In the six Harry Potter films screened from 2001–2009, Harry Potter has been portrayed by British actor Daniel Radcliffe, who is slated to appear in the two final films, the last book being made into two parts. Radcliffe was asked to audition for the role of Harry in 2000 by producer David Heyman, while in attendance at a play titled Stones in His Pockets in London.[17][18] The role has been highly lucrative for Radcliffe; as of 2007, he had an estimated wealth of £17 million.[19]
In a 2007 interview with MTV, Radcliffe stated that, for him, Harry is a classic coming of age character: "That's what the films are about for me: a loss of innocence, going from being a young kid in awe of the world around him, to someone who is more battle-hardened by the end of it."[20] He also said that for him, important factors in Harry's psyche are his survivor's guilt in regard to his dead parents and his lingering loneliness. Because of this, Radcliffe talked to a bereavement counsellor to help him prepare for the role.[20] Radcliffe was quoted as saying that he wished for Harry to die in the books, but he clarified that he, "can't imagine any other way they can be concluded."[20] After reading the last book, where Harry and his friends survive and have children, Radcliffe stated he was glad about the ending and lauded Rowling for the conclusion of the story.[21] Radcliffe stated that the most repeated question he has been asked is how Harry Potter has influenced his own life, to which he regularly answers it has been "fine",[22] and that he did not feel pigeonholed by the role, but rather sees it as a huge privilege to portray Harry.[22]
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[edit] Characterisation
In the books, Harry is categorised as a "half-blood" wizard in the series, because although both his parents were magical, his mother, Lily Evans, was "Muggle-born". According to Rowling, to characters for whom wizarding blood purity matters, Lily would be considered "as 'bad' as a Muggle,"[23] and derogatively referred to as a "Mudblood".
According to Rowling, Harry is strongly guided by his own conscience, and has a keen feeling of what is right and what is wrong. Having "very limited access to truly caring adults", Rowling said, Harry "is forced to make his own decisions from an early age on."[24] He "does make mistakes", she conceded, but in the end, he does what his conscience tells him to do. According to Rowling, one of Harry's pivotal scenes came in the fourth book when he protects his dead schoolmate Cedric Diggory's body from Voldemort, because it shows he is brave and unselfish.[8]
Rowling also said that Harry's two worst character flaws are "anger and occasional arrogance",[15] but that Harry is also innately honourable. "He's not a cruel boy. He's competitive, and he's a fighter. He doesn't just lie down and take abuse. But he does have native integrity, which makes him a hero to me. He's a normal boy but with those qualities most of us really admire."[25] For the most part, Harry shows humility, often downplaying his achievements; though he uses a litany of his adventures as examples of his maturity early in the fifth book, these very same adventures are later employed to explain why he should lead Dumbledore's Army, at which point he denies that they make him worthy of authority. After the seventh book, Rowling commented that Harry has the ultimate character strength, being able to do what even Voldemort could not: the acceptance of the inevitability of death.
[edit] Physical appearance
According to Rowling, Harry is strongly guided by his own conscience, and has a keen feeling of what is right and what is wrong. Having "very limited access to truly caring adults", Rowling said, Harry "is forced to make his own decisions from an early age on."[24] He "does make mistakes", she conceded, but in the end, he does what his conscience tells him to do. According to Rowling, one of Harry's pivotal scenes came in the fourth book when he protects his dead schoolmate Cedric Diggory's body from Voldemort, because it shows he is brave and unselfish.[8]
Rowling also said that Harry's two worst character flaws are "anger and occasional arrogance",[15] but that Harry is also innately honourable. "He's not a cruel boy. He's competitive, and he's a fighter. He doesn't just lie down and take abuse. But he does have native integrity, which makes him a hero to me. He's a normal boy but with those qualities most of us really admire."[25] For the most part, Harry shows humility, often downplaying his achievements; though he uses a litany of his adventures as examples of his maturity early in the fifth book, these very same adventures are later employed to explain why he should lead Dumbledore's Army, at which point he denies that they make him worthy of authority. After the seventh book, Rowling commented that Harry has the ultimate character strength, being able to do what even Voldemort could not: the acceptance of the inevitability of death.
