Category: Department of Mysteries

This essay examines the difference between Voldemort’s father’s ‘sacrifice’, the ‘bone of the father’ and Harry’s mother’s sacrifice, the ‘blood of the enemy’ and discusses how and why they are different and whether one form of protection is better than the other.

This essay examines Harry’s reaction to the events witnessed in Dumbledore’s Pensieve in “Goblet of Fire,” in particular Harry’s judgment of Snape and Barty Crouch Jr.

by IslandGirl93 Abstract: This is an essay I wrote in practice for my International Baccalaureate coursework, and it involves looking closely at a particular section of the thirty-fifth chapter (lines 1-53), entitled King’s Cross,...

The writer analyzes the presence of certain colors which frequently appear in the franchise.

The Deathly Hallows: are they really that powerful?

Could the DADA jinx be the cause behind most of what happens to Harry in Hogwarts? Did it spark the chain of events that led to Quirrell’s demise?