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1) Feminist reading of Hermione's character
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The term ‘Feminism’ Characters of Hermione Granger.
Hermione as strong female character
Anti-feminist reading
Hermione as intelligent
and smart.
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Female characters are not ambiguous. They are either solely on the good side or the bad side.
Hermione is helpful and capable female character who seems more intellectual and follower of rules of Hogwarts school.
Hermione is much intelligent in megic than male character, she teach Ron how to use wand.
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2) Discourse on the purity of the Blood
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Mud-blood or half blood.
Pure blood
Pure blood as superior and half-blood as inferior
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In Harry Potter a Squib is a non-magical child born to magical parents and good. JK R\doesn’t treat them very well at all being a Squib is the worst thing you van be in the wizarding world, this is an issue that purebloods and half bloods can both seems to agree on.
Mudblood a really foul name for someone who is Muggle-born you know, non-magic parents. There are some wizards like Malfoy’s family who think they are better than everyone else because they are what people call pure-blood, I mean the rest of us know it doesn’t make any difference at all.
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3) Confronting reality by reading fantasy
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1.Supernatural happenings
2. Magical school versus real Muggles world
3. Rowling’s world of sorcerers, spell, potions, goblins
4. Fantasy and Man
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1. The boarding school experiences of teenaged wizard has generated an unprecedented level of excitement in both children and adults.
2. Rowling’s success in fantasy literature shows the continued power of the form and the archetypes that those long-ago Germans perfected
3. Politics problems in the real world and the place of Fantasy amidst it all.
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(4) Feminist reading of Hermione's character in Harry Potter: How do the character portrayal of Hermione and other female characters support feminist discourse?
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Patriarchal system , masculinity , development of the characters ,
From passivity to activity
From emotion to head
Strong characters portrayal , magical abilities and skills and self determination
Male-female relationship
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Hermione stands against evil as courageous and strong character.
She portrayed as an emotional character but not Harry , meana boycentric narration here. It reflects that for man to control emotion is necessary. Hermione's greatest strength is a vast intellect combined with her magical ability.
An integral part of “ The trio “ , remains steadfast , determined and loyal to Harry.
Rowling made Hermione a character with many strengths and weaknesses , sometime ‘ Bookish’ and stickler for rules.
Other character McGonagall holds powerful position as headmistress of House of Hogwarts. And stands against professor Umbridge.
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Discourse on the purity of Blood and Harry Potter: How do the novels play with the thesis of pure blood (Master Race) giving an anti-thesis by belonging protagonists to half-blood / Mud-blood? What sort of synthesis is sought in this discourse in Harry Potter series?
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Blood status
The concept of pure blood , muggle- born and half-born
Half- breed , squib,
The wizarding population's blood status,
Mental disorder
Policies on wizard- muggle relationship
Prejudices and intolerance
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Pure blood for Wizards and Witches who have no muggle blood or muggle born. They are supremacists , weasly , potter and lang bottoms are old pure blood families. Half- blood for those Wizards and Witches who have magical and muggle ancestors in their family trees.Half- blood inferior to pure blood.The malfoy family , Voldemort and Severus Snape belongs it. Harry himself is a Half- blood , his father married to muggle born Lily.
Muggle born is the term applied to those whose parents were muggles. Malfoy used the term mudblood to insult Hermione.
Intolerance and prejudices based on the purity of person ‘ s in wizarding world.
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Confronting reality by reading fantasy: How does reading Harry Potter make us confront the reality of our everyday existence ?
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Escape as a movement towards reality and truth,
Escape of the prisoner , not fight of the deserter,
Philosophical truths,
Struggle against difficulties,
Moral principles , emotion , feeling and desire
Moral issues presents current society
Complex personality of characters , that is common to human beings.
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Fantasy stories are commonly used to represent a particular reality that is present and visible in the society.
Major characters have complex personality that is common to a human beings.
Harry 's frustration, desires and loneliness are based on emotions and feelings that is very typical for real people to experience.
Social moral issues such as greed , power, fame and superiority became one of the dark theme also present in current society.
Discrimination in Gryffindor , Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin ,in school house produces that also in our society and culture.
The idea of Racism, sense of superiority over ordinary and powerless people still manifesting in the world.
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The discourse of Power and Politics in Harry Potter: How does Ministry of Magic control the resistance? How do they prosecute the ‘Other’?
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Exploring beyond the fantasy fiction,
The origin and distribution of power.
An effective use of the strategies of visibility.
Power relation
“ Heterotopia “ - otherness
Marxist theory
Tolerance in community , class conflict and goal of domination.
Democracy accountability,
Equality / prejudices
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In society several things remain same , Inequalities have always existed , and always source of conflict , if class have power , that is greater strength.
Discrimination is generalized at all magicians lower than pure blood wizards , Harry is discriminated by Malfoy.
Ministry of magic it's complete inability to enforce its own laws.Voldemort take control over it , Dolores Umbridge enforcing new rules in education , change the syllabus ,new books , only theoretical not practical thing.
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(8) Children’s Literature and Harry Potter: How far does J K Rowling transcends the canonical confines of children’s literature and claims the heights of ‘real’ literature?
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Cast of relatable character - Harry ,Ron and Hermione.
Children grew up reading Harry Potter.
Read by everyone,by adults not only children.
Magical influence,
Harry Potter - effect
Fantasy become dominant genre in children's literature
Humour blended with the fantasy.
Series changed the world of children's literature forever.
Children's books in the land of emotional realism.
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Harry Potter changed everything , something that is read by everyone, the children who grew up reading Harry Potter went on to read children's books as an adults.
In every book the characters become a bit more mature and problem becomes more complicated.
One reason why it is a phenomenon is because it because it could take them through so much of their lives in a way other children book and young people 's can't.
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(9) Speculative literature and Harry Potter: What is speculative literature? How far Harry Potter qualifies for the same? Does J K Rowling transcends the confines of speculative literature and claim the heights of ‘real’ literature?
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Changed childhood memories of wizards.
New dictionary of magic and fantasies.
Journey of separate world
Fantasy as a subgenre.
Science fiction as part of the fantasy genre.
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The series also explore other genres of horror , romance , thriller and advance.
Harry Potter have us the thrill of reading every genre, yet keeping the fantasy alive.
It changed the concept of reading and people wanted to be part of his dream.
In Harry Potter various creatures , people , places , magical devices and sports , government and wizarding media all element of speculative literature
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The theme of choice and Chance : How does the Harry Potter discusses antithetical concept of ‘ choice and Chance ‘?
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Theme of choice and Chance throughout the series.
Dumbledore to harry about choices.
Personal choices determining outcome.
Not fate- dominated world.
Wizarding world determine by choice.
Harry ‘ s choice
Voldemort 's choice
Tom riddle 's choice
Priority of choices over abilities.
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Dumbledore subsequently tells Harry that “ it is our choices that show what we truly are , far more than our abilities.
Importance of personal choices in determining outcomes , rather then either chance or fate.
Harry Potter contains magical prophecies , that prophecies comes true , people choose to act on them.
Harry 's choice to sacrifice himself has truly broken Voldemort's power.
Tom Riddle's choice are lead to the creation of Lord Voldemort.
Voldemort's choices of immortality and evil and Harry's acceptance of morality.
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