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//-->CauldronsCauldrons were once used by Muggles and wizards alike, beinglarge metal cooking pots that could be suspended over fires. Intime, magical and non-magical people alike moved on to stoves;saucepans became more convenient and cauldrons became thesole province of witches and wizards, who continued to brewpotions in them. A naked flame is essential for the making ofpotions, which makes cauldrons the most practical pot of all.All cauldrons are enchanted to make them lighter to carry, asthey are most commonly made of pewter or iron. Moderninventions include the self-stirring and collapsible varieties ofcauldron, and pots of precious metal are also available for thespecialist, or the show-off.J.K. Rowling's thoughtsCauldrons have had a magical association for centuries. Theyappear in hundreds of years’ worth of pictures of witches, andare also supposed to be where leprechauns keep treasure. Manyfolk and fairy tales make mention of cauldrons with specialpowers, but in the Harry Potter books they are a fairly mundanetool. I did consider making Helga Hufflepuff's hallow a cauldron,but there was something slightly comical and incongruous abouthaving such a large and heavy Horcrux; I wanted the objectsHarry had to find to be smaller and more portable. However, acauldron appears both in the four mythical jewels of Ireland (itsmagical power was that nobody ever went away from itunsatisfied) and in the legend of The Thirteen Treasures of Britain(the cauldron of Dyrnwch the giant would cook meat for bravemen, but not for cowards).CokeworthCokeworth is a town in England where Spinner's End is located.Cokeworth is a fictional town in the English midlands where Harryspends a night at the Railview Hotel with his aunt, uncle andcousin Dudley. Cokeworth's name is supposed to suggest anindustrial town, and to evoke associations of hard work andgrime.Although it is never made explicit in the books, Cokeworth is theplace where Petunia and Lily Evans and Severus Snape all grewup. When Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon are trying to evade theletters from Hogwarts, they travel to Cokeworth. Perhaps UncleVernon has a vague idea that Cokeworth is so distinctlyunmagical, the letters will not follow them there. He ought tohave known better; after all Petunia’s sister, Lily, turned into atalented witch in Cokeworth.It is therefore Cokeworth that Bellatrix and Narcissa visit at thestart ofHalf-Blood Prince, where they visit Snape at his parents'old house. Cokeworth has a river running through it, evidence ofat least one large factory in the long chimney overlookingSnape's house, and many small streets full of workers' housesDraco MalfoyDraco Malfoy is a Hogwarts student with white-blond hair, coldgrey eyes and a pale, pointed face. A Slytherin whose family hasbeen linked to the Dark Arts, Draco often taunts Harry and hisfriends.Birthday:5th JuneWand:Hawthorn and Unicorn hair, Ten inches, SpringyHogwarts house:SlytherinParentage:Witch mother, wizard fatherDraco Malfoy grew up as an only child at Malfoy Manor, themagnificent mansion in Wiltshire which had been in his family’spossession for many centuries. From the time when he could talk,it was made clear to him that he was triply special: firstly as awizard, secondly as a pure-blood, and thirdly as a member of theMalfoy family.Draco was raised in an atmosphere of regret that the Dark Lordhad not succeeded in taking command of the wizardingcommunity, although he was prudently reminded that suchsentiments ought not to be expressed outside the small circle ofthe family and their close friends ‘or Daddy might get intotrouble’. In childhood, Draco associated mainly with the pure-blood children of his father’s ex-Death Eater cronies, andtherefore arrived at Hogwarts with a small gang of friends alreadymade, including Theodore Nott and Vincent Crabbe.Like every other child of Harry Potter’s age, Draco heard storiesof the Boy Who Lived through his youth. Many different theorieshad been in circulation for years as to how Harry survived whatshould have been a lethal attack, and one of the most persistentwas that Harry himself was a great Dark wizard. The fact that hehad been removed from the wizarding community seemed (towishful thinkers) to support this view, and Draco’s father, wilyLucius Malfoy, was one of those who subscribed most eagerly tothe theory. It was comforting to think that he, Lucius, might be infor a second chance of world domination, should this Potter boyprove to be another, and greater, pure-blood champion. It was,therefore, in the knowledge that he was doing nothing of whichhis father would disapprove, and in the hope that he might beable to relay some interesting news home, that Draco Malfoyoffered Harry Potter his hand when he realised who he was onthe Hogwarts Express. Harry’s refusal of Draco’s friendly overtures,and the fact that he had already formed allegiance to RonWeasley, whose family is anathema to the Malfoys, turns Malfoyagainst him at once. Draco realised, correctly, that the wild hopesof the ex-Death Eaters – that Harry Potter was another, andbetter, Voldemort – are completely unfounded, and their mutualenmity is assured from that point.Much of Draco’s behaviour at school was modelled on the mostimpressive person he knew - his father - and he faithfully copiedLucius’s cold and contemptuous manner to everyone outside hisinner circle. Having recruited a second henchman (Crabbe beingalready in position pre-Hogwarts) on the train to school, the lessphysically imposing Malfoy used Crabbe and Goyle as acombination of henchman and bodyguard throughout his six yearsof school life.Draco’s feelings for Harry were always based, in a great part, onenvy. Though he never sought fame, Harry was unquestionably themost talked-about and admired person at school, and thisnaturally jarred with a boy who had been brought up to believethat he occupied an almost royal position within the wizardingcommunity. What was more, Harry was most talented at flying,the one skill at which Malfoy had been confident he wouldoutshine all the other first-years. The fact that the Potionsmaster, Snape, had a soft spot for Malfoy, and despised Harry,was only slight compensation.Draco resorted to many different dirty tactics in his perpetualquest to get under Harry’s skin, or discredit him in the eyes of [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ] |
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