Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

by

J. K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany

Ginny Weasley Character Analysis

Ginny is Harry’s wife, Albus’s mother, and Ron’s younger sister. Ginny edits the sports section of the Daily Prophet, the wizarding world’s primary newspaper. Ginny is also a loving mother and wife; she often tries to bridge the gap between Harry and Albus as they struggle to understand each other. Ginny counsels Harry to be honest with his son about his fears and failures—advice that Harry doesn’t always heed. Ginny also helps forge an understanding between Draco and Harry, as she realizes that a lot of Draco’s criticism of Harry comes from jealousy. Harry had very close friendships and strong support systems at Hogwarts, whereas Draco did not. Ginny admits that she, too, felt jealous of Harry, Ron, and Hermione’s friendship, which helps Harry realize that he shouldn’t try to split up Albus and Scorpius because they are so important to each other.

Ginny Weasley Quotes in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

The Harry Potter and the Cursed Child quotes below are all either spoken by Ginny Weasley or refer to Ginny Weasley. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Parenthood Theme Icon
).
Part 1, Act 1, Scene 2 Quotes

ALBUS: Dad…

ALBUS pulls on HARRY’s robes. HARRY looks down.

Do you think—what if I am—what if I’m put in Slytherin…

HARRY: And what would be wrong with that?

ALBUS: Slytherin is the House of the snake, of Dark Magic… It’s not a House of brave wizards.

HARRY: Albus Severus, you were named after two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.

ALBUS: But just say…

HARRY: If it matters to you, you, the Sorting Hat will take your feelings into account.

Related Characters: Albus Severus Potter (speaker), Harry Potter (speaker), Scorpius Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore
Page Number: 9
Explanation and Analysis:
Part 1, Act 2, Scene 15 Quotes

DRACO: My father thought he was protecting me. Most of the time. People say parenting is the hardest job in the world—they’re wrong—growing up is. We all just forget how hard it was.

As hard as he tries to resist them, these words resonate with HARRY.

I think you have to make a choice—at a certain point—of the man you want to be. And I tell you that at that time you need a parent or a friend. And if you’ve learnt to hate your parent by then and you have no friends… then you’re all alone. And being alone—that’s so hard. I was alone. And it sent me to a truly dark place. For a long time. Tom Riddle was also a lonely child. You may not understand that, Harry, but I do—and I think Ginny does too.

Related Characters: Draco Malfoy (speaker), Albus Severus Potter, Harry Potter, Scorpius Malfoy, Voldemort, Ginny Weasley
Page Number: 134
Explanation and Analysis:
Part 2, Act 4, Scene 11 Quotes

DELPHI: Two of you? Choices, choices. I think I’ll kill the boy first. Avada Kedavra!

She fires the Killing Curse at ALBUS—but HARRY throws him out of the way. The bolt smashes into the ground.

He fires a bolt back.

You think you’re stronger than me?

HARRY: No. I’m not.

They fire bolts mercilessly at each other as Albus rolls quickly away and slams a spell into one door and then another, opening them.

ALBUS: Alohomora!

HARRY: But we are.

ALBUS: Alohomora!

HARRY: I’ve never fought alone, you see. And I never will.

And HERMIONE, RON, GINNY, and DRACO emerge from the doors, and fire up their spells at DELPHI, who screams out in exasperation. This is titanic. But she can’t fight them all.

Related Characters: Albus Severus Potter (speaker), Harry Potter (speaker), Delphi Diggory (speaker), Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Lily Potter (Harry’s Mother)
Page Number: 287
Explanation and Analysis:
Part 2, Act 4, Scene 12 Quotes

HARRY: Voldemort is going to kill my mum and dad—and there’s nothing I can do to stop him.

DRACO: That’s not true.

SCORPIUS: Dad, now is not the time…

ALBUS: There is something you could do—to stop him. But you won’t.

DRACO: That’s heroic.

GINNY takes HARRY’s hand.

GINNY: You don’t have to watch, Harry. We can go home.

HARRY: I’m letting it happen… Of course I have to watch.

HERMIONE: Then we’ll all witness it.

