Nature vs. Nurture: The Development of Voldemort as a Villain in J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" Novels

Matuško, Jana

undergraduate thesis

Nature vs. Nurture: The Development of Voldemort as a Villain in J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" Novels

Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018. urn:nbn:hr:142:962561

Matuško, Jana

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Matuško, J. (2018). Nature vs. Nurture: The Development of Voldemort as a Villain in J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" Novels (Undergraduate thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:962561

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Matuško, Jana. "Nature vs. Nurture: The Development of Voldemort as a Villain in J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" Novels." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:962561

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Matuško, J. (2018). 'Nature vs. Nurture: The Development of Voldemort as a Villain in J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" Novels', Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 28 December 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:962561

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Matuško J. Nature vs. Nurture: The Development of Voldemort as a Villain in J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" Novels [Undergraduate thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2018 [cited 2024 December 28] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:962561

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J. Matuško, "Nature vs. Nurture: The Development of Voldemort as a Villain in J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" Novels", Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2018. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:962561

Cite this item: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:962561

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Title	Nature vs. Nurture: The Development of Voldemort as a Villain in J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" Novels
Title (croatian)	Sukob prirode i odgoja u liku Voldemorta: Razvoj negativca u romanima o Harryu Potteru J. K. Rowling
Author	Jana Matuško
Mentor	Ljubica Matek (mentor)
Granter	Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Department of English Language and Literature) Osijek
Defense date and country	2018-09-05, Croatia
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline	HUMANISTIC SCIENCES Philology Anglistics
Abstract	Both nature and nurture have a great impact on a child’s development. Nature includes everything a child inherits from their parents; personality traits, behaviour, predispositions for diseases and physical traits. Nurture consists of all the environmental factors and the traits a child develops throughout its life. The discussion on whether nature or nurture has a bigger impact on the development of a child has been going on for years. The aspect of the discussion that this paper explores is the influence of nature and nurture on the development of a child into a villain as exemplified in Harry Potter fantasy novels, specifically through J.K. Rowling’s character Tom Marvolo Riddle (Lord Voldemort). In the first chapter, the paper provides a general overview of the nature vs. nurture discussion and the theory behind both concepts giving a basis for the in-depth analysis of Tom Riddle’s becoming a villain presented in chapter two. Chapter two deals with Tom Riddle’s nature and nurture, his heritage, parentage, years in school, friendships and so on, intertwined with possible theoretical explanations of his behaviour, the reasons for his misbehaviour and his eventual villainy. The final chapter completes the first two chapters and leads to the conclusion that Tom Riddle’s nature and nurture combined led to him becoming one of the most notorious wizards of all time, Lord Voldemort.
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Language	english
URN:NBN	urn:nbn:hr:142:962561
Study programme	Title: English Language and Literature (double major) Study programme type: university Study level: undergraduate Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti)
Study programme	Title: Pedagogy (double major) Study programme type: university Study level: undergraduate Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) pedagogije (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) pedagogije)
Type of resource	Text
File origin	Born digital
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Created on	2018-09-26 08:16:05

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