![]() ![]() ![]() It ties everything together more clearly than the book and propels the action toward the final confrontation in the next scene. The scene says goodbye to Snape, and makes the most important information clear to the audience: for Voldemort to die, Harry has to, too. The movie version focuses on what he knows about Harry, and the Horcrux inside him, while also explaining the complexity of Snape’s character. Some critics of Snape point out that the movies don’t focus enough on the bad choices he made, but I would argue that the movie shows the memories in a way that centers their impact, not just their story. While they tell the same story, they focus on different things. And the memories we see from him in the next sequence are slightly different. In the book, Snape dies in the Shrieking Shack, which connects his character back to the school days his memories will touch on, but in the movie his last moments take place in a boathouse, which I think is a much more visually compelling setting. But there are subtle differences, and I think overall they make this element of the story better. ![]() ![]() In both the book and the movie, the scene is very emotional and pivotal, and both are executed well and in very similar ways. When Snape is killed by Voldemort, the memories he gives Harry in his last moments reveal everything about the mysterious character: his love for Lily Evans, his role as a double agent, and Dumbledore’s final plan to defeat the Dark Lord once and for all. ![]()
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