Chapter 5 – The Dementors, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
A Snippet Review
Double, double toil and trouble
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble
Double, double toil and trouble
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble
Something wicked this way comes!
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Listen to and enjoy the full track before reading further –
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The choir welcomes one all – freshers, seasoned magicians and viewers – to another year at Hogwarts, promising more magic and double trouble.
Quipping, the song teases dark twists, fire that may rise and burn, old cauldrons that bubble a recipe for unfolding mysteries which may or may not favour you.
And while memorising the incantation, that sways and enchants and bothers and relieves and tickles, you find and hold your wand with a firm grip, looking straight searchingly, more lost than before yet ready… ready for ‘something wicked this way comes…’
The toad croaks to our delight, amusement and excitement. The choir scatters, and we meet Dumbledore, behind the podium, he is sure to make an announcement. Excitement multiplies!
Double appointments, Professor R. J Lupin (Defence against the Dark Arts) and Rubeus Hagrid (Care of Magical Creatures) are greeted warmly, by some who know, and some who don’t, the entire truth.
Clap-clap-clap, tersely, goes Professor Snape (Potions), his sallow face looking sick.
Cheers-cheers but wait here comes the trouble.
Finally, on a more disquieting note, at the request of the Ministry of Magic, Hogwarts will, until further notice, play host to the Dementors of Azkaban…
… Dementors are vicious creatures, they will not distinguish between the one they hunt and the one who gets in their way… it’s not in the nature of a dementor to be forgiving…
Albus Dumbledore
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[A still from the film; Source – harrypotterfanzone]
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Excitement multiplies? Yes, but fear seeps in now, what the choir hinted at appeared to be harmless, the dementors are not. Fear of not hiding away, but of facing it, of hearing those screams again troubled Harry.
Oh, wait, the cauldron is bubbling again, “adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting, lizard’s leg, and owlet’s wing”, the incantation hasn’t changed all these years, let the fire rather show you the way.
And Harry listens carefully to the headmaster’s closing remarks…
But you know, happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
Albus Dumbledore
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The book and film. [Source – Wikipedia]
Composed and conducted by John Williams, the choir performs ‘Song of the Witches’ from Macbeth by Shakespeare.
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Must listen to the fantastic extended version –
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