Theres a small backstory behind almost every name in harry potter, and while mcgonagall is no exception, she does have what you might call a name of two halves. I would like to have the full set as advertised and not duplicates. Wands made from the fir tree work very well for transfiguration, which is where mcgonagall excelled and was the class she eventually taught at hogwarts. William mcgonagall born edinburgh, march 1825 died edinburgh, 29 september 1902 was a scottish poet. Who would win books author jerry pallotta reads whale vs. Lets put aside the whole plan to kill voldemort, which was obviously a factor as to why snape wouldnt fight back. The sacking of severus snape wikibooks, open books for. Her wand slashed through the air and for a split second harry thought that snape must crumple, unconscious, but the swiftness of his shield charm was such that mcgonagall was thrown off balance. It is said that one day he took a nap in a chair in the staff room and died in his sleep. And remember, if you buy it at target, you will also get the documentary when harry left hogwarts. Who would win a duel between severus snape and minerva. Later, as a mill worker, he used to read books in the evening, taking great interest in shakespeares plays. Also included is autobiographical material which appeared in the original volumes of his work as well as the tay bridge.
William mcgonagall s parents, charles and margaret, were irish. Who would win in a duel between severus snape and harry. This witch hat is a replica of the hat worn by professor mcgonagall in the harry potter films. She is an all business, no nonsense kind of professor who loves her students more than they will ever know. Skip four books of trauma, youll see a harry who cant focus on anything outside voldemort. Professor minerva mcgonagall, you win at life books as well as travel, interiors, food and drink on a daily basis.
In 1877, mcgonagall suddenly discovered himself to be a poet. Rowling fought for mcgonagalls battle the mary sue. Shes made her readers utterly anal retentive when it comes to details. Mcgonagall vs snape, a harry potter fanfic fanfiction. Siblings malcolm mcgonagall brother and robert mcgonagall jr. The great mcgonagall is a 1974 british comedy film directed by joseph mcgrath and starring spike milligan in the title role, peter sellers as queen victoria and julia foster as mrs mcgonagall.
Came with some bookmarks and even the ultimate rumble. Who would win a duel between severus snape and bellatrix. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can. This nonfiction series builds background knowledge and research skills. Minerva mcgonagall in harry potter and the halfblood prince. Voldemort will only be concentrating on hogwarts, not disapparating students in hogsmeade village. Hello, professor mcgonagall, said moody calmly, bouncing. Throwaway lines, clues, and mentions have come back to haunt us later on. Whos better at duel between these two harry potter characters. Character profile for minerva mcgonagall from harry potter. We know that minerva has 25 years more experience than him and its quite probable shed win with that experience and extra magical knowledge, however based off feats snapes given a better showing for combat magic so he likely wins there. Muggles guide to harry pottercharactersminerva mcgonagall.
Mcgonagall also has the distinction of being one of the seven licensed animagi of the 20th century, being able to transform at will into a tabby cat with distinctive markings around its eyes, similar to the squareshaped. A selfeducated hand loom weaver of irish descent, he discovered his discordant muse in 1877 and embarked upon a 25 year career as a working poet, delighting and appalling audiences across scotland and beyond. Other views videos and documents related products related items. Except snape was clearly holding back the entire time, he only attac.
Apr 28, 2020 severus snape pros made dark spells as a teen 1 of the best in the world at potions, dark arts, and occlumency he is very talented at legilimency has almost nothing you can emotionally imbalance with he arguably has the largest arsenal o. That matchless british farceur spike milligan stars in the great mcgonagall. Minerva is a godly name, chosen specifically with forethought of character in mind, whereas mcgonagall not so much minerva is the roman name of athena, a greek goddess, who stood for courage, justice and strategy. Check out our budget to know how your donations help keep us growing. Minerva mcgonagallseverus snape works archive of our own. Mcgonagall says as she rounded a corner and spotted snape in front of the gargoyle that guards the entrance to the headmasters office. Jan 26, 2012 i do not own any of the content in this video it all belongs to warner brothers. Part 2 will be released on dvd and bluray on november 11. The pottermore article for professor mcgonagall indicates that she was indeed an avid quidditch player during her school days minerva was also, like her mother, a gifted quidditch player, although a nasty fall in her final year a foul during the gryffindor versus slytherin game which would decide the cup winner left her with concussion, several broken ribs and a lifelong desire to see. His work has appeared in newspaper and magazine advertisements, and he has illustrated many books for young readers, including the bestselling who would. I havent read the last book but we hear neville talk about them in the movie. Throughout the series, particularly in the books, professor mcgonagall disses umbridge with. Time and whiskey wont heal your heart, minerva, dumbledore warned her before assigning her to see to welfare of the newest member of hogwarts staff, severus snape.