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Abilities and interests
Throughout the series, Rowling wrote Harry Potter as a gifted wizard apprentice. She stated in a 2000 interview with South West News Service that Harry Potter is "particularly talented" in Defence Against the Dark Arts, and also good at Quidditch.[29] Rowling said in the same interview that until about halfway through the third book, his good friend Hermione Granger — written as the smartest student in Harry's year — would have beaten Harry in a magical duel. From the fourth book onwards, Rowling admits Harry has become quite talented in the Defence Against the Dark Arts and would beat his friend Hermione in a magical duel.[29]
His power is evident from the beginning of the series; specifically, Harry shows immediate command of a broomstick, produces a Patronus at an early age, and survives several confrontations with Voldemort. Harry is able to speak and understand Parseltongue, a language associated with Dark Magic, which, according to Rowling, is because he harbours a piece of Lord Voldemort's soul. After Voldemort destroys that soul fragment in the seventh book's climax, Harry loses the ability to speak Parseltongue. Harry "is very glad" to have lost this gift.[15] Harry is also the only student in his class capable of resisting the Imperius curse.
According to Rowling, Harry's favourite book is Quidditch Through the Ages, an actual book that Rowling wrote (under the pseudonym Kennilworthy Whisp) for the Comic Relief charity.
His power is evident from the beginning of the series; specifically, Harry shows immediate command of a broomstick, produces a Patronus at an early age, and survives several confrontations with Voldemort. Harry is able to speak and understand Parseltongue, a language associated with Dark Magic, which, according to Rowling, is because he harbours a piece of Lord Voldemort's soul. After Voldemort destroys that soul fragment in the seventh book's climax, Harry loses the ability to speak Parseltongue. Harry "is very glad" to have lost this gift.[15] Harry is also the only student in his class capable of resisting the Imperius curse.
According to Rowling, Harry's favourite book is Quidditch Through the Ages, an actual book that Rowling wrote (under the pseudonym Kennilworthy Whisp) for the Comic Relief charity.
Possessions
Harry's parents left behind a somewhat large pile of wizard's gold, used as currency in the world of magic, in a vault in the wizarding bank, Gringotts. After Sirius' death later in the series, all of his remaining possessions are also passed along to Harry, including Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place. Rowling noted that "Harry’s money never really is that important in the books, except that he can afford his books and uniforms and so on.”[30] It is also used as a contrast with Ron and his family, who must be careful with their limited gold.
Harry also inherits indirectly two of his father's prize possessions. One is the Marauder's Map, given to him by interim owners Fred and George Weasley, which endows Harry with comprehensive knowledge of Hogwarts' facilities, grounds and occupants. The other is his father's Invisibility Cloak, given to him by Dumbledore, which eventually proves Harry's descent from the Peverell family. Harry uses these tools both to aid in semi-legal excursions at school and to protect those he cares about; the Invisibility Cloak, in particular, can hide two full-grown people. When Harry reaches his age of maturity at seventeen, Mrs. Weasley gives him a pocket watch which had once belonged to her brother Fabian Prewett.
Throughout the majority of the books, Harry also has a pet owl named Hedwig, used to deliver and receive messages and packages. Hedwig is killed in the seventh book, about which Rowling says: "The loss of Hedwig represented a loss of innocence and security. She has been almost like a cuddly toy to Harry at times. I know that death upset a lot of people!"[15] As a Quidditch player, Harry has owned two high-quality brooms. The first, a Nimbus Two Thousand, was procured for him by Professor McGonagall when Harry was added to Gryffindor's Quidditch team despite being a first-year student. This broom was destroyed by the Whomping Willow during a match in Harry's third year. It was replaced by a Firebolt, an even faster (and more expensive) broom, purchased for Harry by Sirius; however, as Black was believed to be trying to murder Harry at the time, the broom was subjected to stringent security inspections before Harry was allowed to ride it. Harry used it throughout his Hogwarts career until it, along with Hedwig, was lost during the July 1997 escape from Privet Drive.
