Latin and Ancient Greece: Not-So-Dead Languages and Cultures in Harry Potter
A look at the references to ancient and language and mythology in the “Potter” series.
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Love is Thicker than Blood: the Harry and Hermione Debate
By The Free Elf ABSTRACT: Harry and Hermione are each other’s family. They protect and comfort each other, they are there for each other. As far as family goes, each other is all they...
O Children: An Ode to Harry and Hermione
After seeing the seventh movie, we can’t help but think the relationships between Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny have suffered in favor of featuring Harry and Hermione together in key emotional scenes.
Shakespeare’s Legacy: Hermione the Queen and Schoolgirl
This essay analyses the similarities between Hermione Granger and Queen Hermione from Shakespeare’s “A Winter’s Tale.”
Parental Sacrifice
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.
The Pensieve
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.
Critical Commentary of King’s Cross
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 Master of Death
This essay compares different characters’ attempts throughout the series to master death through immortality, acceptance, and sacrifice.
Harry Potter: The Primary Color Issue
The writer analyzes the presence of certain colors which frequently appear in the franchise.
