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- Riddle shows Harry a memory in which he caught the person who opened the Chamber after a girl was killed by the monster. This person turns out to be Hagrid, who was trying to protect a monster within the castle.
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Dec 22, 2014 · In Chamber of Secrets, Harry sees that Hagrid was accused of opening the Chamber through the memory stored in Voldemort’s diary. Hagrid is expelled from school, but Dumbledore allows him to stay on the grounds as Gamekeeper.
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Through this dialogue, Harry meets Tom Riddle, a boy who many years before had accused Hagrid of opening the Chamber of Secrets. Hermione and a Ravenclaw girl are mysteriously petrified. Harry and Ron venture out of the castle to question Hagrid.
- J. K. Rowling, Klaus Fritz
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In the forest, they meet an enormous spider named Aragog, who explains that he is not the monster that lives in the Chamber of Secrets, and that Hagrid did not open the Chamber fifty years prior. Aragog also tells them that the girl who was killed died in a bathroom.
Hagrid had been blamed (wrongly) for opening the chamber 50 years previously. This led to his expulsion from Hogwarts and the snapping of his wand. When the Chamber was reopened, Hagrid knew he would be blamed again and was expecting the Ministry.
Riddle attended Hogwarts 50 years earlier when the Chamber of Secrets was also opened. At that time, Hagrid, Harry’s friend and now Hogwarts’s gamekeeper, was arrested following a tip from Riddle.
Apr 23, 2024 · Hagrid, the gentle giant wrongly accused when the Chamber was first opened, remains fiercely loyal to Harry. He represents those maligned for being different, and his unjust treatment showcases the bias within the wizarding world.
Hagrid was wrongfully accused of housing the beast in the Chamber of Secrets and letting it loose to kill Myrtle Warren, who later became the ghost, Moaning Myrtle. In actuality, it was Tom Riddle, or Lord Voldemort, who set the Basilisk loose in the castle to kill muggle-born students.
