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And her duel against Snape is pretty awesome, too. Click the infographic to download. McGonagall also quickly recognizes that Harry is on an important mission, and figures out how to help. She organizes the other teachers to secure the school against Voldemort in order to buy Harry time to find the last Horcrux, the diadem of Ravenclaw.

And she steps up and acts as the Headmistress of Hogwarts and the leader of the defense of Hogwarts. Dumbledore would be proud. After finding Minerva distraught after hours, Dumbledore proved a great source of comfort for the heartbroken witch, confiding in her about his family tragedy and his own lost love.

From then on, the two shared an extremely close yet platonic friendship, based on mutual respect and total confidence between them, which lasted until Dumbledore's death during Harry Potter's sixth year at school. Ultimately, Minerva did find a stable and comforting love. Throughout her career at Hogwarts, Minerva always stayed in touch with her former Ministry boss, Elphinstone Urquart, a kind yet much older wizard. Though Elphinstone proposed to Minerva early in their half-baked courtship, she said no because of her lingering feelings for Dougal , but the determined wizard kept trying, and eventually, after Dougal died unexpectedly, Minerva found that her conscience was clear to accept one of Elphinstone's many proposals.

The two shared an entirely happy marriage; now that Elphinstone had retired from the Ministry, he purchased a small cottage near Hogwarts, so that Minerva would be close to her job. Minerva kept her last name of McGonagall which drew derision from people wondering why she would keep a Muggle name , but the two extraordinarily intelligent wizards were equals in every way, and though they never had any children, they frequently hosted Minerva's nieces and nephews at their home and their union was extremely harmonious.

However, the marriage met a tragic end — after only three years of wedded bliss, Elphinstone was bitten by a Venomous Tentacula and died from his injuries. Unable to be alone with her grief, Minerva left the couple's marital home and moved back to Hogwarts, smarting over yet another lost love. Though she still counted Albus Dumbledore as her confidant, she rarely talked about losing Elphinstone, and focused entirely on her work.

Rowling is always extremely precise when it comes to names — Dumbledore is derived from an Old English word which means "bumblebee," for example — and Minerva McGonagall is no exception. It should come as no surprise that her first name, Minerva, comes from the Roman goddess of war, art, and wisdom, among other things, whose Greek counterpart is Athena.

Born wearing armor, the goddess Minerva was the product of a violent dispute between her parents Metis and Jupiter, and was always a source of strength and wisdom, often accompanied by her signature owl. However, her last name has a much more whimsical and cheeky origin. Throughout the Harry Potter series, McGonagall spent the majority of her time serving as the Transfiguration professor at Hogwarts and leading Gryffindor House to victory for both the House Cup and the Quidditch finals.

However, her prodigious talent as a witch was always there, and when Voldemort attacked Hogwarts during what would have been Harry's final year at Hogwarts, Minerva fought on the front lines alongside her students and coworkers. After doing her best to protect her students from insidious forces within Hogwarts itself — including the detestable Carrow siblings, whom Voldemort installed as professors and who both enjoyed torturing students — Minerva joined Harry in fighting Voldemort himself, showing off her extraordinary dueling powers as well as leading the castle itself in a fight against ultimate evil.

As well as providing a fierce resistance against Voldemort and his Death Eaters, her scream at Harry's apparent dead body which, still conscious, he hears provides one of the strongest emotional beats within the series' final installment, Deathly Hallows. However, when Harry reigns triumphant, Minerva is still among the living, ready to enjoy a world free of Voldemort. In the aftermath of the Second Wizarding War, Minerva assumed her rightful post as Headmistress of Hogwarts, a role that fell to her automatically after Dumbledore's death realizing she was the rightful successor as Deputy Headmistress, Dumbledore's office opened itself to her without question right after he fell.

As Headmistress, McGonagall had to undo the damage Voldemort had inflicted upon the school, and made positive changes, including appointing her former student Neville Longbottom as a Herbology professor and, eventually, the new head of Gryffindor House.

Placing a great emphasis on the union of Muggleborn students as well as purebloods, McGonagall event went so far as to have Rubeus Hagrid serve as an ambassador for all Muggleborns who had no knowledge of Hogwarts, and made sure that Hogwarts was an equal and fair place where all students could learn and thrive. She also was awarded several honors after serving in the Battle at Hogwarts, though her Order of Merlin First Class was hugely overshadowed by the fact that she ultimately earned her own Chocolate Frog Card.

