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The North Tower #38: Mastering the Mind

What I do want to write an essay on today is the mystery of mind-control. So far, the way I see it, JKR has shown us four different kinds of specifically mental magic: Legilimency, Occlumency, the Imperius Curse, and different kinds of memory-altering spells (Memory charms, Confundus Charm). Since the first two are more closely related to each other than they are to the other two, I’ll split the analysis accordingly. But first, let’s go over the basic principles.

The Sphinx’s Riddle

by Andromeda Tonks As Harry Potter fans, we all know that the most important events in Harry’s life are those that he alone, out of all of his friends, encounters: the conversations with Dumbledore, the run-ins...

Hermione’s Birthday

by Theresa S.  JK Rowling told us on her website that September 19th is Hermione’s birthday. In this sixth book, it will be her seventeenth birthday. This means not three weeks into the first term, our...

The Tasks Pattern

by Sylvia Our favorite author seems to have established a series of patterns in the way she has written her story. By pattern, I mean an unwritten set of rules that JKR has followed,...