Category: Alohomora!

Alohomora! Episode 36: ‘Cuaronnn!’

This past Saturday the hosts of Alohomora! organized a viewing of the Prisoner of Azkaban movie with fans all over the world to celebrate the end of our re-read of the book! Listen in...

Should the Wolfsbane Potion be made mandatory?

Throughout the Harry Potter novels, there are numerous examples of discrimination and prejudice towards certain groups, and in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the inequality of one specific classification of beings is introduced: that of the werewolf. Werewolves are considered extremely dangerous to humans when transformed, and the Ministry has taken numerous measures to attempt to “contain” affected individuals (i.e. anti-werewolf legislation, werewolf register). There is only one known treatment for lycanthropy – the Wolfsbane potion.