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In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows part 1 the scene in which Dobby dies; his death is romanticized. The clip or scene from above, we see Dobby rescuing Harry Potter and his friends he apparates them to Shell Cottage and everyone lands and is extremely disoriented. Harry checks on all his friends and then sees Dobby pulling a knife from his chest. Harry rushes over and you see him sad and wishing he could do something anything to save Dobby. And we hear Dobby say these words and they just crush you, or at least they crushed me; “Such a beautiful place…. To be with friends…… Dobby is happy to be with his friend Harry Potter”. And then Dobby dies. Harry is crushed and Luna come over and says to Harry; “We should close his eyes don’t you think…. There he could be sleeping.” The way in which to the scene occurs it kind of reminds me of a love story. We have Dobby saving Harry’s life, dying for Harry. He dies in Harry’s arms saying how beautiful of a place this is to be, with his friends and Harry. Flash to Harry being distraught and Luna closing his eyes saying it looks as if he could be sleeping. The way in which the scene is portrayed with the music being very depressing, sad and quiet as Dobby is dying and then ends when he dies and you only hear seagulls. We also see Hermione and Ron holding each other both looking and seeming just so sad, with Harry just grasping for some way to save Dobby. The way in which Dobby dies is so sad but in a way it’s was the best way for him to die among friends he loves after risking his life for them and saving theirs, his death was romanticized.
I was pretty excited when I saw the title of your blog this week because I'm a huge Happy Potter fan myself. The whole first half of Deathly Hallows, the book version, is very dark and until I saw the movie I was curious where the film makers were going to cut off the movie for the first part. I thought they chose correctly ending the first movie with Dobby's death. Going along with the theme of friendship and loyalty that is present in all the Harry Potter books, I thought it was a perfect way to end such a heartbreaking movie. That scene was so incredibly sad even though it was a fantasy character that just died. The way the scene was set up including all the accompanying music and sound effects gave off such a strong structure of sadness and a sense of loss. I still miss Dobby.
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