Snape and the Question of Good and Evil in Rowlings Harry Potter Series

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Pedagogy Literature Studies grade: 27 University of Bremen course: The British novel from the 18th to the 20th century language: English abstract: 1. Introduction: Contemporary Research and Thesis StatementIn most literature discussing fantasy for children and adults we are informed about the central position of the fight of good and evil which is the case within the Harry Potter series of author J.K. Rowling as well. It has been argued by academics that good and evil can be separated from each other because of a strong polarity (cf. Cohen 352) and that the description of scenery architecture and presented figures are also included torepresent the fight between both sides. Imagery that is described in relation to the evil side is always assigned to concepts from similar semantic fields such as for example chillness and blankness. Dark colours serve for the creation of evil figures by which these can be accurately distinguished from figures of the good side (cf. Meißner Phantastik der Gegenwart 127-133; Phantasie der Kinder 34).