The Struggle Between Good And Evil In Harry Potter

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In the world of Hogwarts, where there is a struggle between good and evil, people are not portrayed all that differently either with the possible exception of Professor Snape, there are no ambiguous characters, nor people who undergo moral character development. From the moment of entry into Hogwarts, everyone is fixed in place. The good is purely good and the evil is purely evil. There is no area of ambiguity or confusion. While the good struggles with the evil, the combatants are not free to choose sides Portrayal of Good and Evil: Harry Potter; Order of the phoenix, Half-blood prince Based on a dictionary being good is being favorable character or tendency. (Mirriam Webster) Portrayal of good in Harry Potter means being on Harry’s side …show more content…

Voldemort is portrayed as an evil character because of Sybil Trelawney’s prophecy that the one would vanquish Voldemort. Voldemort believe it was Harry Potter, so he went to kill him. Voldemort was after Harry’s parents. Voldemort is also identified evil because of the fact that he killed Lily and James because they were in the way of killing Harry. He wanted to kill Harry because the prophecy said that the wizard who will be born at the end of July is the wizard who will execute him which is Harry. When Dumbledore talks to Harry about the quality he has which Voldemort lacks (Half-Blood Prince) he’s talking about the fact that Harry’s capable of love. The portrayal of good and evil have been showed since the beginning of the book. Voldemort was controlling Harry while he’s a sleep (J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix, Chapter 1 pg. 4-5) The quotes showed that Voldemort is bugging Harry while he’s asleep. “Get-off-me!” (J.K. Rowling Chapter 1 pg. 5) Harry gasped. Harry was dreaming about his god father, and Sirius being tortured by the evil lord Voldemort. As the terror spreads, there are characters in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (J.K. Rowling) who would sacrifice themselves for Harry’s own good, Sirius started around at the students milling over the grass looking naught and bored but very handsome so, Presumably this early flattering of a stronger people helped him a lot when he …show more content…

Sirius was sentenced without a trial to life imprisonment in Azkaban for betraying James and Lily Potter to Lord Voldemort, and murdering their friend, yet Harry did not care at all, he respect him with all his heart. Sirius will always give him advice and he would always believe it. “I doubt it… I know her reputation and I’m sure she’s no death eater, said Sirius (J.K. Rowling Chapter 14 pg. 302). Throughout the story Sirius was there to help Harry make better decisions, to guide him, and protect him against the dark lord Voldemort, as the story goes his emotion keeps switching from being passionate to being reckless because of the Prophet “Hermione said Sirius was becoming reckless cooped up in a Grimmauld Place… the Daily Prophet would think his brain was inflamed if they found out that he knew what Voldemort was feeling” (J.K. Rowling Chapter 15 pg. 383-384). Throughout the book “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” (J.K. Rowling) Characters have showed their real characteristics and their goals either to either help or challenge Harry. Sirius have always been there for Harry to help him against the wizard who are trying to execute him. Harry Potter became a household name in the Wizarding world when he was just a baby, after successfully warding off an attack by the infamous Lord

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