Harry also inherits indirectly two of his father's prize possessions. One is the Marauder's Map, given to him by interim owners Fred and George Weasley, which endows Harry with comprehensive knowledge of Hogwarts' facilities, grounds and occupants. The other is his father's Invisibility Cloak, given to him by Dumbledore, which eventually proves Harry's descent from the Peverell family. Harry uses these tools both to aid in semi-legal excursions at school and to protect those he cares about; the Invisibility Cloak, in particular, can hide two full-grown people. When Harry reaches his age of maturity at seventeen, Mrs. Weasley gives him a pocket watch which had once belonged to her brother Fabian Prewett.
Throughout the majority of the books, Harry also has a pet owl named Hedwig, used to deliver and receive messages and packages. Hedwig is killed in the seventh book, about which Rowling says: "The loss of Hedwig represented a loss of innocence and security. She has been almost like a cuddly toy to Harry at times. I know that death upset a lot of people!"[15] As a Quidditch player, Harry has owned two high-quality brooms. The first, a Nimbus Two Thousand, was procured for him by Professor McGonagall when Harry was added to Gryffindor's Quidditch team despite being a first-year student. This broom was destroyed by the Whomping Willow during a match in Harry's third year. It was replaced by a Firebolt, an even faster (and more expensive) broom, purchased for Harry by Sirius; however, as Black was believed to be trying to murder Harry at the time, the broom was subjected to stringent security inspections before Harry was allowed to ride it. Harry used it throughout his Hogwarts career until it, along with Hedwig, was lost during the July 1997 escape from Privet Drive.
In popular culture
In 2002, Harry Potter was voted No. 85 among the "100 Best Fictional Characters" by Book magazine[31] and also voted the 35th "Worst Briton" in Channel 4's "100 Worst Britons We Love to Hate" programme.[32] Entertainment Weekly put him on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying "Long after we've turned the last page and watched the last end credit, Harry still feels like someone we know. And that's the most magical thing about him."[33]
According to halloweenonline.com, Harry Potter sets were the fifth-best selling Halloween costume of 2005.[34] In addition, wizard rock bands like Harry and the Potters and others regularly dress up in the style of Harry Potter, sporting painted forehead scars, black wigs and round bottle top glasses. Wizard rock is a musical movement dating from 2002 that consists of at least 200 bands made up of young musicians, playing songs about Harry Potter.[35][36] The movement started in Massachusetts with the band Harry and the Potters, who cosplay as Harry during live performances[37][38]
According to halloweenonline.com, Harry Potter sets were the fifth-best selling Halloween costume of 2005.[34] In addition, wizard rock bands like Harry and the Potters and others regularly dress up in the style of Harry Potter, sporting painted forehead scars, black wigs and round bottle top glasses. Wizard rock is a musical movement dating from 2002 that consists of at least 200 bands made up of young musicians, playing songs about Harry Potter.[35][36] The movement started in Massachusetts with the band Harry and the Potters, who cosplay as Harry during live performances[37][38]
Parodies of Harry Potter
Harry Potter is spoofed in the Barry Trotter series by American writer Michael Gerber, where a "Barry Trotter" appears as the eponymous anti-hero. On his homepage, Gerber describes Trotter as an unpleasant character who "drinks too much, eats like a pig, sleeps until noon, and owes everybody money."[39] The author stated "[s]ince I really liked Rowling's books […] I felt obligated to try to write a spoof worthy of the originals."[40]
Harry was parodied in the Robot Chicken episode "Nutcracker Sweet" voiced by Seth Green. He is shown to have a Firebolt in a delicate place on himself. Quinton Flynn voices Harry Potter in the episode "Password: Swordfish." When the threat of the puberty creature Pubertis is known, Harry sees Dumbledore about this and receives a stone that might help him fight Pubertis. Upon confrontation with Pubertis, he rubs the stone two times, which summons ghosts to punch it. When it comes to the third time (the stone starts "chafing"), Dumbledore appears and tells Harry that the stone can only be warmed up three times (four if you take a week off) and that Pubertis cannot be destroyed since it lives in everyone. Zac Efron voices Harry Potter in the episode "I Love Her." Criss Angel appears as the substitute teacher for his potions class after Severus Snape suffers a "minor potion accident."
