Lesson #2 *Hagrid*

[Severus Snape]

[after being "attacked" by Buckbeak the hippogriff]
Malfoy: You're going to regret this.
Hagrid: Class dismissed.
Malfoy: You and your bloody chicken.
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Professor Lupin: Now repeat after me - without wands please - repeat after me, Riddikulus.
Class: Riddikulus!
Professor Lupin: And again
Class: Riddikulus!
Malfoy: This class is ridiculous.
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After hose Memorible quotes i would like to start the class:
Today we shall be learnin about Hagrid!


Hagrid is half giant and he stands almost twice as tall as a normal man. He is excessively fond of creatures which he would call cuddly pets and anyone else would call fearsome monsters. Hagrid's appearance is very intimidating, but his disposition is kind.
Hagrid attended Hogwarts, starting in 1940. When he was a student there, he was falsely accused by Tom Riddle of opening the Chamber of Secrets and releasing a monster. Hagrid was expelled. Albus Dumbledore, then the Transfiguration Teacher at Hogwarts, arranged for him to stay on as gamekeeper. In 1993, his name was cleared through the efforts of Harry Potter and his friends.

Hagrid was not allowed to do magic before his name was cleared, although it seems that his broken wand was somehow imbedded in his pink umbrella and he did cast a spell or two. Now he is allowed to do magic, but as he was never properly trained, he'll always be somewhat inept at it.

Hagrid, Rubeus
hair: long, wild tangled black hair and beard
eyes: glinting like black beetles, crinkled in a smile
distinguishing feature: he gives the impression of being "too big to be allowed"
House: Gryffindor
field: Care of Magical Creatures
title: Keeper of the Keys and Grounds
home: one-room wooden hut on the grounds, near the Forbidden Forest
interests: magical creatures, the more dangerous the better, drinking, dragons
born: 1929, human father and giant mother
pet: Fang, the boarhound (in 1942: Aragog, an Acromantula)

Hagrid's Accent
Neil Ward

It's hard to pin it down to the use of individual words with any level of certainty. For example, "summat" is often associated with a Yorkshire accent, but could equally be associated with a West Country accent, I think, when combined with contractions like "dunno" and "gotta".

I'd say dropping the 't' in something like "Righ' then" (for "Right then") or "Beau'iful" (for "Beautiful") or "don'" (for "don't") - especially at the end of words - favours West Country over Yorkshire, as the former accent tends to skim some of those hard consonants, whereas the latter would often sound them. I also think a Yorkshire accent might feature more unusual words rather than just recognisable words with an accent (e.g. "Nowt" rather than "Nothin'").

I don't know if it's significant that Robbie Coltrane plays Hagrid in the movies with a West Country accent. He's Scottish, but has used a West Country accent in other acting roles, so it may just be the only English accent he feels he can carry off. On the other hand, the books don't contradict that choice of accent.

It's fairly easy to exclude other strong accents, such as Cockney, Scottish etc. I'd go for West Country, and not be more specific than that, but that's just my opinion, of course!


timeline
1929 born to giant mother, Fridwulfa, and a human father
1932 Fridwulfa abandons her family
1940 starts Hogwarts
1942 father dies
1943 falsely accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets, expelled and given gamekeeper position
1981 rescues baby Harry from ruins of his parents' house, delivers Harry to Privet Drive
July 31, 1991 takes Harry to buy his things for Hogwarts
spring 1992 hatches a baby Norwegian Ridgeback dragon
May, 1993 sent to Azkaban for a few weeks
June 1993 name cleared after fifty years
fall, 1993 given the job of Care of Magical Creatures teacher
October 30, 1994 meets Olympe Maxime
summer 1995 visits the giants of the north

Hagrid's pockets
Hagrid commonly wears a huge moleskin overcoat with many pockets. In these pockets one finds an amazing assortment of odds and ends:

dormice
birthday cake
owl
quill and parchment
dog biscuits (moldy)
letter to Harry from Hogwarts
copper kettle
squashy package of sausages
poker
teapot
several chipped mugs
bottle of amber liquid
pink umbrella
coins
bunches of keys
slug pellets
balls of string
peppermint humbugs
tea bags
letter from Dumbledore to Gringotts re: vault 713
key to Harry's vault

[Severus Snape]

1. He is excessively fond of ________ which he would call __________ pets and anyone else would call ___________ __________.

2. Hagrid attended ________ starting in ______. When he was a _________ there, he was falsely accused by ____ ______ of opening the _________________and releasing a ________. Hagrid was _______.

3. Hagrid was not allowed to do _____ before his name was _________, although it seems that his _________ _______ was somehow _________ in his ____ ________ and he did cast a _______ or ____.

4. Now he is _________to do magic, but as he was never ______ ________, he'll always be somewhat ______ at it.

5. *put the answer next to it*
hair:
eyes:

6. *same*
born:
pet:

7. *same*
title:
home

8. *same*
House:
field:

9. *Same*
distinguishing feature:
Hagrid's Accent:

10. I don't know if it's significant that ___________ __________ plays ________ in the movies with a ______ __________ accent. He's _______, but has used a ________ ___________ accent in other acting roles, so it may just be the only _________ accent he feels he can carry off. On the other hand, the books don't __________ that choice of __________.

11. *tell me what happened that year*

1929:

1932:

1940:

1942:

12. *same*
spring 1992:

May, 1993:

13. *same*
October 30, 1994:

summer 1995:

14. *same*
1981:

July 31, 1991:

15. Name 17 out of the 21 things that Hagrid keeps in his pockets!
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worth 20 points!

Tell me who you want to do next!!! EC if i choose it!


Meg