
If you haven't ’t already seen Deathly Hallows: Part 1, you may want to stop reading until after you see it. The rest of this page contains heavy, critical spoilers which will impact your viewing of the film. SPOILER WARNING: What follows from here on out should only be viewed by people who have already seen Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. The word is not always intended as a slur, but it is used that way occasionally, especially in conjunction with the term “mudblood” which is a derogatory term used to describe someone with magical powers who has no wizarding ancestors and wasn’t born in the magical world. Some wizards resent and fear muggles, or feel themselves superior to them, considering muggles little better than animals.

It’s the term used by wizards to describe those of us without magical powers and not born in the magical world. He’s long sought Harry’s cooperation with the Ministry of Magic and often locked horns with Dumbledore.

He first appeared in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince after having been recently sworn in as the wizarding world’s Minister of Magic. He ends up as an unwilling servant of Harry Potter, Sirius Black’s heir. He first appeared in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at Grimmauld Place, the ancestral home of the Blacks. Kreacher is a house elf, like Dobby, but far less friendly. Harry tricks the Malfoys into giving Dobby his freedom, for which Dobby is eternally grateful. He was originally an abused and tormented slave of the Malfoys, he first appeared in the Chamber of Secrets. Still he’s fanatically loyal to Harry Potter and will do almost anything for him. Dobby played a big role in the books but he’s had a much smaller part in the movies. Grimmauld Place was eventually used as the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix.ĭobby is a house elf, a kind of creature which can use magic like wizards, but doesn’t need a wand to do it. It’s located in London, out in the Muggle world, hidden by magic. Harry's godfather Sirius Black, played by Gary Oldman, has been a pivotal part of the films. This is the ancestral home of the Black family. Check this page regularly, we’ll keep adding questions and answers as people ask them.

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This is just the beginning though, after you see the movie come back and post any questions you had about the film in the comments section below, and we’ll do our best to conjure up the answers casual fans may need to explain what’s going on in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. We’re here to help.īelow we’ve put together a guide both to a few people, places, and things the casual Potter viewer should be reminded of before heading in to see Deathly Hallows and then a more spoiler-heavy discussion of some of the things most likely to confuse anyone without a working knowledge of the complex history of the Black family. If you too are only a casual Potter fan, you may well walk out of Deathly Hallows a little confused. While Katey, our resident Potter wizard, had no trouble keeping up with the plot in her review of the film, Cinema Blend muggle Josh found the whole thing kind of confusing, as someone who’d only ever taken a casual interest in the movies up till now.
