The Sorting Hat, Ideology, and Free Will By Emily Bytheway In 1969, Neo-Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser published an essay entitled “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses’ in which he ...

Harry Potter and the Literacy Phenomenon By Tanaqui. In 1997, a little book about a young wizard was published. Two years later, a second and third sequel followed, and suddenly t ...

The Actual Chess Endgame in the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Movie Written by Jeremy Silman1 Essay adaptation for Scribbulus written by WizBang101 Imagine you have just seen your first ...

Cut a length of wire a little over 3 feet (1 meter) long. Start at the bottom of the radish and work your way up, following Figure 1 below. When you get to the top of the radish, twist the top of ...

Harry Potter: A History of Magic, the British Library Exhibition – Dr Beatrice Groves This exhibition, marking 20 years since the birth of Harry Potter, centres on eight rooms corresponding to ...

Harry Potter: A History of Magic opens at the New York Historical Society tomorrow, with a guide narrated by Natalie Dormer, and will bring together all audiobook readers for the first time ever ...

The Forbidden Forest The Symbolism of Forests through Folklore and Storytelling behind J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Series By Fiona Caldwell In an interview in 2008, J.K. Rowling said ...

Introduction. It is evident that fictional stories have always thrived off the imaginations of their writers. Nonetheless, it is also true that most authors are inspired by the wo ...

Thanks to our wonderful transcription elves, you can now read the transcript of the first part of our Harry Potter podcast, PotterCast ‘s interview with J.K. Rowling (to hear it yourself, just ...

An Analysis of "Spinner's End" By SDCurtis "Spinners End" always has been an intriguing chapter to me. This is the only chance we get see Snape without the "Harry Filter", or, the point of view of ...

The (Un)Forgivable Curses By Theowyn. The Imperius Curse, the Cruciatus Curse, and Avada Kedavra have been dubbed the Unforgivable Curses by the wizarding world. These curses have ...

“Ah, Music, a Magic Beyond All We Do Here!” 1 Music in Harry Potter By Hilde Pols Music creates unity among peoples, cultures and nations. Music can touch the soul, making it our universal ...