Deathly Hollows Research Paper

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In the Deathly Hollows the book and movie both begin at the Malfoy manor. Both book and movie are similar in that thought; however diverge after this. For the sake of this paper, I am going to compare the two of them. In the movie and book, the both begin at the Malfoy manor with Severus Snape walking up to the manor and going to a meeting with the Dark Lord, and his Death Eaters, but at that they diverge after that. In the movie, Severus Snape marches straight up to the manor and strides into the house as though he owns it but stops as he soon as he enters the room and sees one of his coworkers suspended in the air upside down and hovering over the table. However, in the book, there is another person with Snape who arrives with him. This person is Yaxley, who is a non existent character in the movies. The two of them arrive at the meeting were they are told were to sit. Snape is told to sit at the right hand of the Dark Lord, and Yaxley next to Dolohov, a wizard whom was a loyal servant of the Dark Lord, but failed at the tasks he was given, being captured twice prior to this meeting. Yaxley, in the book, informs the meeting that he …show more content…

When Snape enters the room in the book, the Dark Lord yells at him stating “You are very near late (DHpg3).” This action appears to be very near anger toward Snape and his near lateness and this action very adequately describes the actual character of the Dark Lord as portrayed by the books. The Dark Lord also directs Snape where to sit, and despite the fact Snape is late, he suffers no consequence for being late The movie, however, has the Dark Lord appear concerned and genuinely upset that Snape is late, suggesting that they were beginning to think that Snape had lost his way. This in the movie shows the soft spot that the Dark Lord had for Snape and the respect and trust that will ultimately betray Snape in the