In an episode of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Potter is referenced twice, once when Jimmy is watching a reel of movies rapidly (Where Hagrid says "You're a Wizard, Harry") and later in the filming for Jimmy's movie, as Jimmy plays a parody of Harry, called "Perry Bladder". Wizards of Waverly Place once referenced Harry, as Justin was wearing a robe and glasses like Harry, which Alex comments on, trying to guess who he looks like ("Barry something", "Jerry something", etc.) Sonny With A Chance also referenced Harry, when Sonny dresses as a wizard, mocking Selena Gomez, and Chad greets her as "Scary Potter." Episodes of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy has spoofed Harry as Nigel Planter. Unlike Harry, Nigel has an L-shaped scar on his forehead. In an unexpected twist, the episode "Nigel Planter and the Order of the Peanuts" reveals that Nigel is not the child of wizards, but the heir to a major peanut company. Nigel, spoofing Harry's ability to speak Parseltongue, speaks "Partial Tongue", and rather than talk to Snakes, talks to Snacks.
In Epic Movie, a 2007 parody film, where he is played by Canadian comedian Kevin McDonald, Harry is portrayed as being somewhat of a pervert as seen when Harry tries to touch Susan Pevensie's breasts. In the 2008 American comedy film Yes Man, Carl (portrayed by Jim Carrey) attends a Harry Potter-themed party disguised as Harry himself. A series of sketches on All That spoofed Harry Potter with Harry Bladder. Instead of flying on a broom, Harry rode a leaf-blower.[41]
A sketch on MADtv saw professional wrestler Triple H perform a spoof of Harry called 'Triple H Potter' in which the character is invited to be on MADtv. In a scene only vaguely similar to the scene in which Hagrid retrieves Harry from the shack on the island in the first book, he has to deal with both an impersonator of Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Stephanie Weir, who runs herself into a wall. Weir is then slammed into the doorframe of the barn where "Potter" has been staying after asking Triple H to make her 'fly' out of the barn. Harry was mentioned in passing as a 'boy wizard' whose adventures were outstripping the works of a fictional author in Bunnicula meets Edgar Allen Crow.
The Potter Puppet Pals, made by twenty-three year old Neil Cicierega, is a series of flash animations about Harry Potter. Episodes so far have been about annoying Snape with disastrous results (titled "Bothering Snape") and killing Lord Voldemort with machine guns (titled "Trouble at Hogwarts"). Other movies featuring real puppets have been released on YouTube.
Harry was parodied in the Robot Chicken episode "Nutcracker Sweet" voiced by Seth Green. He is shown to have a Firebolt in a delicate place on himself. Quinton Flynn voices Harry Potter in the episode "Password: Swordfish." When the threat of the puberty creature Pubertis is known, Harry sees Dumbledore about this and receives a stone that might help him fight Pubertis. Upon confrontation with Pubertis, he rubs the stone two times, which summons ghosts to punch it. When it comes to the third time (the stone starts "chafing"), Dumbledore appears and tells Harry that the stone can only be warmed up three times (four if you take a week off) and that Pubertis cannot be destroyed since it lives in everyone. Zac Efron voices Harry Potter in the episode "I Love Her." Criss Angel appears as the substitute teacher for his potions class after Severus Snape suffers a "minor potion accident."
