In the series Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone there are a lot of examples of symbolism. The characters names, the mirror of erised, and Harry’s scar all all examples of symbolism. The first example of symbolism I noticed was the characters names all translated to a meaning in a different language or they mean something in English, for example Harry Potter’s first name is of Anglo-Saxon origin means “power”, and he was the only who escaped the great lord, Voldemort three times. Also, Albus Dumbledore is the headmaster of Hogwarts, and is a very noble wizard. Albus in latin means “white and wisdom”. I also noticed that the little creature that came to visit Harry was named Dobby who was very clumsy and wore rags as clothing, and his name means “A fatuous or foolish person. Also, a weave of cloth that is durable and natural-looking. Finer stores still sell …show more content…
The mirror of erised is a mirror that when you look into it you see your heart’s deepest desire. When Harry first stumbled upon it he saw himself surrounded by his family, and when he brought Ron down to the mirror Ron did not see Harry’s family, but he saw himself as head boy holding the Quidditch cup. These are both things that they wished they had, Harry saw his family because he never grew up with them because Voldemort killed them, and Ron saw himself as head boy because he felt like he has to live up to his brother’s expectations. Harry started visiting the mirror more and more and one day he went and saw Dumbledore, who had witnessed him coming every time. When Harry asks Dumbledore what he saw Dumbledore replied with seeing himself holding a pair of warm woolly socks because he has everything he could ask for except a pair of nice socks. When Harry is in the chamber he notices the mirror behind a trap door and when he looks into it he sees the philosophers stone in his pocket because it was what he needed to defeat Tom