Product of a troubled marriage. Minerva's early abilities cause trouble. A Hogwarts Hatstall. Lifelong school friends. Talents and accomplishments. Minerva never hesitated in displaying her loyalty to Dumbledore.

When Cornelius Fudge brought Aurors to arrest Dumbledore in , she boldly stepped forward and announced her intention to fight the Aurors on his behalf. She only stepped back at Dumbledore's insistence when he reminded her that Hogwarts and her students would need her in his absence. Harry Potter , student, protege, and ally. Minerva showed her care for Harry ever since she, Dumbledore and Hagrid left him in the care of the Dursleys , in part because she had been quite fond of Harry's late parents.

She was sort of a loving grandmother to him and expressed concern with both Dumbledore's choice trusting Hagrid to safely transport Harry to Little Whinging , and of the choice of family with whom Harry would stay.

She spent hours on end spying on the Dursleys to get an insight to what life for Harry growing up would be like, [3] calling them "the worst sort of Muggles imaginable". When Harry arrived at Hogwarts, Minerva was naturally pleased that he was sorted into Gryffindor, her house and as he studied in Hogwarts.

Although her relationship with him remained mostly normal, she kept a watchful eye on him and his friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger to ensure his safety. She also along with the other professors reported that he was likeable, humble and talented. This was shown when Harry and his friends were caught sneaking around the tower in the dead of night during their first year at Hogwarts and she sent him off to serve detention in the Forbidden Forest.

However, rather than punishing or expelling him for having broken Madam Hooch's order that no student would ride on their broomsticks and the risk he took, Minerva brought him to see Oliver Wood , captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team , announcing that she had found their new Seeker. In her gratitude for Harry accepting the position, she bought him a Nimbus for his first Quidditch game.

She nearly smiled when Harry pointed out how she couldn't take House Points for Gryffindor as it was only the beginning of the year. This particularly strong concern for Harry, clearly above what Minerva felt for most other individual students, was later shown in his third year: She proved she cared far more for Harry than winning the Quidditch Cup for Gryffindor, ensuring he was kept in maximum security and limiting his time to practise and even not hesitating to confiscate the Firebolt he was given to out of concern it was sent by Sirius Black and instantly lost her temper when Oliver Wood suggested Harry be allowed to fall off his broom as long as he caught the Snitch, intimidating Wood into submission.

She also pitied him for being unable to go to Hogsmeade due to not having a signed note and appeared to indicate she would be willing to allow him to go had it not been for the danger of Sirius. When Harry became the fourth Triwizard Champion, Minerva adamantly defended Harry from the accusation of Olympe Maxime that Harry had been willing to die for the gold rewarded and even went as far as to try to convince Albus into not letting Harry compete, being utterly mortified by the fact that Snape and Dumbledore were willing to use Harry as a bait and often showed herself to be more protective of Harry than the then Headmaster.

She also wanted to keep Harry out of the explanation the imposter was about to give, believing Harry had had enough, but reluctantly conceded to Dumbledore's wish that Harry stay. However, she was quick to praise his performance and assure he was tended to in the First Task and helped him train for the Third Task by lending her room. In Harry's fifth year, Minerva promised Harry that she would do whatever she possibly could to see that he achieved his dream of becoming an Auror.

She supported him unequivocally even though she had never been fully in his confidence. When she later found out about the sort of punishment Harry and various other students had been receiving from Dolores Umbridge , Minerva expressed nothing but absolute disgust and disapproval, despite the power Umbridge wielded.

Shortly prior to the Battle of Hogwarts , Amycus Carrow - who, along with his sister Alecto , had been posted at the school by Voldemort - demanded to know where Harry was in the Tower and McGonagall asked why he would be there as he belonged in her house, with clear pride in her voice. When Amycus spat at McGonagall, Harry was outraged to the point of attacking him with the Cruciatus Curse , even agreeing with Bellatrix Lestrange 's assertion that one had to "really mean it" to perform the curse correctly.

Although shocked by Harry's sudden appearance and his use of an Unforgivable Curse , she was clearly touched by the gesture. Though Minerva initially tried to convince Harry to flee out of concern for his safety, she immediately joined Harry in retaking the castle and preparing for battle. She did this when he informed her that he was acting on Dumbledore's orders.

