The Triwizard Cup kind of represents the whole tournament itself: it could be a good thing that symbolizes and encourages "magical cooperation," but instead it turns out to be deadly.What does that...

The maze definitely strikes us as strangely familiar. In it, teen contestants are forced to confront dark forces and unexpected dangers that even a battle-hardened adult would shrink from. As a res...

The death eaters are really not subtle, as far as metaphors go. They are all about emphasizing the importance of having "pure blood" (wizarding, that is), and they march around with masks on. Even...