Since then, thousands of people the world over have enjoyed the verse of scotlands alternative national poet. Minerva mcgonagall is born the harry potter lexicon. The bathroom ginny weasley is referring to is actually moaning myrtles lavatory, which readers should remember contains the entrance to the chamber of secrets and that only someone speaking parseltongue can open. His mastery of magic while probably not as complete as mcgonagalls her being more experienced and all is far more offensive and versatile.
Giant squid, one that wasnt shown in the original set, lobster vs. Take this away, put mcgonagall and snape 1 on 1 and who would win. Jan 25, 2008 from harry potter and the philosophers stone the firsyears, professor mcgonagall, said hagrid. William mcgonagall simple english wikipedia, the free. My favorite character is professor mcgonagall, which ive learned is not a popular opinion. Professor mcgonagall is a steadfast professor, who, unlike teachers such as slughorn or snape, cares solely about helping her students grow into the best wizards and witches possible. Seriously, they will read the whole book in 1 sitting and then question you on every scenario in the book. His irish surname is a variation on mag congail, a popular name in county donegal.
See more ideas about harry potter, harry potter love and harry potter universal. She is smart and sees far more than her students are comfortable with. Shes stern, loyal, encouraging, yet unwavering, and my only sadness is. The black velvet hat is adorned with pheasant feather plumes extending from a feathered side button. The startofterm banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the great hall, you will be sorted into your houses.
Apr 18, 2016 of the realistic and amazingly developed characters in harry potter, professor mcgonagall is by far one of my favorites. It is a humorous biopic of the scottish poet william mcgonagall that includes several of mcgonagalls actual poems, his appearing in the title role of macbeth and his improvement of the bards plot. They both become headmaster and headmistress someday, and mcgonagall is older than snape seeing as when snape was in school mcgonagall was still deputy headmistress, but snape too, is very skilled and learned from lord voldemort. Her hair had come undone from the battle and she had a gash on her cheek. She is also head of gryffindor house and deputy headmistress. This high quality, handpainted wand is a recreation of minerva mcgonagalls wand from the films, and is dark and slender with a lightcolored handle. Aug 26, 2015 master minerva mcgonagall owner minerva mcgonagall additional details mcgonagalls wand was particularly well suited to her magical abilities. Minerva mcgonagall has appeared in the following books. Ps7 welcome to hogwarts, said professor mcgonagall. This a who would win book thats a battle between two deep sea titans. Mcgonagall online a tribute to william mcgonagall, poet. Ive been reading lots of your great essays, so i thought it time to post one of my own.
Discovering his poetic ability in 1877, william mcgonagall has remained one of the most popular of scotlands alternative poets. My son is a huge fan of who would win and i liked how i could get all of jerrys books together. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Find out in this awesome bindup of five books in the popular who would win series. Of the realistic and amazingly developed characters in harry potter, professor mcgonagall is by far one of my favorites. The issue is we saw something not dissimilar to a duel in halfblood prince when harry attacked snape. Quotes by and about minerva mcgonagall the harry potter lexicon. Unfortunately this gets hit very, very hard by the no advanced magic knowledge we have in hp. Harry witnessed professor mcgonagall walking right past peeves who was determinedly loosening a crystal chandelier and could have sworn he heard her tell the poltergeist out of the corner of her mouth, it unscrews the other way. The collection features a range of mammals, sea creatures, reptiles, and. William topaz mcgonagall, poet and tragedian of dundee, has been widely hailed as the writer of the worst poetry in the english language. What would happen if a tyrannosaurus rex and a velociraptor met each other. He thought he was good at writing poetry, but his poetry was often considered to be the worst poetry in the english language. Calling him lazy is a superficial interpretation of the books at best.
One of the best parts of the harry potter books has been jkrs extraordinary attention to detail in order to create complex and twisted mysteries, rivaling those of even the great agatha christie. See more ideas about harry potter universal, harry potter and harry potter love. Dec 12, 2016 the only characters in the very first chapter of harry potter and the philosophers stone to be introduced before mcgonagall are the dursleys. Its great to make them think of factors outside of what the. They both become headmaster and headmistress someday, and mcgonagall is older than snapeseeing as when snape was in school mcgonagall was still deputy headmistress, but snape too, is very skilled and learned from lord voldemort. Knight of the white elephant of burmah william mcgonagall. An example that shows why mcgonagall is a strong female character in the series is in the order of the phoenix, when she shows that she wont back down to anyone, no matter who they are or what they demand. The story concerns indigent scotsman william mcgonagall, who aspires to become poet laureate of great britain. Having those two duel isnt fair because at any point where one of the two would be at their peak, the other would either be too young or too old to be a good match. Jerry pallotta is an awardwinning author of childrens books, including what i saw in the teachers lounge, dinosaur christmas, who will guide my sleigh. Minerva mcgonagall is the transfiguration professor at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. This collection of his work includes poems from poetic gems, more poetic gems and last poetic gems.
