Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Slavery

The enslavement of the house elves is first made evident when Hermione makes a statement by creating S.P.E.W. (Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare). She first learns about the treatment of elves from Nearly Headless Nick during the opening feast at Hogwarts and refuses to eat when she learns the food is a product of slavery. “Slave labour. That’s what made this dinner. Slave labour.” (Rowling 162). Hermione then continues to research the history of elf slavery and finds that elves are uneducated, unable to argue, unable to think for themselves, they are unpaid and in som

Lord Voldemort’s hold over Wormtail leads to a lot of trouble for everyone in the Wizard World. It is Lord Voldemort’s wish to enslave every wizard and witch gaining domination of all. Wormtail had the bad luck of accidentally finding Voldemort after he had been supposedly dead. Voldemort at once overpowered him and forced Wormtail to be his loyal servant. Wormtail has no choice, even when he is threatened and accused of wanting to leave his master; he lies by replying, “[m]y Lord! I – I have no wish to leave you, none at all” (14). Voldemort promises Wormtail he won’t hurt him if he serves him but is nonetheless threatened into enslavement by harsh words. This enslavement results in the capture and torture of Bertha Jorkins, which then results in the vital information leaked to Voldemort regarding one of his faithful servants being imprisoned from him and the upcoming Triwizard Tournament at Hogwarts. Voldemort then concocts an evil plan wherein he’ll be able to regain his flesh, bone, and power again. It’s also his plan to kill Harry Potter for good and rid the world of Mud Bloods, non-pureblood wizards or witches. Voldemort’s plan unfolds as the story progresses and Harry is brought before him out of the reach of help from anyone. He commands Wormtail to collect blood from Harry so that he may become human again. The next part of reviving Voldemort requires Wormtail to do a horrible act, cut his own hand off. He unwillingly does this because of Voldemort’s enslavement hold. Voldemort is revived and regains his body and powers. Wormtail sobs, rolling on the ground for Voldemort to give him his hand back, because he promised to. Voldemort asks Wormtail to hold out his hand but grabs his other and just looks at the Dark Mark tattoo on Wormtail’s arm. He leaves Wormtail to suffer some more while he waits for his Death Eaters to return. Finally he pays notice to Wormtail saying, “[y]ou deserve this pain, Wormtail. You know that, don’t you

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