"The Worst Witch" vs. "Harry Potter"
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This page prepared by Jonas Ramstein with information from Aadra Hamer's website.
Decide for yourself if JK Rowling is a plagiarist. Remember her lawsuit against the Tanya Grotter author? Some say that since the aspects of the story comes from other works, she has no business suing anybody.
"The Worst Witch" vs. "Harry Potter"
Bits and pieces of "Harry Potter," the increasingly popular book series by JK Rowling, have been borrowed from many places. I am not the one asserting that the books are works of plagiarism. Many see striking similarities between "Harry Potter" and "The Worst Witch," by Jill Murphy. Murphy wrote the first "The Worst Witch" novel in 1974 when only 18. This book was made into a 1986 movie.
"The Worst Witch" is the original story of Mildred Hubble and her life at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches," which Jill Murphy based on own school. A pointed hat was added to her normal school uniform, and spelling class actually became SPELLing class. "Miss Cackle's Academy For Witches." "The Worst Witch" was written almost 20 years before the first Harry Potter book, and the movie was made 15 years before "Harry Potter" was filmed.
"Harry Potter" fans, read these mysterious parallels from Audra Hammer between "Harry Potter" and "The Worst Witch" book.
An excerpt from the "The Worst Witch," book by writer Jill Murphy (1974)
"Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches stood at the top of a high mountain surrounded by a pine forest. It looked more like a prison than a school, with its gloomy grey walls and turrets. Sometimes you could see the pupils on their broomsticks flitting like bats above the playground wall, but usually the place was half hidden in mist, so that if you glanced up at the mountain you would probably not notice the building was there at all."
"Mildred Hubble was in her first year at the school. She was one of those people who always seem to be in trouble. She didn't exactly mean to break rules and annoy the teachers, but things just seemed to happen whenever she was around. You could rely on Mildred to have her bootlaces trailing along the floor. She couldn't walk from one end of a corridor to the other without someone yelling at her, and nearly every night she was writing lines or being kept in (not that there was anywhere to go if you were allowed out). Anyway, she had lots of friends, even if they did keep their distance in the potion laboratory, and her best friend Maud stayed loyally by through everything, however hair-raising."
Compare the Characters with quotes from Aadra Hammer:
The Hero
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Harry Potter vs. Mildred Hubble
Mildred Hubble, the worst witch,
untidy hair and all.
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Similarities Unruly hair isn't the only thing these kids have in common. They both: Go to magical schools, where they made enemies with the rich, arrogant, blonde kid on the first day Has a penchant for breaking the rules and getting away with it Fall into situations in which they save the lives of their fellow students and teachers Are more powerful than they give themselves credit for Are brave and persevering Has special relationships with their pets (Mildred's cat, Tabby, and Harry's owl, Hedwig) |
Broom Flying Lessons
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The students at Miss Cackle's Academy take flying lessons on their brooms in the courtyard. Lessons from Miss Spellbinder. Compare the building to Hogwarts and the black capes. |
And here are the Hogwarts students in the courtyard taking their first flying lesson with teacher Madame Hooch. |
The Best Friend(s)
Ron and Hermione vs. Maud
Maud Moonshine (called Maud Warlock in the movie) is Mildred's loyal best friend, with whom she gets into trouble at Miss Cackle's. Maud is Ron and Hermione in one. Like Hermione, she is very booksmart. And like Ron, she comes from an old witching family, but not as prestigious as some. Also like Ron, she has had a few siblings before her go through Miss Cackle's Academy. In this picture, Maud and Mildred accidentally turned themselves invisible in the potions lab.
The Enemy
Draco Malfoy vs. Ethel Hallow
These two are of the same species.
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Draco Malfoy: Arrogant blonde. Loves to torture Harry. From a very prominent wizarding family. Father HEADs the school's Board of Governors. Favored by Professor Snape. Does great in potions class. Once turned into a ferret by a teacher. |
Ethel Hallow: Arrogant blonde. Loves to torture Mildred. From a very prominent witch family. Father HEADs the school's Board of Governors. Favored by Miss Hardbroom. Gets high marks in Potions. Once turned into a pig by Mildred. |
The Scary Teacher
Severus
Snape vs. Constance Hardbroom
These two have tmuch in common. Professor Snape's counterpart in "The Worst Witch" is Miss Hardbroom.
