The Problem of Evil in The Harry Potter Series

In the Harry Potter series, Rowling has created a world full of magic, imagination, and witchcrafts. In terms of fantasy fiction, fantasy is defined as “the literature of unreality,” or as “literature which does not give priority to realistic representation”. Usually, works of fantasy genre take place in an imaginary world where magical and supernatural creatures are common and prevalent. Harry Potter novels revolve around an orphaned boy, who enrolls at Hogwarts School, and his adventurous contention with the evil wizard Voldemort who acts as the Dark Lord in several ways.

Voldemort as a character and Dark Lord is split up into many different shapes that together create the prime evil. Voldemort creates a way to defeat Harry in each book, and he seems to be a variety of different types! He usually appears supernaturally as a fearsome figure who threatens or betrays Harry. These different ways come after murdering Harry’s parents, Voldemort himself explains the strange turn of the events. He said: “My curse was deflected by the woman’s foolish sacrifice, and it rebounded upon myself. Aaah … pain beyond pain, my friends; nothing could have prepared me for it. I was ripped from my body, I was less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost …. but still, I was alive. What I was, even I do not know …. I had no body.” Through Voldemort’s attack on Harry, he is “physically reduced to something less than human, something that needs care and support from his followers to survive.” Thus, he usually appears supernaturally as a fearsome figure who threatens or betrays Harry.

In order to survive in his own, “Voldemort’s only option for survival is to draw life from the body of another human being” Thus, he first attaches himself as a parasite on Professor Quirrell’s body. He disguises his face inside Quirrell’s turban to cover up an unusually shaped head. After Quirrell’s death, Voldemort disappears in search of another source of life. He can also 'configure and transform into different sizes and shapes.” He appears to be a shadowy figure moving inside Hogwarts as a snake Nagini, and as dementors, who, according to Dumbledore, are Voldemort’s natural allies. The serpents or snakes in the Harry Potter series play a significant role in the text because of their negative associations with death and destruction via their involvement with Rowling's malicious villains.

As well as the serpent, the dementors are not materialized into any other kind of form or color. This principle can be fit with ghosts and spiritual apparitions - they can appear in certain ways and only for short periods of time. These different versions have passed and transformed into this dark ominous form in order to continue their evil, malevolent ways. All these versions are overwhelming with darkness and gloominess. Voldemort tries to attack Harry in a dark side, a secret side. Through the interview on “Shadow People & How to Deal with Negative Energy and Dark Being,” Natali enhances …… His attack’s strategy “could be a form of mind control or manipulation, working on (Harry’s) subconscious mind in some way. It establishes a stark sense of 'presence' and is something (He) can’t forget” Interview, “Interview on Shadow People & How to Deal w Neg Energy - Podcast” He appears in Harry’s life in different conditions with different versions. He is dark, wild, troubling, and disturbingly fascinating. No light goes through him at all. It is suggested that his darkness is a form of camouflage.

According to Natalia Kuna, powerful villain, as well as Voldemort, is “conscious, intelligent, inter-dimensional being that can shapeshift into various forms and figurations, and move back and forth between dimensions.” He is described under the classification of demonic creatures or even evil spirits of entities! Voldemort is shown in the visions of his readers as a piece of magic, terrifying and unforgettable. He usually sends a kind of signal and vibe making Harry feels like he will return. Harry experiences the forces, power and threatening nature of these dark entities. While Voldemort is a famous wizard as well as Harry, he, moreover, chooses to separate himself from others. He chooses to live in darkness and becomes loneliness. Voldemort wished to be “different, separate, notorious.” He always wanted to separate himself from those around him and shunned any possible links to others.

In terms of friendship, Dumbledore states that “Lord Voldemort has never had a friend, not do I believe that he has ever wanted one” Voldemort wants to separate himself from the people around him. Even as a child Tom Riddle, the last character of Voldemort, wanted to be self-sufficient, to do things in his own. His treatment of the other children at the orphanage suggests that he had no tendencies to form friendships, and what is known about his relationships with other students at Hogwarts does not indicate any true or particularly strong bonds.

Though Rowling’s stories contain the usual global battle between the forces of good and evil, she is “essentially a novelist, strongest when writing about the real world.” Rowling’s real elements in the novel concern her characters. “Harry has psychology; his problems need resolution in the real world”.