Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) (edit title/settings)

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• Harry James Potter: He is the seventeen year old protagonist of the story and is famed for being the "Boy Who Lived." His rival is Voldemort "He Who Should Not Be Named" or "Tom Riddle" or "You-Know-Who". Witty and cunning in equal parts Harry maintains his reputation as The Boy Who Lived...
• Ronald Bilius Weasley: aka Ron. From an old pure blood wizarding family, but considered a blood traitor (means pure bloods that accept muggle born witches or wizards) by some (such as the Malfoys); red-haired Ron is one of Harry's best friends in both the wizarding and muggle worlds.
• Hermione Jean Granger: Harry's other best friend. Hermione is the logical and booksmart one of the trio.
• Lord Voldemort: He is the greatest dark wizard of all time and is the main antagonist of the series. The very use of his name strikes fear into the hearts of most witches and wizards. He murdered Harry's parents and tried but failed to kill Harry when he was just an infant. Real name: Tom Marvolo Riddle. killed harrys parents
• Severus Snape: He is the former teacher of Potions and Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts. Dumbledore trusts him, even though he used to be a Death Eater. Harry is suspicious of him, and is never very sure whether or not he is trustworthy. He is the murderer of Dumbledore at the end of the 6th book. New headmaster of Hogwarts.
• Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore: Former Headmaster of Hogwarts. Now deceased. Was thought of as the greatest wizard in the world, to some. He is said to be the only person who Voldemort was ever afraid of. He was killed by Professor Severus Snape at the end of the 6th book.
• Dolores Jane Umbridge: A very unpleasant Ministry official (Senior Undersecretary to the Minister of Magic) that was a cruel Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher in Harry's 5th year. She is said to look toad-like and is a great fan of pink and kittens.
• Fenrir Greyback: A ruthless, vicious werewolf who works for Lord Voldemort with the interest of turning as many people into werewolves as possible, especially children. Also a death eater.
• Kingsley Shacklebolt: Member of the Order of the Phoenix. Assigned to protect the Muggle Prime Minister. Works at the Ministry of Magic. One of the best Aurors.
• Rubeus Hagrid: Keeper of Keys and Grounds of Hogwarts and Care of Magical Creatures; great friend of Harry, Ron and Hermione. He is a half-giant who has a half-brother, Grawp (a giant). He is a member of the Order of Phoenix.
• Pius Thicknesse: He is a ministry official: Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
• Lee Jordan: Best friend of Fred & George Weasley; Gryffindor student; Quidditich commentator.
• Remus John "Moony" Lupin: Werewolf. He is Harry's former Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and he and Harry are good friends. He is an active member of the Order of the Phoenix. Very respected by his peers. Was friends with Harry's father as well as Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew as Hogwarts students and helped to make the marauders map. Used nickname 'Moony'.
• Alastor Moody: aka Mad-Eye Moody. He is an auror who is one of the head members of the Order of the Phoenix. He is determined to vanquish dark wizards who would threaten the freedom of the magical world.
• Arthur Weasley: Ron's father. He works for the Ministry of Magic as Head of the Office for the Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects; he has a fondness for muggles and encourages acceptance towards them. He's a member of the Order of the Phoenix.
• Molly Weasley: Ron's mother, who is very protective of all her children. She is described as a rather chubby, red haired woman. She is married with Arthur Weasley. She's a member of the Order of the Phoenix. She also considers Harry as a member of her family.
• Fred Weasley: George's twin who also owns Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, a very successful joke shop. He, like his twin, has an enormous sense of humor, and is a legendary mischief-maker.
• George Weasley: Fred's twin who also owns Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes, a very successful joke shop. He, like his twin, has an enormous sense of humor, and is a legendary mischief-maker.
• William Arthur Weasley: aka Bill. Ron's eldest brother who works as a curse-breaker for Gringotts. Has a relationship with Fleur Delacour. Likes his hair long and wears a fang earring to his mother's disapproval. He was bitten by Fenrir Greyback, but was not transformed into a werewolf due to Greybacks state at the time. He was left with only a few wolfish qualities and some nasty scars on his face (not unlike those of Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, highly skilled Auror). First child of Arthur & Molly Weasley.
