Harry Potter and Chamber Of Secrets - Narrative Stucture

Narrative Structure is the for in which the story is told. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets follows what is called a Linear Narrative Structure. This is when all of the events that are told in the story happen in chronological order (The story tells the event in the order in which they happen).

A linear narrative normally consists of an Equilibrium which is followed by some sort of Rupture which cause Disequilibrium, the majority of the film is spend trying to fix the Whatever the rupture was. When the Rupture is overcome you are then left with a New Equilibrium.

The Harry Potter series has a narrative which spans the whole series which is that Voldemort returns to kill Harry which is the rupture. Harry then spends 8 films trying to defeat him and then in the eighth film he finally does which then creates a new equilibrium. This means that when you go to watch any Harry Potter film you know that there is always disequilibrium before each film starts.

Equilibrium - Harry Potter and his friends seem to be going to Hogwarts to have a normal school year without any trouble. Harry Starts hearing voices in his head which move throughout the castle.





Rupture - Harry follows this voice and runs into Mrs Norris, Mr Filch's cat hanging from a lamp. More of these attacks follow. This reveals a new danger at Hogwarts.

Disequilibrium - Harry and his friends spend the film trying to find out who is doing these attacks and why. They are informed about rumours of a monster that is controlled by the heir of Slytherin. They then start looking for this person. They it out to be Lord Voldemort himself,

Rupture Overcome - Harry fights Voldemort in the Chamber of Secrets and wins. This then creates a New Equilibrium.

New Equilibrium - Harry has saved Hogwarts again from Voldemort and Griffindoor win the house cup.






Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets. Warner Brothers Studios: Chris Columbus, 1492 Pictures, Heyday Films, MIRACLE Productions GmbH & Co. KG, Warner Bros., 2002. film.