In an episode of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Potter is referenced twice, once when Jimmy is watching a reel of movies rapidly (Where Hagrid says "You're a Wizard, Harry") and later in the filming for Jimmy's movie, as Jimmy plays a parody of Harry, called "Perry Bladder". Wizards of Waverly Place once referenced Harry, as Justin was wearing a robe and glasses like Harry, which Alex comments on, trying to guess who he looks like ("Barry something", "Jerry something", etc.) Sonny With A Chance also referenced Harry, when Sonny dresses as a wizard, mocking Selena Gomez, and Chad greets her as "Scary Potter." Episodes of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy has spoofed Harry as Nigel Planter. Unlike Harry, Nigel has an L-shaped scar on his forehead. In an unexpected twist, the episode "Nigel Planter and the Order of the Peanuts" reveals that Nigel is not the child of wizards, but the heir to a major peanut company. Nigel, spoofing Harry's ability to speak Parseltongue, speaks "Partial Tongue", and rather than talk to Snakes, talks to Snacks.
In Epic Movie, a 2007 parody film, where he is played by Canadian comedian Kevin McDonald, Harry is portrayed as being somewhat of a pervert as seen when Harry tries to touch Susan Pevensie's breasts. In the 2008 American comedy film Yes Man, Carl (portrayed by Jim Carrey) attends a Harry Potter-themed party disguised as Harry himself. A series of sketches on All That spoofed Harry Potter with Harry Bladder. Instead of flying on a broom, Harry rode a leaf-blower.[41]
A sketch on MADtv saw professional wrestler Triple H perform a spoof of Harry called 'Triple H Potter' in which the character is invited to be on MADtv. In a scene only vaguely similar to the scene in which Hagrid retrieves Harry from the shack on the island in the first book, he has to deal with both an impersonator of Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Stephanie Weir, who runs herself into a wall. Weir is then slammed into the doorframe of the barn where "Potter" has been staying after asking Triple H to make her 'fly' out of the barn. Harry was mentioned in passing as a 'boy wizard' whose adventures were outstripping the works of a fictional author in Bunnicula meets Edgar Allen Crow.
The Potter Puppet Pals, made by twenty-three year old Neil Cicierega, is a series of flash animations about Harry Potter. Episodes so far have been about annoying Snape with disastrous results (titled "Bothering Snape") and killing Lord Voldemort with machine guns (titled "Trouble at Hogwarts"). Other movies featuring real puppets have been released on YouTube.
Thứ Ba, 13 tháng 1, 2009
Draco Malfoy: The Wizard We All Love to Hate
Draco Malfoy stands as Harry’s complete opposite, and thus makes a wonderful antagonist and villain in the hugely popular JK Rowling’s book series about the famous boy wizard Harry. According to Rowling, Draco Malfoy was born on June 5, 1980. Since Harry’s first day at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Draco Malfoy has stood as his main rival and antagonist at the school. He is frequently trying to compete at Harry, and is bothered any time that Harry distinguishes himself in any way.
Draco Malfoy is described as tall and slender. He has a sharp-featured face, including a sharp nose and darting eyes. He is described as very pale, with slick white-blond hair. He has light grey eyes that are described as icy and cold. He comes from a wealthy family. Harry immediately dislikes Draco Malfoy, and considers him to be an arrogant and spoiled boy who is also selfish and extremely competitive. The other students generally refer to Draco as “Malfoy” Draco Malfoy frequently makes fun of Ron Weasley because his family is not rich. Weasley comes from a poor financial background, although his family is rich in love. Draco Malfoy also frequently antagonizes Ron Weasley because she was born into a muggle family. In other words, Hermione does not have “magical” parents or known relatives with magical abilities. Draco Malfoy has an elitist and prejudiced view of the wizard world. Draco was taught by his family that wizarding should only be studied and done by those who come from a pure wizard family. Draco Malfoy is known to call Hermione by the slur “mudblood.” In the Harry Potter film adaptations, Draco Malfoy is played by the actor Tom Felton.
