Identity Quotes in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Line)

Quote #7

DOLORES UMBRIDGE: No need to be modest, Scorpius. I've seen you on the Quidditch pitch, there's rarely a Snitch you don't catch. You are a highly valued student. Valued by the faculty. Valued especially by me. (3.1.6)

In the "Harry Is Dead" world, Scorpius is pretty much Harry Potter, but better at homework (because he pays someone to do it). Scorpius is the son that Harry wishes Albus was, and he's living the life Draco always wanted him to have. But that's the life that Draco would have wanted for himself. He doesn't push Scorpius the way Harry pushes his own identity on Albus.

Quote #8

SCORPIUS: The "Mudblood" death camps, the torture, the burning alive of those that oppose him. How much of that is you? Mum always told me that you were a better man than I could see, but this is what you really are, isn't it? A murderer, a torturer, a— (3.3.17)

Which Malfoy do you think is the "real" Malfoy? Is he the concerned dad in the original timeline, or the power hungry maniac in the bizarro timeline? Could he be a little bit of Column A and a little bit of Column B? Will the real Draco Malfoy please stand up?

Quote #9

SNAPE: Strange, isn't it? What comes from within. (3.9.81)

Snape and Scorpius know that your identity isn't necessarily what others define you as. They defy expectations. Harry, however, conformed to expectations, and he expects his own son to do the same.