On the evening of his twelfth birthday (July 31), he is visited in his room and warned that he will be in mortal danger if he returns to Hogwarts by a house-elf named Dobby (Toby Jones), who reveals that he has intercepted all of the letters to make it seem as though Harry's friends had forgotten him, hoping that it will then dissuade Harry from returning. In 1992, shortly after the end of his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during the first film, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) spends a dreadful summer at the Dursleys' house without being allowed to use magic outside of school nor receiving any letters from his new friends, Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson), both of whom he is unable to contact because neither his Aunt Petunia (Fiona Shaw) nor Uncle Vernon (Richard Griffiths) would allow their nephew's pet owl Hedwig out of her padlocked cage. 2.9 Ghosts, spectres, photos or flashback performance.2.5 Lord Voldemort, his Death Eaters and followers.The film grossed $878 million worldwide, making it the second highest-grossing film of 2002 (behind The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers) and the sixth highest-grossing film of all time at the time (behind Titanic, The Philosopher's Stone, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Jurassic Park and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring). premiere and the film is dedicated to his memory. Reprising their roles from Philosopher's Stone are Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Richard Harris, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, Bonnie Wright, David Bradley, Tom Felton, and Sean Biggerstaff, while Kenneth Branagh, Jason Isaacs, Robert Hardy, Shirley Henderson, Gemma Jones, Miriam Margolyes, Mark Williams and Toby Jones make their debut for the series.Ĭhamber of Secrets is one of Richard Harris' last films he died before its U.S. Chris Columbus returned to direct the sequel to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, as did Steve Kloves to write, and David Heyman to produce. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a British- American fantasy film based on the second novel by J. Read under a queer lens, the ambivalence of all the DADA teachers and their unique relationship with the hero offer a fertile ground for speculation how the DADA teachers influence Harry’s process of sexual (and possibly queer) maturation." Something evil has returned to Hogwarts!" - Official tagline Concluding, the significance of the DADA teachers for Harry’s final role as heterosexual husband and father in the epilogue of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II will be discussed. This paper seeks to investigate the role-conception of the DADA teachers from a film scholars’ perspective by exploring their queer potential, mainly focussing on their relationship with the hero and on their appearance in the movies. And finally, Harry’s eyes are eroticised as fetish for Snape. Furthermore, Moody has not only a secret identity he gets a perverse kick from pain and transfiguration. Lupin’s second nature as werewolf is a secret that references closeted homosexuality and AIDS. Lockhart’s role-conception follows the Sissy-stereotype from the Classic Hollywood era. There is Quirrell’s lavender turban and his double-identity as host for Voldemort. Every DADA teacher turns out to be hiding something, has a secret identity, and is untrustworthy, evil or at least strange. It is important to note that all six possible role-models to the hero are defined by their highly ambivalent character. Apart from his relationship with Albus Dumbledore, Harry’s encounters with these teachers are the most important lessons during his way into adulthood. Every Hogwarts school year is defined by Harry Potter’s new teacher for Defence Against the Dark Arts (DADA): Quirinus Quirrell, Gilderoy Lockhart, Remus Lupin, Moody/Barty Crouch Jr., Dolores Umbridge, and Severus Snape.
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