Well, thats tertiary level canon, and is therefore trumped by subsequent secondary canon pm and primary canon op references. One of scotlands bestknown poets, william mcgonagall was the workingclass son of irish handloom weavers, and was born in edinburgh and raised in dundee. When it comes to any beloved series, all fans have their favorite character. William topaz mcgonagall march 1825 29 september 1902 was an irish weaver, poet and actor who lived in scotland. Minerva mcgonagall is deputy headmistress, head of gryffindor house, transfiguration professor, and later headmistress at hogwarts. Shes lived at hogwarts her entire life in secret and is now joining as a student. Unfortunately, we dont have access to a time turner, but through the power of costume, there is a way for you to become the head of hours gryffindor. Now mcgonagall was a very powerful and seasoned witch. When it comes to harry potter, all fans are quite passionate about defending their favorite character. Pvn raven seems to interpret it as applying when the series begins, which just confuses the matters even more because it could refer to philosophers stone chapter 1 in 1981 where we first meet professor mcgonagall and professor dumbledre, or it could apply to the time when harry goes to hogwarts. Mcgonagall brandished her wand at a torch on the wall and it flew out of its bracket. The history of magic teacher for the entire series, cuthbert binns has the distinction of being the only teacher at hogwarts who is a ghost.
Apr 04, 2010 who s better at duel between these two harry potter characters. Not only does minerva mcgonagall command the respect of her students, she is also as close as a confidant as anyone can be to albus dumbledore, with the possible exception of severus snape. The series focuses much more on severus snapes magical prowess and his mastery of occlumency which is amazing, but very little information is av. When dolores umbridge assumed control of hogwarts, it is professor mcgonagall that is the only one who took a stand against her. Per pearsonartphotos answer to the linked question, harrys second year ran from september 1992june. Professor mcgonagall moved faster than harry could have believed. Mcgonagall was old then while snape was in his prime.
So what about the reference from the sch2 interview. But that doesnt really answer my question about who would win an actual duel. Minerva mcgonagall click the character infographic to download. From harry potter and the philosophers stone the firsyears, professor mcgonagall, said hagrid. Made of resin, this wand measures approximately 14 inches long and comes with a sleek collector box with name clip. Hey kids i know school is cancelled right now, so who wants to read. Who would win in a duel professor snape or professor mcgonagall. It is unknown yet why ron and hermione would have gone there, or if they could open the chamber, but this will play a significant role in the next chapter. The sacking of severus snape wikibooks, open books for an. Harry potter 7 snape vs professor mcgonagall youtube.
But then she meets the marauders, second years with a habit of causing mischief. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Quotes by and about minerva mcgonagall the harry potter. Mcgonagall replies that she and the staff will defend the castle for as long as possible while harry searches. Therefore mcgonagall was born on october 4, 1935, and started hogwarts in 1947, aged 11 years, 11 months. Who would win books author jerry pallotta reads green ants vs. Having defeated alecto and amycus carrow on the ravenclaw tower, harry potter and luna lovegood both under the invisibility cloak along with minerva mcgonagall went down to warn the heads of house that lord voldemort and his death eaters were about to siege the castle in an attempt to get harry potter. Thank you for helping us reach our goal at record speed. Discovering his poetic ability in 1877, william mcgonagall has remai. Not to win or spam spells, but just an addition, another card to the table. Harry, about to curse snape, was forced to pull luna out of the way of the descending flames, which became a ring of fire that filled the corridor and flew like a lasso at snape then it was no longer fire, but a great, black serpent that mcgonagall blasted. October 1981 albus dumbledore and minerva mcgonagall share a toast, and the memories, of everything that gellert grindelwald and tom riddle took from them. Who would win battle royale pallotta, jerry, bolster. Unless we toy around with the characters ages severus snape takes this one.
Character subjectposition background cuthbert binns history of magic. Mcgonagall was gaining the edge, but she got help from flitwick at the end, and snape might not have been trying hard. But as far as feats go, i think both books and movies show snape with far more combat power, prowess, and superior tutelage essentially learning from the two most powerful wizards, dumbledore and voldemort. Minerva mcgonagall vs severus snape harry potter and the deathly hallows pt. Ariana mcgonagall is the only child of the respected professor m. Severus snape pros made dark spells as a teen 1 of the best in the world at potions, dark arts, and occlumency he is very talented at legilimency has almost nothing you can emotionally imbalance with he arguably has the largest arsenal o. It would be a close duel, but mcgonagall would emerge victorious. Harry tells mcgonagall that students can be evacuated through the tunnel to the hogs head inn. He won notoriety as an extremely bad poet who exhibited no recognition of, or concern for, his peers opinions of his work he wrote about 200 poems, including the tay bridge disaster and the famous tay whale, which are widely regarded as some of the worst in english.
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