How Does Rowling Present The Grail As A Stone

Parzival “presents the Grail as a stone which provides sustenance and prevents anyone who beholds it from dying within the week” (University of Rochester Camelot Project). You can create a comparison with J.K Rowling’s portrayal of the Sorcerer’s Stone as an elixir that brings immortality to the beholder to Eschenbach’s portrayal of the Grail as a stone that prevents death. Next, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry’s is diverted on another quest to find and destroy Slytherin’s monster serpent. In the third book, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry’s quest is to learn how to defeat Dementors which will aid in him in the future. Also, this is where some of the self-actualization comes into play, as Harry figures out that happiness is the solution to fear, and that only he can control how to feel in situations and how that effects the outcome.
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry is on a quest to try to find out what the black door that keeps reappearing in his dreams means, just as Arthur first had a vision the Grail; and now is on a quest to find its significance. Harry’s biggest quest is in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, where he must go out and find and destroy all of Voldemort’s horcruxes to destroy Voldemort himself. However, the most noticeable Grail metaphors are found in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, fitting as the Triwizard Tournament is hosted in this book as well. The Goblet of Fire arrived in “a great wooden chest encrusted with