Harry is the one who, according to prophecy, can defeat the Dark Lord (Voldemort) an evil wizard who uses his powers to murder hundreds of innocent people. Before Harry Potter there were very few books about children who were wizards, this is why it was so successful with young readers: they could relate to someone their age rather than perhaps Lord of Rings, which is an adult book. ...
In the fantasy genre, the reader gets the chance to enter an ancient and forgotten world that no longer exists. In this genre you will automatically go back to a time where everything was made of wood and steel. All this puts the reader in a comfort zone where you don't have to be afraid of possi...
The ancient archetypal hero is commonly measured by the UR-archetype scale, which was created by Lord Raglan in the 1930's (Kitaguchi). ... Even popular media which are considered to have drawn heavily from mythology and the hero-quest, like Star Wars, Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, tend to score low. ...
An epic involves many things, such as a heroic character going on a quest or journey for the good of his people or traveling the world covering vast lands. By definition, an epic is a poem that celebrates a hero's deeds. Of course, Harry Potter is much too long to be a poem. It is a series of nove...
I decided to use Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, for my paper. There are a couple of problems with this, like, it was a book that was then made into a movie, and the other is that it is set in England which I don't know that much about, except that they like to drink a lot of tea with thei...
I decided to use Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, for my paper. There are a couple of problems with this, like, it was a book that was then made into a movie, and the other is that it is set in England which I don't know that much about, except that they like to drink a lot of tea with thei...