• Percy Ignatius Weasley: Ron's ambitious brother who works at the Ministry of Magic. The third child of Arthur and Molly Weasley. Estranged from his family.
• Ginevra Weasley: aka Ginny. Ron's bold younger sister, and a good friend to the trio. At the end of the 6th book she was Harry's girlfriend but they decided to end their relationship for obvious reasons. She is a good flier, due to the fact that she has been breaking into the Weasely's broom shed since the age of six and practising. Plays as Chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, and has substituted as Seeker when Harry couldn't play.
• Ted Tonks: He is Nymphadora Tonks's father, and he is a muggle-born. Married to Andromeda Black. Also the grandfather of Teddy Remus Lupin, he is now desceased.
• Nymphadora "Tonks" Tonks: An active member of the Order of the Pheonix, in a relationship with Remus Lupin. Is a metamorphmagus, meaning she can change her appearance at will (her mother was one as well).
• Rufus Scrimgeour: He is the Minister of Magic after Fudge's resignation.
• Dean Thomas: He is a student at Hogwarts and former boyfriend of Ginny Weasley. He was staying in the same dormitory as Ron and Harry at Hogwarts. Best friend of Seamus Finnigan. Played for the Quidditch team as chaser.
• Griphook: He is a goblin who works at Gringotts Bank.
• Fleur Isabelle Delacour: She is in a relationship with Bill Weasley, and is one of the former Triwizard champions from Harry's fourth year. She's part Veela. Ginny nicknamed her Phlegm in the 6th book.
• Auntie Muriel: Ron's annoying and loud aunt who is very old (107 years old).
• Elphias "Dogbreath" Doge: Dumbledore's old and loyal friend from childhood; they attended Hogwarts together. He wrote an obituary in the Daily Prophet about Albus Dumbledore.
• Rita Skeeter: She is a nosy journalist for the Daily Prophet, and is an unregistered animagus.
• Bathilda Bagshot: Author of the Hogwarts History of Magic textbook "A History of Magic"; She's a noted magical historian and lives in Godric's hollow. She covers all history until the 19th century.
• Garrick Ollivander: He is widely considered the best wandmaker in Britain.
• Gregorovitch: He is a wandmaker from the northern part of Europe who has been around longer than Ollivander, and many witches wizards such as Victor Krum prefer him over other wandmakers.
• Gellert Grindelwald: He was an infamous dark wizard who Dumbledore defeated in a duel.
• Kendra Dumbledore: Dumbledore's deceased mother. She has black hair and high cheekbones like the Native Americans.
• Ariana Dumbledore: Dumbledore's younger sister who died. Her mother imprisoned her for most of her life.
• Aberforth Dumbledore: Albus's younger brother. Owns and runs the Hog's Head pub in Hogsmeade.
• Phineas Nigellus Black: He is a pure-blooded, prejudiced ancestor (great-great father) of Sirius Black. The last Slytherin headmaster of Hogwarts.
• Regulus Arcturus Black: Deceased younger brother of Sirius Black who was in Slytherin. He was a Death Eater, but he chickened out and Voldemort killed him.
• Kreacher: An aged house-elf who served the House of Black with fanatical loyalty for most of his life, until he was left to Harry Potter upon the death of Sirius Black.
• Dobby the Free Elf: He is a rather unique house elf who was originally owned by the Malfoy family before being freed by Harry.
• Luna Lovegood: Harry, Ron, and Hermione's unusual friend. Often called "Loony" Lovegood, mainly because she has a way of saying the truth but making people uncomfortable when she does. However, she does believe creatures like Nargles and Crumple-Horned Snorkacks, which, even in the wizarding world, do not exist. A 6th-year Ravenclaw.
• Xenophilius Lovegood: Luna's eccentric father, and editor of The Quibbler.
• Professor Pomona Sprout: Herbology Professor and Head of Hufflepuff House.
• Professor Horace Slughorn: Potions master and Head of Slytherin House.
• Professor Filius Flitwick: Charms Professor and Head of Ravenclaw House. He is a short man with a squeaky voice that sits on a pile of books to look over his desk.
• Sirius Black: aka Padfoot. Harry's Godfather and his parents' best friend from school. He died in the 5th book; killed by his cousin Bellatrix Lestrange, a Death Eater who served in Azkaban and claims to be the Dark Lord's most faithful servant.
• Seamus Finnigan: Irish Gryffindor student in his 7th-year; shares the same dormitory as Harry Potter; Dean Thomas's best friend.
• Charlie Weasley: Ron's second eldest brother who works with dragons in Romania. He is described as rather shorter and stockier, whereas Ron is more lanky.
