Addressing Urgent Reforms in the Wizarding World: A Focus on Goblins and Beyond
In Harry Potter’s magical realm, a call for reform echoes, urging recognition of goblin rights and broader change.
In Harry Potter’s magical realm, a call for reform echoes, urging recognition of goblin rights and broader change.
There would be no goblin rebellions if wizards didn’t hold all the power. It’s time to listen to goblins’ desires and respect their culture.
– In Chapter 26 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry, Ron, and Hermione successfully infiltrate Gringotts and reach the Lestranges’ vault before being detected. They manage to retrieve the suspected Horcrux and...
– In Chapter 25 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Griphook agrees to help the trio break into the Lestrange vault but demands the sword of Gryffindor as payment. Harry deceptively agrees, knowing...
The depictions of goblins in “Harry Potter” encapsulate anti-Semitic stereotypes – but was that intentional?
Prejudice runs rampant in the wizarding world, and metaphor can reveal to us both its sources and its solutions.
Dr. Beatrice Groves dissects the moral challenge of the goblin perspective on the ownership of Gryffindor’s sword, which is strongly linked to our popular understanding of Marxism.
With the opening of an exhibition, “Jews, Money, Myth”, at the Jewish Museum London, Dr. Beatrice Groves ponders whether the depiction of goblins in “Harry Potter” is anti-Semitic.
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