Exam 43: Harry Potter: a Rankian Analysis of the Hero of Hogwarts, M Katherine Grimes

Otto Rank's research into the ________________ is at the heart of this chapter's discussion of the Harry Potter stories.

In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry receives his father's _____________, which figures broadly in many myths.

In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, beams from both Harry's and Voldemort's magic wands unite because they contain ________________ from Albus Dumbledore's phoenix, Fawkes.

Joseph : Jesus :: _________________ : Harry Potter

In estimating the importance of Harry's mother Lily, we might include Carl Jung's consideration that mother figures are representations of the hero's _______________.

Figuratively speaking, ___________________: Harry :: Zeus : Hercules

Vernon Dursley illustrates Rank's ideas about the _______________ figure in the archtetypal hero myth.

Rank's basic elements of the hero myth fulfilled in the Harry Potter series include:

According to Sigmund Freud and Otto Rank, the fundamental source of myths is the ___________________________.

Harry's father James is an outstanding _______________ with special powers.

Like ________________'s father, Harry's father James dies because of a prophecy involving the son.

_____________________ is the author of the Harry Potter books.

In the Harry Potter series, ________________________ fills the role of Rank's evil father substitute.

M. Katherine Grimes explains the significance of three manifestations of James Potter. She does NOT include________________.

Uncle Vernon Dursley fulfills the condition for a hero described by Otto Rank that _____________________.

Sirius Black, Harry's godfather, often appears in the shape of a _________________.

In The Sorcerer's Stone, when Harry looks into the Mirror of Erised, he sees ______________.

In The Myth of the Birth of the Hero, Rank illustrated his belief that people create heroes as a way of ______________________________________.

___________________ is Rank's term for the reversal of relationship roles used by children to cope with negative feelings about parents.

Otto Rank maintained that the complex of feelings in a family concerning the status of parents and the relationships between children and parents motivates the creation of the ___________________ myth.