Severus Snape's character increasingly progressed in each book. When I began the Harry Potter Series I hated Snape in the first four books, and it was only when J. K. Rowling began to further develop Snape as a character could I truly begin to understand why he acted as he did. Snape went from being a Death Eater to someone who gave his life for Harry Potter. He was a controversial character who had most of his life hidden from the readers eyes and this created many outlets of potential fanfiction. I created a piece of fanfiction that filled in the hole of what finally allowed him to switch sides, which had a lasting impact on the war against Voldemort. The story is about Snape visiting Voldemort and learning of how Harry Potter is going to die. Lily Potter's death was the only factor of why Severus Snape switched his allegiance to the Order of the Phoenix, while Snape showed us that love can be more powerful than any evil.
J.K. Rowling introduced that Snape had a relationship with Lily Potter very early in his youth by the quote, ““Thought we were supposed to be friends? Best friends?”
“We are, Sev,”” which highlights on Snape as a child wanting to be reaffirmed that Lily actually cared for him (J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). This conversation shows us that Snape’s relationship with Lily extended through his early childhood. This is important because J.K Rowling tells how his home situation was far from hospitable. So through Snape's childhood he relied upon Lily for a constant friendship to help him through his childhood problems. Knowing how long Snape had feelings for Lily helped me develop my creative writing piece to describe Snape's emotions when he when was being summoned to hear of Voldemort's plans. ...
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...ticed the Dark Arts so completely that he was a part of the Death Eaters at a very young age and was only probably recruited by Voldemort when it was shown they had similar goals. Despite his pursuit of the Dark Arts the death of Lily Potter changed everything. His intense love was apparent from a very young age and only continued to grow to her death. This can be seen from the changing of his Patronus to the doe and his begging of Dumbledore to help Lily hide from Voldemort. My creative writing creates a situation where he switches from a man who enjoyed the torture of mudbloods to the polar switch of a man begging to have Dumbledore protect the woman he has always loved. Without a crucial switch in thought process to help the one person he loved he would have stayed on Voldemort's side. If it wasn't for love the First Wizarding War would have gone vastly different.
In movies, novels, and life, people are named as heroes. The heroes we establish and the heroes we recognize, however, may not meet the criteria for a mythic hero. A mythic hero ventures forth on his journey, and comes forth from the hero’s path to greatness. Joseph Campbell, a mythologist who studied many of the great human myths and religious tales, realized, in studying these myths and tales, that there were certain steps that every hero went through. Campbell called this “The Hero’s Journey”; it is based on Carl Jung's idea that all human beings have an archetype. After Campbell studied a lot of the great myths and realized this pattern, he published his findings in his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Ever since then, authors have used “The Hero’s Journey” as an outline to tell their stories. “It is important to note that not all of these individual steps are present in every hero’s tale, nor is it important that they be in this exact order” (Vogler 20). The Hero with a Thousand Faces gives a sense of significance as it looks into the inner mind and soul. The author, Joseph Campbell, performs two extraordinary accomplishments: compelling his readers that myth and dream, those are the most effective and everlasting forces in life and a unification of mythology and psychoanalysis with a gripping narrative. One well-known example of “The Hero’s Journey” from popular culture is the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, by J.K. Rowling. In the novel, Harry Potter, the main character, is the chosen one and “The Hero’s Journey” applies to his life from the moment he is attacked by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named as a baby.
In most works of literature there is an “evil” character that has conflicting interests with the protagonist. This issue may arise in multiple forms including, but not limited to, abuse and manipulation. In this paper we will be discussing the similarities and differences between Shakespeare’s character Iago from Othello and J.K. Rowling’s character Voldemort from the Harry Potter series.
But this was not the sole thing which added to his uneasiness. He did not find an appropriate dancing partner for the Christmas party. Harry wanted to have a romantic story with Cho Chang, but he fell into the clutches of Voldemort by degrees. The part of this book, which appeals to me most is not the emotions of these youngsters. Actually they were childish from my perspective. The emotions the Death Eaters and Lord Voldemort had are more compelling for me to look into. Why was Bartemius Crouch Jr. so obedient to Voldemort? Why did Voldemort kill his father and grandparents? “Both of us, for instance, had very disappointing fathers...very disappointing indeed. Both of us suffered the indignity, Harry, of being named after those fathers. And both of us had the pleasure...the very great pleasure...of killing our fathers to ensure the continued rise of the Dark Order!” In point of fact, such tragedies and conflicts are the most
The most prominent feature of Prince Harry in the two Henry1V plays is his absolute isolation. When we first see Harry, he is a pariah and outlaw among his own people, the nobility, and a source of fear and misery for his family. He has no friends in any real sense, just pawns; unlike Hotspur, Mortimer, and even Falstaff, he has no lovers and shows no interest in sexual love. He stands alone in the world, and he stands against all the world. He is motivated only by suspicion, cruelty, pride, and greed for power. People are real to Harry only in so far as he can use them; and, ultimately, the future King can use people only when they are destroyed. His every step is toward death and destruction: the two plays begin with Harry's plot against his tavern friends, which culminates in the sacrificial expulsion of Falstaff, and end with rumours of war, the campaign against France, carried out for reasons of internal political advantage. Harry is what today is commonly described as a psychopath, and the plays demonstrate how such a man can become a successful king and defeat the world, a perfect blend of Machiavel (the immoral villain) and Machiavellian (the amoral strategist).
