Perfectionism In Harry Potter By Voldemort

In regards to strength, perfectionism greatly prioritizes strength. Voldemort’s fascist obsession with strength may transfer over to perfectionism. Strength itself may lead someone to become a celebrity. Celebrities tend to have strong abilities, as mentioned earlier, and strength alone may give someone enough power to be considered a prominent, well-known celebrity. Perfectionism does not condone equality, just as Voldemort despises the idea of equality. Voldemort elicits an existentialist take on perfectionism in that one of his main goals is to defeat death, stay prominent, and increase his strength. In this way, he may be considered a celebrity who actively seeks power and attention, and as displayed through the novels, those types of …show more content…
Harry is a natural stand-out and is distinguished from the common wizards from the beginning of the first book. Based on what Rowling has written, celebrities tend to have perfectionist qualities. Harry is the predominant celebrity in the series, which comes with no surprise as he is filled with these perfectionist qualities. The utterance of Harry’s name alone is enough to cause everyone in the room to perk their ears. Before Harry could even walk his name had great power. This ethos is a prime example of perfectionism, as perfectionism cultivates ethos, which is the very idea of celebrity. When it comes to the Übermensch philosophy, Harry is as super of a man as they come. Harry does not let rules interfere with him taking action, and this is classic perfectionism at work. The action over law concept is characteristic to Harry and perfectionism. It is this concept that allows Harry to maintain his celebrity status, as he continuously saves Hogwarts. This concept is enabled by the staff at Hogwarts, as they generally do not punish Harry for his rule breaking, especially Dumbledore. Celebrities are usually given special treatment, and people generally look the other way when presented with a celebrity who breaks the rules. Harry receives a high grade broomstick when broomsticks are not allowed as a result of flying when it was forbidden. It may be important to note that Harry is punished severely at the Dursley house for …show more content…
He is a fraud, and he knows he must be a fraud to achieve his goals. He takes a realist approach to establishing himself as a celebrity. As long as he receives glory, he will do whatever it takes to get there. Being solely motivated by fame and fortune, Lockhart embodies realist politics. Analogous to Rita’s fate, Lockhart ends up being exposed as a fraud and loses his memory as he tries to erase Ron’s memory. This may serve the lesson that using unethical methods to reach fame backfires, quite literally in Lockhart’s case as Ron’s wand