SENIOR · HARRY POTTER STUDIES

Death, Immortality & the Soul

A senior analytical course examining death, immortality & the soul through evidence, interpretation, institutions, ethics, and consequence.

LESSON 01

Define the problem

Analyze how mortality gives choices urgency and relationships ethical weight.

ETH-412 analytical lens 1

In Death, Immortality & the Soul, mortality gives choices urgency and relationships ethical weight. This relationship matters because fictional systems distribute authority, constrain choices, and produce consequences that cannot be understood through event recall alone.

Sources: HP-NOVEL-1, HP-NOVEL-2, HP-NOVEL-3, HP-NOVEL-4, HP-NOVEL-5, HP-NOVEL-6, HP-NOVEL-7

Testing the interpretation

A strong analysis of mortality gives choices urgency and relationships ethical weight compares evidence across the cited works, identifies plausible alternatives, and limits its conclusion to what those sources support. Academy scholarship adds explanation without recreating protected narrative expression.

Sources: HP-NOVEL-1, HP-NOVEL-2, HP-NOVEL-3, HP-NOVEL-4, HP-NOVEL-5, HP-NOVEL-6, HP-NOVEL-7
LESSON 02

Institutions and incentives

Analyze how immortality pursued through harm converts survival into domination.

ETH-412 analytical lens 2

In Death, Immortality & the Soul, immortality pursued through harm converts survival into domination. This relationship matters because fictional systems distribute authority, constrain choices, and produce consequences that cannot be understood through event recall alone.

Sources: HP-NOVEL-1, HP-NOVEL-2, HP-NOVEL-3, HP-NOVEL-4, HP-NOVEL-5, HP-NOVEL-6, HP-NOVEL-7

Testing the interpretation

A strong analysis of immortality pursued through harm converts survival into domination compares evidence across the cited works, identifies plausible alternatives, and limits its conclusion to what those sources support. Academy scholarship adds explanation without recreating protected narrative expression.

Sources: HP-NOVEL-1, HP-NOVEL-2, HP-NOVEL-3, HP-NOVEL-4, HP-NOVEL-5, HP-NOVEL-6, HP-NOVEL-7
LESSON 03

Evidence and interpretation

Analyze how soul fragmentation represents accumulated moral injury without erasing agency.

ETH-412 analytical lens 3

In Death, Immortality & the Soul, soul fragmentation represents accumulated moral injury without erasing agency. This relationship matters because fictional systems distribute authority, constrain choices, and produce consequences that cannot be understood through event recall alone.

Sources: HP-NOVEL-1, HP-NOVEL-2, HP-NOVEL-3, HP-NOVEL-4, HP-NOVEL-5, HP-NOVEL-6, HP-NOVEL-7

Testing the interpretation

A strong analysis of soul fragmentation represents accumulated moral injury without erasing agency compares evidence across the cited works, identifies plausible alternatives, and limits its conclusion to what those sources support. Academy scholarship adds explanation without recreating protected narrative expression.

Sources: HP-NOVEL-1, HP-NOVEL-2, HP-NOVEL-3, HP-NOVEL-4, HP-NOVEL-5, HP-NOVEL-6, HP-NOVEL-7
LESSON 04

Consequences and judgment

Analyze how acceptance of death differs philosophically from passive surrender to preventable harm.

ETH-412 analytical lens 4

In Death, Immortality & the Soul, acceptance of death differs philosophically from passive surrender to preventable harm. This relationship matters because fictional systems distribute authority, constrain choices, and produce consequences that cannot be understood through event recall alone.

Sources: HP-NOVEL-1, HP-NOVEL-2, HP-NOVEL-3, HP-NOVEL-4, HP-NOVEL-5, HP-NOVEL-6, HP-NOVEL-7

Testing the interpretation

A strong analysis of acceptance of death differs philosophically from passive surrender to preventable harm compares evidence across the cited works, identifies plausible alternatives, and limits its conclusion to what those sources support. Academy scholarship adds explanation without recreating protected narrative expression.

Sources: HP-NOVEL-1, HP-NOVEL-2, HP-NOVEL-3, HP-NOVEL-4, HP-NOVEL-5, HP-NOVEL-6, HP-NOVEL-7