CC5: Act 1 Scenes 6-7: Living in the Past
b'In today\\u2019s minute I\\u2019m going to discuss Act 1 Scenes 6 and 7.
\\nBoth of these scenes share a similar characteristic: Harry takes a lot of heat from someone who is stuck in the past.
\\nDelphi speaks a line in scene six, referring to Amos: “It\\u2019s tough to live with people stuck in the past, isn\\u2019t it?”
\\nIn scene six, Amos is the character stuck in the past. He was never able to find peace over Cedric\\u2019s death, and after hearing the rumors of the super powerful Time Turner he comes to Harry\\u2019s house to try to guilt Harry into using this new Time Turner to go into the past and save Cedric\\u2019s life. Harry already has plenty of guilty feelings, though, he doesn\\u2019t need Amos to make him feel that way. Regardless, he won\\u2019t break the rules of Wizarding Law to change the past.\\xa0
\\nAmos brings up the phrase \\u2018Kill the spare\\u2019, it is so tragic that the only reason Cedric died is because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. \\u2018Kill the spare\\u2019 comes up later in the play, so this is probably a little bit of foreshadowing.\\xa0
\\nIn scene seven, it\\u2019s Albus who is stuck in the past, but not his own. He is stuck in his father\\u2019s past. Albus is so angry about all of the things Harry went through, all the things that created his legacy, what makes him famous. I\\u2019m not sure why Albus is holding all of this stuff against Harry, but it is getting in his way of seeing how hard Harry is trying in the present to be a good father.\\xa0
\\nWhen trying to find something to talk about for the positive bit of each of these Minute\\u2019s I hit a snag. There isn\\u2019t really anything here that I really like, but there\\u2019s not any problems that I find either. These are both 2 scenes that move the narrative of this particular story forward in a pretty effective way. Amos\\u2019s request of Harry in scene six sets up Albus and Scorpius\\u2019s adventures later in the play. And the gifts given, and Albus\\u2019s disdain for them, in scene 7 is what sets up Albus and Scorpius being able to send a message from the past to their parents in the future.\\xa0\\xa0
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