One of a matching pair, the enchanted mirror allowed its owner to communicate instantly with whoever possessed its counterpart simply by speaking their name into the glass. Sirius and James had originally used the mirrors to speak to one another while serving separate detentions at Hogwarts, and decades later, Sirius gives James’s mirror to Harry so that the two of them could remain in contact without relying on owls, fireplaces or the Floo Network.

And of all the tragic mistakes made throughout the Harry Potter series, few are as frustrating as Harry’s failure to actually USE the mirror. It didn’t require a complicated spell and it was right there at his fingertips..An object sitting at the bottom of his own trunk that could have allowed him to speak directly to Sirius at almost any time.

Topics Covered In This Video:

Why Harry never used Sirius Black’s two-way mirror
Was Sirius’s mirror a Harry Potter plot hole?
How the two-way mirror worked
Why Sirius gave Harry the mirror
How James and Sirius used the mirrors at Hogwarts
Why Harry decided never to open the package
Why Harry misunderstood Sirius’s gift
Why Harry forgot about the mirror
Could the mirror have prevented Sirius’s death?
Why Harry used the Floo Network instead
How Umbridge monitored Hogwarts communications
Why Harry broke into Umbridge’s office
Why Sirius never reminded Harry about the mirror
How Harry and Sirius’s miscommunication became tragic
The theme of isolation in Order of the Phoenix
How Voldemort manipulated Harry
Why Kreacher lied about Sirius
Harry’s reaction after discovering the mirror
Was Harry responsible for Sirius Black’s death?
Why the mirror is not a plot hole
What happened to the matching mirror
Why Harry saw a blue eye in the broken glass
How Aberforth used the mirror to help Harry
How the mirror saved Harry at Malfoy Manor
The hidden importance of Sirius’s mirror

Questions Answered:

Why didn’t Harry use the mirror Sirius gave him?
Did Harry know it was a two-way mirror?
Why didn’t Sirius explain the gift properly?
Why did Harry refuse to open the package?
Could Harry have contacted Sirius from Hogwarts?
Could the mirror have saved Sirius’s life?
Why did Harry use Umbridge’s fireplace instead?
Why didn’t Sirius remind Harry about the mirror?
Why did Harry forget about the package?
How did Voldemort deceive Harry?
Why did Kreacher lie about Sirius’s location?
Was Harry responsible for Sirius’s death?
Is Sirius’s mirror a plot hole?
When did Harry finally discover what the mirror did?
Who had the matching mirror after Sirius died?
Whose blue eye appeared in the mirror shard?
How did Aberforth use the mirror?
How did the mirror eventually save Harry?

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