MEDIEVAL ROMANCES AND HARRY POTTER By Julia Mitrano Per.

WHAT IS A MEDIEVAL ROMANCE?

A medieval romance is basically a story about a tale of high adventure The seven characteristics of a medieval romance are:
Chivalry A hero and his noble-deeds Love of a lady A Vague setting Mystery and Suspense

Hidden Identity
The Magic Number 3

CHARACTERISTIC 1: CHIVALRY

The first characteristic of romance is that the story idealizes chivalry. Harry shows chivalry many times throughout the series. One example is in the seventh book when Harry goes into the forest to face Voldemort to prevent anymore people from dying
*The seventh book is called Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

CHARACTERISTIC 2: NOBLE DEEDS

A medieval romance also idealizes a hero-knight and his noble deeds The noble deeds done by Harry include saving the Sorcerer's Stone, saving Ginny from the Chamber of Secrets, defeating Voldemortquite a few times, and saving the Wizarding World

CHARACTERISTIC 3: LOVE FOR A LADY

An element in all romances is a knight that has the love of a lady In the books, Harry has the love of two girls: Ginny Weasley and Cho Chang *This does not include the hundreds of girls who like him because he is famous*

CHARACTERISTIC 4: VAGUE SETTING

In the setting of a medieval romance, it is usually very vague and/or imaginary Though we know Hogwarts is in England, no one knows exactly where it is in England. We also know that one of only way to get to Hogwarts is from the Hogwarts Express

CHARACTERISTIC 5: MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE

Each romance usually has mysteries and suspense from supernatural elements Throughout the entire series there is supernatural events. From magic wands, to spells, to ghosts, to hats that can talk, and many more the supernatural is everywhere

CHARACTERISTIC 6: HIDDEN IDENTITY

The romances uses hidden or disguised identity Throughout the books there is hidden identity, but the most memorable one was how Barty Crouch Jr. used polyjuice potion to disguise himself as Mad-Eye Moody, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor in the fourth book.
*The Fourth book is called Harry Potter and
the Goblet of Fire

CHARACTERISTIC 7: 3

The number 3 is often repeated throughout the story Harry Potter has two best friends, creating a trio In the fourth book, there is a Triwizard Tournament where three students, each from three different schools compete for the championship.

WHY IS HARRY CONSIDERED A HERO-KNIGHT?

1.
2. 3.

He has a mysterious birth

He is away from his real parents
Harrys parents are killed when he was just a baby

-The reader does not know when or how Harry was born, they only meet him when he is being brought to the Dursleys home

- Both of

His true identity was unknown for 11 years

- Harry did not know he was a wizard or what really happened to his parents until Hagrid came to bring him to Hogwarts

4. He claims his rights after a challenge

- After defeating Voldemort, Harry claims his right to free the Wizarding World of
5. evil

His triumph benefits the Wizarding World