Duality Between Film and Literature
For decades, popular books have been adapted into movies, allowing stories to reach wider audiences while bringing beloved characters and settings to life on the big screen. The Harry Potter series is a great example of a “double” phenomenon because of the impacts as both a books and movies. Harry Potter is a fantasy series about a young boy who discovers he is a wizard living in a normal human world. He was invited to attend the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Alongside his friends, Hermione and Ron, Harry learns magic, faces magical creatures, and battles the dark wizard Voldemort. J.K. Rowling’s original books captured readers’ imaginations around the world with their fascinating plots, magical world, and adventurous characters. When the stories were adapted into movies, they gained an even broader audience, bringing the magic of Hogwarts to life in a vivid, visual form that allowed fans to see beloved characters and settings realized onscreen. The movies introduced Harry Potter to millions of people who might not have read the books. This duality in literature and film has made the franchise so popular and iconic for its time, making Harry Potter a unique and beloved double in entertainment history.
Harry Potter also has uncanny qualities within the film and book. It blends familiar with fantasy, making the magical world feel real. Hogwarts, for example, is both a school and a place filled with never ending magic like talking portraits, living statutes, and moving staircases. The characters also are portrayed as normal teenagers dealing with friendships, facing their fears, and experiencing failure. The setting is also quite eerie and can give people an unsettling feeling.