• Bellatrix Lestrange (born Black): One of Voldemort's most loyal Death Eaters; she is a very dangerous and very powerful witch. Sister of Narcissa Malfoy and Andromeda Tonks, and killer of Sirius Black. She also tortured Frank and Alice Longbottom into insanity.
• Lucius Malfoy: He is a Death Eater, and is also Draco Malfoy's father. A rather 'superior' pureblood, Lucius believes that anyone who is not pure is filth, and should not have to be dealt with kindly. Or even humanely.
• Narcissa Malfoy: Draco Malfoy's mother and Lucius Malfoy's wife. Sister of Bellatrix Lestrange and Andromeda Tonks. She's a Death Eater.
• Draco Lucius Malfoy: A young pure blood Slytherin student who is the son of Lucius Malfoy, and is heavily disliked by Harry, Ron and Hermione. He is a Death Eater, along with the rest of his family. He was charged with the task of killing Dumbledore, but we learn he doesn't have the ability to commit murder.
• Professor Minerva McGonagall: Transfiguration Professor, Head of Gryffindor House and a member of the Order of the Phoenix.
• Mundungus Fletcher: He is a rather sneaky minor criminal who plays a part in this story.
• Dudley Dursley: Dudley is the only known cousin of Harry, and the only son of Vernon and Petunia Dursley. He was put on a strict diet for a year, and then afterwards became a Junior Heavyweight Boxing champion.
• Teddy Lupin: Appears at the end of the book.
• Andromeda Tonks: Married to Ted Tonks. Mother of Nymphadora Tonks and grandmother of Teddy Lupin. Sister of Narcissa Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange.
• Peter Pettigrew (aka Wormtail): One of the four Marauders' Mapmakers, and a former friend to James Potter, Remus Lupin, and Sirius Black. Has gone to Voldemort's side, as his own life is his highest priority.
• Lily Luna Potter: A young girl with red hair that only comes at the very end of the book.
• James Sirius Potter: Another boy who comes at the end of the book.
• Albus Severus Potter: Another boy who is mentioned at the end of the book.
• Amycus Carrow: A Death Eater and new Defence Against the Dark Arts Teacher at Hogwarts. But he actually teaches people to perform the Dark Arts. He is one of Snape's deputies - in charge of discipline, along with his sister, Alecto Carrow.
• Alecto Carrow: A Death Eater. Sister of Amycus and new teacher at Hogwarts.
• Antonin Dolohov: A blond Death Eater.
• Yaxley: A Death Eater. Very suspicious of the loyalty of Snape. Head of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic.
• Vernon Dursley: A fat Muggle and Harry's uncle. Gets purple-faced when stressed. He hates magic, is married to Petunia Dursley (formerly Petunia Evans), and has a son named Dudley. He works for a company that makes drills. He forbids the mention of Harry's "abnormality" under his roof, and gets very mad when "the M word" is mentioned ("Magic").
• Petunia Dursley: A muggle and Harry's aunt. Older sister of Harry's mother, Lily Potter (formerly known as Lily Evans before her marriage). Dudley's mother and Vernon's wife. She hates Harry, and can't wait to get rid of him. Petunia is an extremely nosy person, who continuously spies on the neighbours. She also cares highly about the family's reputation amongst others, and cannot imagine the shame of having odd-looking people marching up to her front porch.
• Monsieur Delacour: Fleur's father.
• Madame Apolline Delacour: Fleur's mother.
• Gabrielle Delacour: Fleur's 11 years old sister; Harry rescued her during the second task in the Triwizard Tournament.
• Victor Krum: Famous international Quidditch player; friend of Hermione and Fleur; One of the Triwizard Tournament champions.
• Neville Longbottom: Neville is a 17-year-old kid. He started out as forgetful and not very skilled, but now he is one of Hogwart's best fighters.
• Professor Sybill Trelawney: Divination teacher, granddaughter of celebrated Seer Cassandra Trelawney.
• Argus Filch: Hogwarts caretaker; a squib
• Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington “Nearly Headless Nick”: Gryffindor's ghost
• Peeves: Hogwarts poltergeist
• Scabior: Death Eater
• Charity Burbage: Muggle Studies teacher at Hogwarts
• Dedalus Diggle: Order of the Phoenix; guard protecting the Dursley's
• Hestia Jones: Order of the Phoenix; guard protecting the Dursley's
• Gornuk: goblin on the run
• Dirk: goblin on the run
• Nagini: Voldemort's snake
• Travers: a Death Eater
• Bogrod: works at Gringotts
• Helena Ravenclaw “The Grey Lady”: Ghost of Raveclaw Tower
• Mrs. Longbottom: Neville Longbottom's strict grandmother.
• Vincent Crabbe: Draco's flunky. He is a thick-headed and dimwitted boy who eats a lot.
• Gregory Goyle: Draco's flunky. He is like Crabbe, eats a lot, and is rather stupid.
• Lily Evans: Harry's mother
• James Potter: Harry's father
• Rose Weasley: Ron and Hermione's daughter
• Hugo Weasley: Ron and Hermione's son