Nearing the end of the Battle of Hogwarts, Minerva's devastation was great when she saw Rubeus Hagrid carrying Harry's seemingly dead body. This grief was enough to make her duel Voldemort head on in the final battle, alongside Horace Slughorn and Kingsley Shacklebolt , in order to protect the rest of her students. When the battle ended with Voldemort's death at Harry's hands, she was among the first to embrace him.

The two continued to have a very positive relationship over the following years. She would serve as Headmistress over Harry's three children, and in turn she learned to expect them to get into the same kinds of trouble as their father.

This was to be expected, after having now taught and served over three generations of Potters. Minerva's relationship with Harry experienced a brief strain when he blackmailed her into using the Marauder's Map to ensure Albus and Scorpius remains apart, which she felt great discontent at doing, but it was reconciled when Harry apologised and she wasn't shown to hold any ill-will afterwards.

Hermione Granger , her student. Minerva took a shine to Hermione Granger since the younger witch successfully transfigured a match into a needle early on in her first Transfiguration lesson, before any other student.

She gave Hermione one of her "rare smiles". Hence, Minerva was extremely shocked and disappointed in Hermione when she said she had gone looking for the Troll that invaded Hogwarts , under the impression that she could stop it.

The claim wasn't true, but Minerva was none the wiser. In Hermione's third year, Minerva went to the effort to arrange for Hermione to be given permission to use a Time-Turner to take additional classes. Teachers didn't often seek permission for a student to use one of the devices, but she saw something special in Hermione and went out of her way to make sure the younger witch wasn't under-achieving.

When Minerva was attacked by several Ministry employees outside of Hagrid's Hut, Hermione showed deep emotion towards the event, like Minerva did a few years before. Minerva was a role model for Hermione and both had much in common. They both believed that Divination was a very "woolly" subject and that Professor Trelawney was a fraud, [20] Furthermore, both were considered for Ravenclaw, but in the end were both Sorted into Gryffindor House.

Ron Weasley , her student. Ron Weasley was a student at the time McGonagall was a professor at Hogwarts. He was sorted into Gryffindor , McGonagall's house. Ron thought she was very strict, however, he did see her good side on a number of occasions. The two clashed when he and Harry flew Arthur Weasley 's flying car to Hogwarts. However, she didn't wish to see them expelled. During the Yule Ball , Minerva showed the other students how to dance by dancing with Ron in front of the whole class, a move which prompted laughter from the class and Fred and George agreeing to always tease him about it.

Ron is appointed prefect by McGonagall in his fifth year after most likely being persuaded by Dumbledore, as he felt that Harry had enough responsibilities to deal with. Neville Longbottom , her student. Minerva had a long history with the Longbottom family , being allies with the Order of the Phoenix, in which Neville's parents were members. They were eventually tortured into insanity by Bellatrix Lestrange. She also had a personal relationship with Neville's grandmother, who raised him.

McGonagall frequently seemed to expect more from Neville than he produced, starting with Neville's first day at Hogwarts when he ran out of a crowd after his toad. Minerva couldn't help but feel pity for Neville after the loss of both his parents, whom she knew and fought alongside earlier on in her career. She also sought to encourage Neville to take Charms , in his sixth year, despite his grandmother's dismissal of the subject as "soft;" Minerva wanted to see Neville pursue his own talents rather than the skills his grandmother appeared to value.

While Professor Snape favoured students of his own house and often overlooked any misbehaviour from students like Draco Malfoy, McGonagall had little tolerance for nonsense from any student, regardless of their house, and took no notice of the Malfoy family's status within the wizarding community.

As she wasn't a Slytherin, Malfoy didn't respect her at all but was never foolish enough to make this clear in front of her. Despite her clear disapproval of Malfoy's pure-blood supremacist leanings, McGonagall sought to protect him as much as every other student, being completely appalled when Alastor Moody Barty Crouch Jnr in disguise transformed Draco into a ferret in She transformed Malfoy back into his human form and reminded Moody that they never use transfiguration as a punishment.

In addition, Minerva wouldn't accept Harry's accusations of Malfoy mailing a cursed necklace without sufficient evidence, nor condone any attacks Harry made on Malfoy such as when the former used the Sectumsempra curse not knowing exactly what it did on Malfoy, in However, when Draco was proven to have led a group of Death Eaters into the castle, Minerva came to see him as much an enemy as any Death Eater, until after the war, where Draco was pardoned.

At which point. Minerva and Draco established a cordial relationship, as she accepted Draco's son into Hogwarts and treated him just as she would every student despite whatever dark feelings she may had towards Draco for his misdeeds, being utterly appealed at Harry's request that she help Albus and Scorpius stay apart.