He remains hesitant and does not let his ambition take over his conscience. In his “role reversal”, Macbeth becomes ruthless.
...gh daughter because of her wealth. Lily is aware that marrying for money and social staus will not bring her happiness, but chooses a socially uplisfting life instead of her own happiness. Later in the novel we find out that Gryce marries another woman . This shows the importance of money and social status, and also, how powerful the elite circle, that lily will do anything to be apart of, is. From the previous events, one can deduce that you can never rely on man to bring you to power. The New York circle is so exclusive and elite that you can never be sure of your position, you must constantly plan, plot, and climb your way to the top, and once there you must fight to keep your position. This is the life the Lily Bart wants to badly, in Old New York money, social status, and how other perieve you was the most important things to these woman.
Like many other relationships, Harry and Sally, become friends at first, and as their relationship progresses they change from friends to lovers. Throughout the movie we can see that Harry and Sally’s attachment to one another steadily grows. At first they have an initial attraction (Cobb, 2014a) to each other, then as they frequently meet they have an established relationship as acquaintances, finally when they have actually been friends for awhile, they form a long-term relationship that slowly transitions from friends to intimate partners....
Chapter 39 is a Pivotal One, Why? How does Dickens communicate the importance of the drama of the chapter to the reader? In chapter 39, Pip's benefactor is revealed. It is around this person. that the mystery of Pip's expectations is built.
Within the book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling, characters and stories between Voldemort and Harry’s continuous struggle allude to stories from the Bible. Voldemort, who represents the evil in the struggle, fights against Harry Potter, who is the “good” representative within the book. In the fight against Harry, Voldemort has a pet snake by the name of “Nagini.” Nagini, at one point in the book, possesses over a good character in the book, Bathilda Bagshot. Bathilda is an author and a historian, who Hermione and Harry trust and visit. Bathilda eventually dies and the evil snake, Nagini, uses her body to attract Harry and Hermione. Nagini eventually reveals itself through Bathilda’s body and attacks Harry. However, Hermione
But this was not the sole thing which added to his uneasiness. He did not find an appropriate dancing partner for the Christmas party. Harry wanted to have a romantic story with Cho Chang, but he fell into the clutches of Voldemort by degrees. The part of this book, which appeals to me most is not the emotions of these youngsters. Actually they were childish from my perspective. The emotions the Death Eaters and Lord Voldemort had are more compelling for me to look into. Why was Bartemius Crouch Jr. so obedient to Voldemort? Why did Voldemort kill his father and grandparents? “Both of us, for instance, had very disappointing fathers...very disappointing indeed. Both of us suffered the indignity, Harry, of being named after those fathers. And both of us had the pleasure...the very great pleasure...of killing our fathers to ensure the continued rise of the Dark Order!” In point of fact, such tragedies and conflicts are the most
In the 6th book, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, you taught me that one person can't change everything and even in the darkest hearts there is still some good. This means that even the people who are
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, author J.K. Rowling displays the themes of feminism, love, and death because she personally experienced the importance of each. Throughout her lifetime Rowling experienced many difficult and wonderful times with her family, friends, and fans. These experiences and the effects that they had on the author’s life are clearly demonstrated in her written work. Through her characters in this novel Rowling created an outlet that she may solve her problems and relive the wonders of her life not only for herself but for her readers as well.
...ck and a potential pitfall. Someone full of hate and greed, such as Tom Marvolo Riddle, who has never known it even once in their entire life, cannot understand its full magical power. Love is one of the hardest and strongest kinds of magic and is perhaps the fabric that holds the wizarding world of Harry Potter together. Dumbledore says to Harry “Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love” (Harry Potter and the Deathly Halllows 722). The series stresses that it is important to love. It is obvious throughout the series that Harry embraces his history and duty by accepting the soul-purifying act of practicing self-sacrificial love. It is no surprise that the Harry Potter series is so widely in a time of fear, uncertainty, and unrest. Harry defeats evil not by fearing it, but by embracing it and overcoming it with love.
In J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter book series, fate plays a large part in the life of Harry Potter. As soon as Voldemort chose Harry to be the “Chosen One”, his fate as the defender of wizardkind was sealed. Harry must be the one to defeat Voldemort, or vice versa. However, although Harry’s fate was seemingly sealed from the time he was one year old, he still had free will throughout the series.
His character shows how he goes against both good and bad societies, the men that controlled his views like his father and Voldemort, and nature. I only wish I could see his point of view in first person. What really surprised me of him was how little he showed up in the series yet how much he managed to make an impacted in the end. I found that J.K. Rowing did a wonderful job on his character with how little we were given in both the books and the movies. His character wasn’t the hero or a person any one wishes to be but more of the kind of character we unknowingly can come across or become in real life. He is and will always be to me just a confused boy who had to finally grow up and face