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• “"I want to do it properly," were the first words of which Harry was fully conscious of speaking. "Not by magic. Have you got a spade."”

  Harry Potter

• “You could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's ever proved that it doesn't exist!”

  Hermione Granger

• “Wow- we're identical!”

  Fred and George Weasley

• “Not my daughter, you bi***!”

  Mrs. Weasley

• “Oi! There's a war going on here!”

  Harry Potter

• “As our listeners will know, unless they've taken refuge at the bottom of a garden pond or somewhere similar, You-Know-Who's strategy of remaining in the shadows is creating a nice little climate of panic. Mind you, if all the alleged sightings of him are genuine, we must have a good nineteen You-Know-Whos running around the place.""Which suits him of course. The air of mystery is creating more terror than actually showing himself."Agreed. So people, let's try and calm down a bit. Things are bad enough without inventing stuff as well. For instance, this new idea that You-Know-Who can kill with a single glance from his eyes. That's a BASILISK, listeners. One simple test: Check whether the thing that's glaring at you has got legs.If it has, it's safe to look into its eyes, although if it really is You-Know-Who, that's still likely to be the last thing you ever do."”

  Fred (Rapier) and Lee (River)

• “I don't think you're a waste of space. You saved my life.”

  Dudley Dursley

• “Wands are only as powerful as the wizards who use them.”

  Hermione Granger

• “Perhaps just one more, Master Harry, for luck?”

  Kreacher

• “I'm holy, holey Fred, geddit?”

  George Weasley

• “Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure.”

  Engraved on Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem

• “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”

  Engraved on Ariana and Kendra Dumbledore's grave (Matthew 6:21)

• “The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”

  Engraved on Harry's parent's gravestone (1 Corinthians 15:26)

• “I'd do your fly by hand,though”

  Ron

• “Oh, the torment bred in the race,the grinding scream of deathand the strong that hits the vein,the haemmorrhage none can staunch, the grief,the curse no man can bear.But there is a cure in the house and not outside it, no,not from the others but from them,their bloody strife. We sing to you, dark gods beneath the earth.Now hear, you blissful powers underground --answer the call, send help.Bless the children, givethem triumph now.”

  Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers (Epigraph)

• “Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still. For they must needs be present, that love and live in that which is omnipresent. in this divine glass they see face to face; and their converse is free, as well as pure. This is the comfort of friends, that though they may be said to die, yet their friendship and society are, in the best sense, ever present, because immortal.”

  William Penn, More Fruits of Solitude (Epigraph)

• “'The Boy Who Lived' remains a symbol of everything for which we are fighting: the triumph of good, the power of innocence, the need to keep resisting.”

  Remus Lupin as Romulus

• “I won't blow people out of my way just because they're there, that's Voldemort's job”

  Harry Potter

• “Mudblood, and proud of it!”

  Hermione Granger

• “That Potter lives is due more to my errors, than to his triumphs... I have been careless, and so have been thwarted by luck and chance, those wreckers of all but the best laid plans. But I know better now. I understand those things that I did not understand before. I must be the one to kill Harry Potter, and I shall be.”

  Voldemort

• “I open at the close.”

  Found on the snitch

• “Sometimes you've got to think about more than your own safety. Sometimes you've got to think about the greater good.”

  Hermione Granger

• “"Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?""...A circle has no beginning."”

  Ravenclaw DOrmitory Door and Luna Lovegood

• “I'm going to keep going until I succeed — or die. Don't think I don't know how this might end. I've known it for years.”

  Harry Potter

• “You filthy little Mudblood!”

  Draco Malfoy

• “I have seen your heart, and it is mine...”

  Lord Voldemort

• “Oooh, look, a Blibbering Humdinger!”

  Luna Lovegood

• “The wand chooses the wizard.”

  Mr. Ollivander

• “And that’s the second time we’ve saved your life tonight, you two-faced bastard!’”

  Ron Weasley to Draco Malfoy

• “The dedication of this book is split seven ways.To Neil, to Jessica, to David, to Kenzie, to Di, to Anne, and to you, if you have stuck with Harry until the very end.”

  J.K. Rowling

• “"you will stay for dinner. Everybody always requests our recipe for freshwater plimpy soup" "probably to show the posioning department at St.Mungo's"”

  Mr.Lovegood and Ron

• “and he <Snape> was, probably, the bravest man I ever knew.”

  Harry Potter

• “I've had enough trouble to last me a life time.”

  Harry Potter

• “Some wizards just like to boast that theirs are bigger and better than other people's.”

  Hermione Granger

• “Out of all the ear-related humor, you go for "holey"? You're pathetic.”

  Fred Weasley jokingly to his twin, George

• “That really captures the scope and tragedy of the thing, doesn't it?”

  Ron Weasley

• “Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and above all, those who live without love.”

  Albus Dumbledore

• “Always”

  Snape

• “The scar had not pained Harry for 19 years. All was well”

  Closing sentence

• “He died as he lived: working always for the greatest good and, to his last hour as willing to stretch out a hand to a small boy with dragon pox as he was on the day that I met him.”

  Elphinas Doge about Albus Dumbledore

• “You want us out of the way and then you're going to do a bit of hocus-pocus and before we know it the deeds will be in your name and-”

  Vernon Dursley to Harry Potter

• “Yeah, thirteen of us against one bloke who's not allowed to use magic; we've got no chance.”

  Fred Weasley to Harry Potter

• “I think that dating opportunities are going to be pretty thin on the ground, to be honest.”

  Harry Potter to Ginny Weasley

• “Are you planning to follow a caree in Magical Law, Miss Granger?" asked Scrimgeour."No I'm not" retorted Hermione. " I'm hoping to do some good in the world!”

  Rufus Scrimgeour and Hermione Granger

• “We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.”

  Royal (Kingsley) on Potterwatch

• “Why? You aren’t trying to give him more detentions, Severus?The boy will soon have spent more time in detention than out.”

  Albus Dumbledore

• “Magic is might!”

  Harry Potter

• “Vot... is the point of being an international Quidditch player if all the good-looking girls are taken?”

  Viktor Krum

• “That's my girl friend you numpties!”