Just how did Draco turn into such a monster? It appears that much of Draco’s arrogance comes from the way he was raised. He was the only child of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy. His family is loosely related to the Black family on his mother’s side. It appears that Draco’s mother is the cousin of Sirius Black. Draco Malfoy represents one of Harry’s biggest challenges as a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. At first, he appears merely to be schoolyard bully-type and a source of competition for Harry. However, as the book series continues, Draco begins to mature, but he also takes on even more sinister undertones. Eventually, Draco Malfoy joins the death eaters. Draco appears to inherit his family’s generational racism. Draco’s father, Lucius, is a known supporter of the dark and evil Lord Voldemort. However, after the initial downfall of the dark Lord Voldemort, Lucius claims that he did not really support Voldemort, but was merely the victim of a mind control spell. However, when the dark Lord Voldemort attains a new body and returns to the wizard world, both of Draco’s parents return to the service of the evil Lord Voldemort. Although Draco Malfoy’s mother, Narcissa, does not seem to become a death eater herself, it is clear that she supports her husband and the Lord Voldemort’s evil goals.
In nearly all of the Harry Potter books released in the series thus far, Draco Malfoy nearly always serves as Harry Potter’s foil. They are like reverse mirror images of one another. Draco is also important because he is the most prominent representative of the Slytherin House. He provides other members with rumors, and stands as one of the most important sources of information in the series, rumors and otherwise. Although he is a bully and arrogant, he also possesses a keen intelligence. He has aspirations to be one of the most powerful and cunning wizards in all of Hogwarts history.
Draco Malfoy is described as tall and slender. He has a sharp-featured face, including a sharp nose and darting eyes. He is described as very pale, with slick white-blond hair. He has light grey eyes that are described as icy and cold. He comes from a wealthy family. Harry immediately dislikes Draco Malfoy, and considers him to be an arrogant and spoiled boy who is also selfish and extremely competitive. The other students generally refer to Draco as “Malfoy” Draco Malfoy frequently makes fun of Ron Weasley because his family is not rich. Weasley comes from a poor financial background, although his family is rich in love. Draco Malfoy also frequently antagonizes Ron Weasley because she was born into a muggle family. In other words, Hermione does not have “magical” parents or known relatives with magical abilities. Draco Malfoy has an elitist and prejudiced view of the wizard world. Draco was taught by his family that wizarding should only be studied and done by those who come from a pure wizard family. Draco Malfoy is known to call Hermione by the slur “mudblood.” In the Harry Potter film adaptations, Draco Malfoy is played by the actor Tom Felton.
Just how did Draco turn into such a monster? It appears that much of Draco’s arrogance comes from the way he was raised. He was the only child of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy. His family is loosely related to the Black family on his mother’s side. It appears that Draco’s mother is the cousin of Sirius Black. Draco Malfoy represents one of Harry’s biggest challenges as a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. At first, he appears merely to be schoolyard bully-type and a source of competition for Harry. However, as the book series continues, Draco begins to mature, but he also takes on even more sinister undertones. Eventually, Draco Malfoy joins the death eaters. Draco appears to inherit his family’s generational racism. Draco’s father, Lucius, is a known supporter of the dark and evil Lord Voldemort. However, after the initial downfall of the dark Lord Voldemort, Lucius claims that he did not really support Voldemort, but was merely the victim of a mind control spell. However, when the dark Lord Voldemort attains a new body and returns to the wizard world, both of Draco’s parents return to the service of the evil Lord Voldemort. Although Draco Malfoy’s mother, Narcissa, does not seem to become a death eater herself, it is clear that she supports her husband and the Lord Voldemort’s evil goals.
In nearly all of the Harry Potter books released in the series thus far, Draco Malfoy nearly always serves as Harry Potter’s foil. They are like reverse mirror images of one another. Draco is also important because he is the most prominent representative of the Slytherin House. He provides other members with rumors, and stands as one of the most important sources of information in the series, rumors and otherwise. Although he is a bully and arrogant, he also possesses a keen intelligence. He has aspirations to be one of the most powerful and cunning wizards in all of Hogwarts history.
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