Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

by

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

Death Eater Term Analysis

A Death Eater is one of Voldemort’s followers. Draco Malfoy became a Death Eater during Voldemort’s return to power in Harry’s final years at school.

Death Eater Quotes in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

The Harry Potter and the Cursed Child quotes below are all either spoken by Death Eater or refer to Death Eater. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Parenthood Theme Icon
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Part 2, Act 4, Scene 4 Quotes

DRACO: Astoria always knew that she was not destined for old age. She wanted me to have somebody when she left, because… it is exceptionally lonely, being Draco Malfoy. I will always be suspected. There is no escaping the past. I never realized, though, that by hiding him away from this gossiping, judgmental world, I ensured that my son would emerge shrouded in worse suspicion than I ever endured.

HARRY: Love blinds. We have both tried to give our sons not what they needed, but what we needed. We’ve been so busy trying to rewrite our own pasts, we’ve blighted their present.

Related Characters: Draco Malfoy (speaker), Albus Severus Potter, Harry Potter, Scorpius Malfoy, Albus Dumbledore, Astoria Malfoy
Page Number: 257
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Death Eater Term Timeline in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

The timeline below shows where the term Death Eater appears in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 1, Act 1, Scene 3
Time, Mistakes, and the Past Theme Icon
...didn’t get along with Albus and Rose’s parents. Rose points out that Draco was a Death Eater . (full context)
Part 1, Act 1, Scene 17
Reputation and Expectation Theme Icon
...says that they’re investigating anyone involved in dark magic, though Draco protests that this isn’t Death Eater -related. (full context)
Part 2, Act 3, Scene 4
Time, Mistakes, and the Past Theme Icon
...pores over history books in the library, figuring out that Cedric survived and became a Death Eater , but Scorpius isn’t sure how. Seeing Scorpius, another student in the library named Craig... (full context)
Part 2, Act 3, Scene 5
Time, Mistakes, and the Past Theme Icon
Death and Sacrifice Theme Icon
...make everyone his subjects. Scorpius asks for help: he knows that Snape was watching the Death Eaters and spying for Dumbledore. Snape snarls at the accusation, knowing it’s very dangerous. (full context)
Time, Mistakes, and the Past Theme Icon
...him into a different person. Scorpius discovered that because he was humiliated, he became a Death Eater —but Scorpius can’t work out how that changed the Battle of Hogwarts. (full context)
Part 2, Act 3, Scene 16
Death and Sacrifice Theme Icon
...destroy the Time-Turner, describing the horrible alternate timeline they created when Cedric lived, became a Death Eater , and enabled Voldemort to rule the world. Delphi agrees that they have to destroy... (full context)
Time, Mistakes, and the Past Theme Icon
...that the future is hers to make. Scorpius realizes that the Rowles were pretty extreme Death Eaters , and he demands that she give the Time-Turner back. (full context)