Time Travel In Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

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Finally, the time-turner resolves the plot. The person casting the Patronus to drive off the Dementors was Harry himself; Buckbeak and Sirius are free, if on the run. It was kind of a deux-ex-machina if you didn't see it coming. Which, by the way, is perfectly reasonable- we didn't have a clue that time travel was actually possible, that usually being in the area of sci-fi and not magic. Over the years, critics have repeatedly poked holes the whole time turner plot line. The most obvious question is: if wizards can travel through time, why couldn't someone — Harry, Dumbledore, literally anyone — go back in time and stop Voldemort back when he was young Tom Riddle? They saved Buckbeak using the time turner, so why not stop Voldemort using it …show more content…

It opened up a vast number of problems for her, because after all, if wizards could go back and undo problems, where were the future plots? So, Rowling solved the problem to her satisfaction in stages. Firstly, she had Dumbledore and Hermione emphasise how dangerous it would be to be seen in the past, to remind the reader that there might be unforeseen and dangerous consequences as well as solutions in time travel. Secondly, she had Hermione give back the only Time-Turner ever to enter Hogwarts. Thirdly, she smashed all remaining Time-Turners during the battle in the Department of Mysteries, removing the possibility of reliving even short periods in the future. Conclusion, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban really emphasizes time and clocks, which is exceptionally fitting since Book 3 will apparently be perceived as the Harry Potter book with the time travel. The control of time advances the plot and numerous little riddles were understood because of time turner appearance in story. The paper examines the plot advance on account of controlling time utilizing a period turner and plot gaps that stirred because of its

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