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Professor Snape:
Most feared teacher at Hogwarts Teaches Potions class Hates Harry Tall, thin, and imposing HEAD to toe in black Disapproving glare |
Miss Hardbroom:
Most feared teacher at Cackle's Teaches Potions class Hates Mildred Tall, thin, and imposing HEAD to toe in black Disapproving glare |
The Principal: The Stars Friend
Amelia Cackle vs. Albus Dumbledore
| Miss Cackle: Grey-haired bespectacled benevolent HEADmistress Friend and advisor to Mildred Has helped Mildred out of trouble Sorts out disagreements between staff and pupils Addicted to sweets, especially cream buns |
Professor Dumbledore: White-haired bespectacled benevolent HEADmaster Friend and advisor to Harry Has helped Harry out of trouble Sorts out disagreements between staff and pupils Addicted to sweets, especially lemon drops |
In Worst Witch, the forest just beyond the school in a
forest that is FORBIDDEN to the magic students. Sounds familiar?
"The Visiting Celebrity"
The Grand Wizard vs. Gilderoy Lockheart
The Grand Wizard is in "The Worst Witch" is similar to Gilderoy Lockheart.
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The Grand Wizard:
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Gilderoy Lockheart: Also likes pastels |
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch was the first to use "Purple and Gold" for a witch's school's colors. |
Melissa Joan Hart's (Sabrina) school colors and symbol. Sayville was the FIRST to use this symbolism. |
Harry Potter merchandise. Purple/Gold with lightning bolt. |
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Harry Potter was a character in a 1986 movie called "Troll." In the movie "Troll" Harry Potter was a dark haired, ordinary boy that discovered magic and battled a troll. Gee, sounds a lot like Rowling's character. | ||
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Harry Potter from Troll on left, Rowling's Potter on right. | |
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us all. Find the Easter eggs and learn the history of about Joanne Kathleen
Rowling quotes, but please do not disturb the fan club. Her total wealth. Useful
game spoilors and the lives of the awards winners.Plagiarized work. RK rowlings:
how she got started. Her secret website. www Harry Potter in the Troll movie. Fact
on stolen ideas. J.K. Rowling biography. Copyright and trademark law in regard
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life, bio, history, live, official criticism, worth, email and palce of birth.
Where was ww Rawling born? Fan art and
fiction about the character. Some say a copy
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Rowling site. J.K. Rowling had problems with the author of Larry Potter.
RK Rowling biograpphy and Harry Potter books. Her childhood. J.R Rowling.
Christian JK Rowling exposes. Do not disturb JK Rowling.
RK Rowling and the Harry Potter Books. J.K Rowling and
her biography and pictures. Email address for R K Rowling. Information that you
are looking for. Kelly Rowling info. Her secret website and brick. .com Hint for
her site. This site reveals the truth about Joann Kathleen Rawling and her
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Sayville schools and history. Horrible
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All about JK Rolling.
biographies and fun facts and information for children, the full skinny on the
home page. Fan mail and the address that may be of interest for those who want
to know how old the scrapbooks are. An interview and a photo with the room of
requirement at the rubbish bin at the fan club. Books hints that will be about a
mail address that is to write to, but for girls only.
Plagierism and trademark intellectual property law about
Harry Potter. Copyright of Jill Murphy and Ursula le Guin and Diana Wynne Jones.
Warner sued Russian publisher Eksmo and
the Dutch lawsuit in Holland and JK Rowling. Potter lawsuits over domain names.
Literary agent and book store representative. Self publishing your book. Books
about magic, witchcraft, and how to do magical things.
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Worst Witch RK Rowling and the Harry Potter Books. J.K Rowling and
her biography and pictures. Email address for R K Rowling. Kelly Rowling info.
Her secret website and brick. .com Hint for her site. This site reveals the
truth about Joann Kathleen Rawling and her divorce and time in Portugal. R K R.K
J.k JK. Where JK Rowling gets her ideas and inspiration. Plagiarized work. RK rowlings:
how she got started. Her secret website. www Harry Potter in the Troll movie. Fact
on stolen ideas. J.K. Rowling biography. Copyright and trademark law in regard
to intellectual property. Interesting facts about the books and the movie. Anti
Harry Potter websites with info, fan fics and rumors. The authors
life, bio, history, live, official criticism, worth, email and palce of birth.
Where was ww Rawling born? Fan art and
fiction about the character. Where did the writer get the idea and was
inspirered for the idea of Harry Poter? A train ride? A divorce? In a cafe
and/or coffee house? Influences on Hary or is it Harrry we should say? Net
children will be interested in the spoilers and autobiography. Intellectual
literary criticism of the writer and her writing. Go to the homepage and learn
about the birth and bio on the web site with clues of the live wombat, with
cheats. Website with the door and the secrets. Lots of books. Book 7 and
pictures of the many awards the writer. JR Rowling and information about her
life. An interesting interview and a timeline about the fantasy family and when
she was born to the wombat number 7.
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