Gothic in the Deathly Hallows: Isolating the heroes

About Standards
Detailed practice
Story - Narrative
Middle years and up
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J K Rowling
gothic
evoking emotion
evoking mood
unease
vulnerability
isolation
physical description
parallelism
project
Purpose
Use language to create an uneasy sense of vulnerability.
Description
In this lesson we look at a short descriptive passage in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, in which Harry and Hermione make their way into Godric's Hollow. We focus specifically on how Rowling makes the characters seem isolated and vulnerable in an otherwise safe location.
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