RON: We’ll all watch.

Related Characters: Albus Severus Potter (speaker), Harry Potter (speaker), Scorpius Malfoy (speaker), Draco Malfoy (speaker), Ginny Weasley (speaker), Hermione Granger (speaker), Ron Weasley (speaker), Delphi Diggory, Voldemort, James Potter (Harry’s Father), Lily Potter (Harry’s Mother)
Page Number: 291
Explanation and Analysis:
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Ginny Weasley Quotes in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

The Harry Potter and the Cursed Child quotes below are all either spoken by Ginny Weasley or refer to Ginny Weasley. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Parenthood Theme Icon
).
Part 1, Act 1, Scene 2 Quotes

ALBUS: Dad…

ALBUS pulls on HARRY’s robes. HARRY looks down.

Do you think—what if I am—what if I’m put in Slytherin…

HARRY: And what would be wrong with that?

ALBUS: Slytherin is the House of the snake, of Dark Magic… It’s not a House of brave wizards.

HARRY: Albus Severus, you were named after two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.

ALBUS: But just say…

HARRY: If it matters to you, you, the Sorting Hat will take your feelings into account.

Related Characters: Albus Severus Potter (speaker), Harry Potter (speaker), Scorpius Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore
Page Number: 9
Explanation and Analysis:
Part 1, Act 2, Scene 15 Quotes

DRACO: My father thought he was protecting me. Most of the time. People say parenting is the hardest job in the world—they’re wrong—growing up is. We all just forget how hard it was.

As hard as he tries to resist them, these words resonate with HARRY.

I think you have to make a choice—at a certain point—of the man you want to be. And I tell you that at that time you need a parent or a friend. And if you’ve learnt to hate your parent by then and you have no friends… then you’re all alone. And being alone—that’s so hard. I was alone. And it sent me to a truly dark place. For a long time. Tom Riddle was also a lonely child. You may not understand that, Harry, but I do—and I think Ginny does too.

Related Characters: Draco Malfoy (speaker), Albus Severus Potter, Harry Potter, Scorpius Malfoy, Voldemort, Ginny Weasley
Page Number: 134
Explanation and Analysis:
Part 2, Act 4, Scene 11 Quotes

DELPHI: Two of you? Choices, choices. I think I’ll kill the boy first. Avada Kedavra!

She fires the Killing Curse at ALBUS—but HARRY throws him out of the way. The bolt smashes into the ground.

He fires a bolt back.

You think you’re stronger than me?

HARRY: No. I’m not.

They fire bolts mercilessly at each other as Albus rolls quickly away and slams a spell into one door and then another, opening them.

ALBUS: Alohomora!

HARRY: But we are.

ALBUS: Alohomora!

HARRY: I’ve never fought alone, you see. And I never will.

And HERMIONE, RON, GINNY, and DRACO emerge from the doors, and fire up their spells at DELPHI, who screams out in exasperation. This is titanic. But she can’t fight them all.

Related Characters: Albus Severus Potter (speaker), Harry Potter (speaker), Delphi Diggory (speaker), Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Lily Potter (Harry’s Mother)
Page Number: 287
Explanation and Analysis:
Part 2, Act 4, Scene 12 Quotes

HARRY: Voldemort is going to kill my mum and dad—and there’s nothing I can do to stop him.

DRACO: That’s not true.

SCORPIUS: Dad, now is not the time…

ALBUS: There is something you could do—to stop him. But you won’t.

DRACO: That’s heroic.

GINNY takes HARRY’s hand.

GINNY: You don’t have to watch, Harry. We can go home.

HARRY: I’m letting it happen… Of course I have to watch.

HERMIONE: Then we’ll all witness it.

RON: We’ll all watch.

Related Characters: Albus Severus Potter (speaker), Harry Potter (speaker), Scorpius Malfoy (speaker), Draco Malfoy (speaker), Ginny Weasley (speaker), Hermione Granger (speaker), Ron Weasley (speaker), Delphi Diggory, Voldemort, James Potter (Harry’s Father), Lily Potter (Harry’s Mother)
Page Number: 291
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