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It’s a scene full of meaning, even more so if we consider some of the hidden depths to these names and moments. Severus appears and tells Lily she is a witch and Petunia that she is a Muggle. She picks up a flower and magically makes it open and close its petals Petunia is outraged, but filled with hidden longing. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Harry sees a memory of his mother. A rather apt description of a woman who never told her nephew how his mother died until she was in a rage: ‘- and then, if you please, she went and got herself blown up…’ It is also a flower that can, in the language of flowers, mean ‘resentment and anger’. Susceptible to damage and best grown in a container or basket, the petunia needs shelter from the wind and plenty of light.
Compounded by Albus Dumbledore’s kindly rejection of Petunia’s request to study at Hogwarts, Lily’s friendship with Snape set the scene for the future Mrs Dursley’s endless bitterness towards Lily and her son, Harry. As two magical children, Lily and Severus had something in common that Petunia could never understand. They also, according to gardening manuals, make wonderful cut flowers.Įnter Severus his name can be seen to mean to cut or to sever - and this is exactly what he inadvertently does to Lily’s relationship with her sister, Petunia. This striking flower is easy to grow, as long as it is planted in the right place. Or even perhaps between Harry, the Boy Who Lived, and himself.Ī lily can be interpreted as ‘beauty, elegance, sweetness’. Here it could be said that Snape is comparing the heroic actions of Lily Potter with Snape’s own distrustful nature. Monkshood is associated with ‘chivalry’ while wolfsbane can mean ‘misanthropy’ or a dislike of others. It is an herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) tall, with hairless stems and leaves. It is perhaps a more poignant sentence when looked at through the language of flowers. Aconitum napellus, monkshood, 2 aconite, Venus' chariot or wolfsbane, is a species of highly toxic flowering plant in the genus Aconitum of the family Ranunculaceae, native and endemic to western and central Europe. Snape also asks Harry what the difference is between monkshood and wolfsbane. Interestingly, this is after Harry found Snape’s copy of Advanced Potion-Making and followed his instructions to prepare the perfect draught.Īsphodel is a type of lily and means ‘remembered beyond the tomb’ or ‘my regrets follow you to the grave’ while wormwood is often associated with regret or bitterness. In the Harry Potter series, Remus Lupin, a tormented werewolf, drinks a. The plant has been a familiar plot element in horror movies, television shows, and novels.
It also has a colorful history associated with werewolves, vampires, and witches. ‘What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?’ The answer can be found in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince when Professor Slughorn asks the class to brew the Draught of Living Death. Wolfsbane is a beautifuland poisonousfall-blooming perennial. If his first words to Harry are anything to go by, the language of flowers suggests that Snape deeply regrets Lily Potter’s death.
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