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Good and Evil

Good and Evil

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Lord Voldemort who represents the Dark Magic are
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avil Lord Voldemort mostly cannot be seen. Either he is substituted by


Deofessor Quirrel or he appears as a strange creature which has not any
human traits. But in the novel, it is not always clear which person belongs
to the evil group or the good characters.
The novel, "The Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone" begins
with a description ofthe first conflict between the Dursleys and the Potters.
The Dursleys, the typical boring English family are established in the
role of the'evil' component, while the Potters are the
'good people of the
story. Secondly, Voldemort epitomizes evil and villainy, as he is the
murderer of Harry's parents and a creature destined to kill
Harry and
destroy Hogwarts. His short description at the beginning of the novel
alludes to his evil presence
throughout. Dumbledore, the epitome of
goodness and benevolence, is the man describing Voldemort,
a Subtle
illustrating
battle between good and evil at the onset.
Hagrid retells the story
O the good and evil of Voldemort and his parents to Harry. Harry discovers

ue meaning behind his scar sees a momentary green light and feels a
drp
in
pain in his head. He learns about Voldemort, his
magical antagonist
hindsight.
could have useHarry
wonders about his good magical powers and how he
them to fend off his evil.
When Harrmeets Draco Malfoy, he meets his antagonist at Hogwarts.
Draco is the mean
little boy who becomes Harry's nemesis. Draco comes
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from a family that defected to the evil side of magic
with
Voldemort
ago. Although they returned to good magic, Ron and ermione ayears r
Harry that they never should have Draco maliciously steals inform
left. Nevi
Remembrall and Harry flies after him, benevolently trying to retrie
for his friend. The result is Harry's being awarded the position retrieve it
of Seek
on Gryffindor's Quidditch team.
Harry, Hermione, and Ron fight evil with their good presence and
magic and defeat it, illustrating once again that good triumph over evil
When Harry's broom flies out of control, it seems to be controlled
by an
a
evil force, outside his control. Hermione spies Snape from across
the
stands staring at Harry as if he were plac1ng an evil spell on the broom
She sets his robes on fire, destroying any possible spell that
may have
come from him.
When Harry sees Snape seemingly threaten Quirrell in the
forest, he
believes Quirrell to be good and Snape to be evil. He informs his friends
that they must safeguard the good
Quirrell from the evil Snape, to save
the Sorcerer's Stone. When Harry sees
Quirrell is hosting Voldemort in
his turban and plans to destroy
Harry. Harry must do whatever necessary
to prevent the evil Voldemort from
stealing the Sorcerer's Stone, for he
will use it for evil instead of for
good. As Harry physically fights with the
two-faced monster of Quirrell and
evil spirit that killed his
Voldemort, he is fighting the strong
parents and is trying to kill him. As he places nis
hand on Quirrell's face, it
burns, illustrating that good overcomes evil.
When Gry ffindor defeats
forces have
Slytherin, it seems that the good spirits and
officially andfinally overtaken the evil one. Since Slyther
ISassociated with Voldemort and also
is the house of Draco Malroy, its
defeat is celebrated.
Gryffindor, the house associated with goodness and
Harry Potter, is victorious.
he uses the Finally, Harry defeats the Dark Lord Dca use
power of love that was given to him
Thus, we see that the fight by his motne
between good and evil is the central meof
Rowling's "The Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone". rpe
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