Harry Potter is a movie series filled with fantasy scripted from a series of seven novels written by J.K Rowling. It talks about how little Harry Potter survived a deadly attack on his family by the darkest wizard in the “world” and how he is supposed to destroy the killer of his parents. (Columbus, 2001-2011). Structuralists believe that the world is governed by rules and codes and so in giving meaning to a text such as this, these structural codes or rules must not be broken. However, there is nothing that exists as the right or wrong answer (Eaglestone, 2009). Using postmodern and feminism criticisms, this paper is going to examine the existence of hypereality, the deconstruction of binary oppositions, the concept of patriarchy and the queer
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Narcissi, Draco Malfoy, (Harry’s mate and enemy in school) and Bellatrix, Draco Malfoy’s aunt were both followers of the Dark Lord. In one of the scenes Narcissi comes to Servrius Snape (an undercover follower of Voldermont who is teaching at Hogwarts) to plead for Servrius to protect Malfoy who has now been selected by Voldermont on a mission to destroy Harry. Narcissi comes weeping, showing much emotions and practically kneels down to ask for a favor which he had an obligation to since he was also a follower of Voldermont. It would have been odd that a man would be presented in such a manner Narcissi presented herself to Snape. It would have been seen as a weakness on the path of a man to plead for another man to protect his son. It is based on queer status that these assumptions are made. There is the assumption that certain actions are unusual on a man’s side to execute and so women would definitely have to take the responsibility to do them. These queer assumptions are created mainly by the society and have been normalized by everyone. Just as women have wants and needs so do men and so it is unfair to represent women as the vulnerable and desperate ones always asking for protection and other materialistic things from other people especially men. Men have their weakness and would definitely need the support from other people including …show more content…
It shows us that we cannot say there is a definite world based on what we see as “real”. Also living in a world where there is no definition of good or bad could be the best for our society. Another interesting thing the movie presented was the representation of the female gender. Due to queer status quo that society portray, women have been seen as powerless and a representation of the ones who always beg for this. A view at Harry Potter from the postmodern and feminist lens is a turning point from having a definite mindset about the world and exploring our world and other world that exists within our reach. I don’t think watching the movie again is going to bring the excitement and fun I always crave for in watching
Narcissi, Draco Malfoy, (Harry’s mate and enemy in school) and Bellatrix, Draco Malfoy’s aunt were both followers of the Dark Lord. In one of the scenes Narcissi comes to Servrius Snape (an undercover follower of Voldermont who is teaching at Hogwarts) to plead for Servrius to protect Malfoy who has now been selected by Voldermont on a mission to destroy Harry. Narcissi comes weeping, showing much emotions and practically kneels down to ask for a favor which he had an obligation to since he was also a follower of Voldermont. It would have been odd that a man would be presented in such a manner Narcissi presented herself to Snape. It would have been seen as a weakness on the path of a man to plead for another man to protect his son. It is based on queer status that these assumptions are made. There is the assumption that certain actions are unusual on a man’s side to execute and so women would definitely have to take the responsibility to do them. These queer assumptions are created mainly by the society and have been normalized by everyone. Just as women have wants and needs so do men and so it is unfair to represent women as the vulnerable and desperate ones always asking for protection and other materialistic things from other people especially men. Men have their weakness and would definitely need the support from other people including …show more content…
It shows us that we cannot say there is a definite world based on what we see as “real”. Also living in a world where there is no definition of good or bad could be the best for our society. Another interesting thing the movie presented was the representation of the female gender. Due to queer status quo that society portray, women have been seen as powerless and a representation of the ones who always beg for this. A view at Harry Potter from the postmodern and feminist lens is a turning point from having a definite mindset about the world and exploring our world and other world that exists within our reach. I don’t think watching the movie again is going to bring the excitement and fun I always crave for in watching