moral and philosophical reading of the harry potter
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How does the concept of ‘evil breeds evil’ unfold in Harry Potter? What is the significance of Harry being one of the Horcruxes?
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Harry is willing to risk their lives for the lives of
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“Evil breeds evils”
Harry as a horcrux.
" Fear of name increase fear of the thing itself"
"Morality is not the issue in these tales," Bettelheim said, "but rather, assurance that one can succeed." Such assurance comes in ways that adults often do not understand, but Ms. Rowling's Harry Potter seems to provide it. Click Here
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Harry has a scar that links Harry to Voldemort because it always starts to hurt when Harry gets close to Voldemort.
In the last part we can see how the locket affects whoever wears the locket. Those who were The Salazar Slytherin's Locket his or her behavior starts changing because that locket belongs to lord Voldemort.
Voldemort doesn’t know about Harry, also one of the horcruxes. But it might happen when Voldemort tries to kill Harry and gives a scar to Harry. As we know whenever Harry meets anyone or whoever sees Harry they will talk about one who hasn't been named “ Voldemort ''. So Harry as Horcruxes symbolises the strong evil effect of voldemort on Harry Potter.
When we think about too much, looking into the dark makes darkness enter into your soul. Friedrich Nietzsche has rightly observed - Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. Well, the darkness has entered into Harry, symbolically speaking. One has to face death to purge this dark evil. Death is the ultimate thing that purges from all evils. (Symbolic submerged into water is also a sort of death or fire and is also considered to have purging powers. We have rituals around water and fire). One may reawaken or rise or resurrect if evil has entered in pursuit of good i.e. selfless love for friends & family, society, human beings at large, irrespective of enemies. If craving for death of others signifies evil, then helping others redeems. Harry, in his brief sleep-talk with Dumbledore, is not shouting for revenge. He is calm and sombre. That is sign of his purging from evil and becoming good.Click here
The battle between good and evil not only provides a larger reason for learning, but it also allows us to make sense of Harry’s moral choices. Some conservative Christian critics have noted that Harry breaks school rules and even lies at times. What these traditionalists fail to realize about Harry’s moral world is that school rules may actually get in the way of furthering good or prevent evil. In that case, observing conventions become secondary.
" We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on".
Augustine’s moral structure of domination versus love pprovidesrovides one
fundamental ethical structure in the Harry Potter books. Kant’s
categorical imperative provides another: specifically, in the form of his
argument regarding ends and means.
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