily and Snape's friendship, watches Snape regret relaying the prophecy to Voldemort, and beg Dumbledore to hide the Potters, among other things. What stands out from this montage is the scene where Dumbledore tells Snape that Harry must be told that when the time comes, he must die. The headmaster explains that Harry is a Horcrux i.e., a part of Voldemort's soul lived inside him since the Attack at Godric's Hollow. Angry, Snape questions Dumbledore:
You've kept him alive so that he can die at the proper moment? You've been raising him like a pig for slaughter.
Snape is a tragic hero and arguably the most misunderstood Harry Potter character. The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 reveals he was working as Dumbledore's agent all along to make up for relaying Sybill Trelawney's prophecy to Voldemort during the First Wizarding War. Snape's actions had far-reaching consequences and led to the Attack at Godric's Hollow. In essence, Snape's arc after the deaths of Lily and James was all about seeking redemption.
3 Dumbledore's Question
In the same Pensieve scene, Dumbledore questions whether Snape cares about Harry, after all. In response, Snape casts his Patronus - a silver Doe from the tip of his wand. As Dumbledore watches the Doe fly out the window, he asks Snape:
Lily! After all this time?
Snape having the same Patronus as Lily's (a Doe) symbolizes his eternal love for her. Quite obviously, Dumbledore is taken aback that one of his most capable agents, and a colleague with an icy exterior is still in love with the woman who no longer lives.
2 Snape Will Always Love Lily
Snape and Lily's friendship took a nosedive after their fifth-year Defense Against the Dark Arts Ordinary Wizarding Level test. While fending off the bully, James Potter, Snape wrongfully called Lily and her kind "filthy little Mudbloods" as she came to his aid. Though Snape apologized later, Lily refused to forgive him knowing he was set in his ways, and due to join the Death Eaters. Years later in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Harry saw Snape admit to Dumbledore that Lily was his:
Always.
Snape had never fallen out of love with Lily. He'd hoped that she would make it to Slytherin, but she was sorted into Gryffindor instead. They continued to be friends at Hogwarts, nonetheless and Lily continually excused Snape's behavior. That said, she conveyed her displeasure at Snape's fascination with the Dark Arts and his questionable friendships. Though Snape did eventually defect from Death Eater, Lily was gone by then. He promised Dumbledore to protect her boy from Voldemort, as the Headmaster was sure the evil wizard was going to return in the future.
1 Snape's Last Words
Voldemort departs after he orders his snake, Nagini to kill Snape, and Harry approaches him. Snape stares at Harry and requests that he take up his tear - his memories - and take them to the Pensieve. Harry does what he's told, and in his last moments, Snape wants a look at Lily's eyes:
"Look at me... You have your mother's eyes."
Harry is reminded throughout Harry Potter that he has his mother's eyes. It makes obvious sense that Snape's dying words would revolve around Lily. Simply put, Snape's dying wish to look at Lily's eyes, and his words conveyed that he saw her reflection in her boy.