  Ronald Weasley

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• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: The school that Harry, Hermione, and Ron attend.
• The Burrow: The Weasleys' home located outside the village of Ottery St Catchpole. Used as the Order of the Phoenix's headquarters.
• Number 12, Grimmauld Place: A sanctuary for Harry, Ron, and Hermione while hiding from Voldemort. Used as the Order of the Phoenix's headquarters.
• Gringotts Wizarding Bank: The only known bank of the wizarding world and it is operated primarily by goblins.
• Godric's Hollow: Godric's Hollow was the home of James Potter's family and the home of long-dead Hogwarts founder Godric Gryffindor (after whom the village was named).
• Hogsmeade: A village in the wizarding world consisting of shops, high streets and pubs. Students of hogwarts can visit it only by getting a permission slip signed by the parent.
• Albania: Where Voldemort spent his time in exile.
• St. Mungo's Place: St. Mungos Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries is a hospital in the wizarding world to cure afflicted wizards and witches.
• Malfoy Manor: The manor in which the Malfoy family lives.
• The Forest of Dean: A camping spot Hermione remembered from her childhood.
• Shell Cottage: Bill and Fleur's house.
• Ministry of Magic: Where magic is controlled and offices are held.
• Number 4, Privet Drive: Where Harry spends his last half-summer with his Muggle relatives. He will soon be rescued by the Order.
• Tottenham Court Road: Where Harry Ron and Hermione hide from the Death Eaters and Voldemort the first time after they leave the wedding at the Burrow.
• The Room of Requirements: Where the A.D. and others hid at the end of the book. Also where Harry, Ron, and Hermione come before the war.
• Hog's Head: Saved by Abus's brother.
• Borgin and Burke's: A place where Tom Riddle worked before he became Voldemort

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• Dumbledore's Army: Dumbledore's Army is a student organization that is founded by Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger in book 5 in order to stand up against the regime of Hogwarts High Inquisitor Dolores Umbridge, as well as to learn practical Defence Against the Dark Arts.
• Death Eaters: The sworn followers of Lord Voldemort; some notable Death Eaters are Bellatrix Lestrange, Barty Crouch Jr. and Lucius Malfoy.
• The Order of the Phoenix: A secret organization created by Dumbledore to prevent the rise of Lord Voldemort.
• Gryffindor: One of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, founded by Godric Gryffindor. Its emblematic animal is the lion and its colours are scarlet and gold. Minerva McGonagall is the most recent Head of House. Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, also known as "Nearly Headless Nick" is the house ghost. The particular characteristics of students Sorted into Gryffindor are courage and chivalry, of which the lion is the symbol. Some Gryffindor students are: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ronald Weasley, Ginny Weasley.
• Ravenclaw: One of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, founded by Rowena Ravenclaw. Members of this house are characterised by their intelligence and cleverness. Its house colours are blue and bronze, and its symbol is the eagle. The house ghost, who in life was the daughter of the house's founder Rowena Ravenclaw, is the Grey Lady. Many great wizards and witches have come from this house, including Filius Flitwick and Luna Lovegood.
• Hufflepuff: One of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Its founder was the medieval witch Helga Hufflepuff. The Head of Hufflepuff is Pomona Sprout. The Fat Friar is the House's patron ghost. Hufflepuff is the most inclusive among the four houses, valuing hard work, patience, friendship and fair play rather than a particular aptitude in its members. Its emblematic animal is the badger, and yellow and black are its colours. Some Hufflepuff students are: Hannah Abbot and Zacharias Smith.
• Slytherin: One of the four Houses at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and is traditionally home to students who exhibit such traits as cunning and ambition. Its emblematic animal is the snake and its colours are green and silver. Founded by Salazar Slytherin, the house is comprised mostly of pure-blood students, due to its founder's mistrust of Muggle-born witches and wizards. The house has a negative reputation, with many claiming that it is the source of most Dark Wizards in Britain, notably Tom Marvolo Riddle, a.k.a. Lord Voldemort, as well as many of his Death Eaters. Some Slytherin students are: Draco Malfoy, Severus Snape and Vincent Crabbe.

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Glossary edit see section history

• Muggle: A human who does not exhibit magical talents..
• Mudblood: An offensive term for a wizard or witch who was 'muggle-born' or not born into a wizarding family.
• Animagi: Wizards who have the ability to transform themselves into animals at will. The singular form is animagus.
• Azkaban: Prison fortress where wizarding criminals are sent. Guarded day and night by the terrifying Dementors, who drain peace, hope and happiness out of any human who comes too close to them. The prisoners of Azkaban often go mad and lose all hope of escape.
• Squib: A Squib is a non-magical person who is born to at least one magical parent. Squibs are, in essence, the antithesis of Muggle-born wizards and witches. They are rare and are looked upon with some degree of disdain by some witches and wizards, particularly pure-bloods.
• Patronus: A charm used to create happiness. It is usually used to ward away Dementors, but it can be used for sending messages. It takes the form of an animal, often a species of personal significance. "Expecto Patronum"
• Deathly Hallows: The Deathly Hallows are three magical items that when together, will allow their owners to conquer Death. The Deathly Hallows are an invisibility cloak, the Elder Wand, and the Resurrection Stone.
• Diadem: Tiara-shaped object. Ex., Ravenclaw's Diadem.
• Horcrux: A Dark Magic object in which a piece of someone's soul has been hidden. To use a Horcrux the user must murder a person.
• Fiendfyre: Cursed fire that cannot be put out by water. It multiplies in the form of a serpent. One of the few things that destroys horcruxes..
• Dementor: .A horrible creature that sucks the happiness out of you. Once guarded the cells of Azkaban until Voldemort overtook them for his personal army.
• Diadem: Describe this term.

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

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• Second Chances: Describe this theme.
• Mastering Death: Getting the three deathly hallows in your possession
• The Importance of Friendship
• Coming-of-age: Harry must not use magic until he is 17, or else Voldemort could figure out his location via the ministry.
• The Importance of Love: There are many examples of the Importance of Love. Some of which include Harry's love for his friends, and vice versa. Ron and Hermoine loved Harry so much, that they insist on going on Harry's hunt for horcruxes. But this is just one example.
• Right vs. Easy
• Self-sacrifice
• Do the right thing
• Good vs. Evil: Harry vs. Voldemort

Errata edit see section history

On page 5 of the U.S. hardcover first edition, "succeeded" is erroneously spelled "suceeded".

In chapter 15, Dean Thomas says that his mom is a Muggle and he doesn't know his dad. But in chapter 22, The Deathly Hallows, Lee "River" Jordan says over the radio that if Dean is listening, his parentS and sisters are desperate for news. This implies that both his parents are wondering about him.

When Remus Lupin enters Number 12, Grimmauld Place, he calls the dust-figure of Mad-Eye Moody "Albus" instead of "Alastor"

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. J. K. Rowling (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Jason Cockcroft (Illustrator)
2. Mary GrandPré (Illustrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• Colorado Blue Spruce Book Award (2008)
• Teen Read Awards (2010: Best All-Time Fave, #1)
• Audie Award (Finalist, 2008: Audio Book of the Year)
• Andre Norton Award (2007: Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy, #1)
• Geffen Award (2008: Best Translated YA or Children's SF&F Book)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PZ7.R79835 Hak 2007
• Dewey: &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;Fic&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Although this is a grim and sometimes violent book, with deaths, suspense, misery and pain permeating much of the story, once your child is old enough to understand the plot (9-12) it is a must-read (although the series should be read in order), and contains very strong morals. This book is often mislabeled as a child's book, but it is rather complicated and will be appreciated more by adults, perhaps even more if it is read more than once.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Magic & Wizards
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Fairy Tales
• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• R.K. Rowling: Author's Website
• Harry Potter Wiki: Entry for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.: Dust jacket art for the deluxe edition.

Movie Connections edit see section history

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (IMDb): 2010.
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (IMDb): 2011.

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