Draco also trusted her into using the Marauder's Map to find his son and Albus and fully accepted whatever punishment would be given to Scorpius, acknowledging he believed her decision would be fair. McGonagall and the Weasleys get along well, considering they were all in Gryffindor House and fellow members of the Order of the Phoenix. However, Minerva disapproved of Fred and George Weasley 's behaviour at school, although she still seemed impressed by their magical skills.

When Dolores Umbridge was appointed as High Inquisitor for Hogwarts, she allied with the twins and attempted to oppose Umbridge. Minerva was fond of all the Weasley children, including Ginny. She was glad that Ginny was sorted into Gryffindor, and, although Ginny thought McGonagall was a little strict, she believed that the Transfiguration professor was also fair. Both witches tried to oppose Umbridge in and the Carrows in Furthermore, Minerva had high regard and expectations of Percy Weasley , who was a Gryffindor prefect and Head Boy in his last year at Hogwarts.

The Marauders , her former students. McGonagall had long been the Transfiguration professor at Hogwarts by the time Lily Evans and the Marauders attended as students, all being sorted into the Gryffindor house.

After they left Hogwarts, both McGonagall became allies with her former students, who became members of the first Order of the Phoenix. Despite their boisterous ways, at odds with Minerva's no-nonsense reputation, they seemed to have a good relationship with her.

Coincidentally, both McGonagall and the Marauders had the accomplishment of becoming Animagi. This information most likely not privy to her. Minerva liked James Potter an intelligent and talented wizard , despite the fact that he could sometimes be a bit of a bully and was not above bending the rules.

McGonagall seems to have had a good relationship with his future wife, Lily Evans. The couple would later become Head Boy and Head Girl ; neither appointment would have happened if their Head of House had not approved, which means she trusted them. McGonagall was devastated at the murder in of Lily and James, both of whom she considered her all-time favourites. She later became friendly with the Potters' son, Harry, who was also her student and a member of her House, though she did not show favouritism and was more than willing to take many points even from her own House for misbehaviour.

A little over a decade after he left Hogwarts, Remus Lupin a former Prefect of her House returned to the school in order to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts , becoming Minerva's professional colleaguein She didn't care about the fact Remus was a werewolf, because Dumbledore trusted him, and respected his efficient teaching skills, as she referenced him during Harry's Careers Advice.

After Dumbledore's death, McGonagall, Lupin and several other individuals were devastated; they all discussed about the way Snape killed Dumbledore. Sadly, Lupin himself died in the Battle of Hogwarts. Minerva had a good relationship with Sirius Black. But after James' death, she, the rest of the wizarding community, assumed it was Sirius who betrayed the Potters since he was expected to be their Secret-Keeper.

Only in did she learn that the Secret-Keeper at the time of the Potters' deaths was actually Peter Pettigrew, who took the title after Sirius turned it down.

Sirius was murdered by his own cousin Bellatrix Lestrange during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries in Minerva's reaction to Sirius's death is unreported. Minerva had a pretty poor relationship with Peter Pettigrew, describing him as a "stupid" and "foolish" boy.

She confessed that she was harsher than necessary with him during their time together as student and teacher, even when "hero-worshipped" James Potter and Sirius Black for the mischief. Peter faked his own death standing up to Sirius, who was a suspect in the Potters' betrayal, leading McGonagall to regret that she had been harsh towards him and to acknowledge him as a brave Gryffindor. Rubeus Hagrid , her friend and colleague.

Rubeus Hagrid respected McGonagall. Hagrid was the gamekeeper, and later Care of Magical Creatures professor of Hogwarts. McGonagall was one of the most serious professors at Hogwarts , and sometimes disapproved of Hagrid's behaviour, especially during the Sorting ceremony.

However, they were still close friends, were both members of the Order of the Phoenix , and admired Albus Dumbledore. Hagrid once kissed McGonagall on her cheek when he had drunk very much and she was noted giving a flushed giggle in the event's festivities. When Dolores Umbridge and several Aurors from the Ministry sought to sack and exile Hagrid from the school grounds by force, Minerva quickly flew to his aid, in turn taking four stunners simultaneously to the chest.

Hagrid was disgusted when the Aurors stunned and injured her to the point that he attacked them in an uncontrollable rage before fleeing, furiously denouncing them as cowards.

In , after Albus Dumbledore's death, Minerva stated that she appreciated Hagrid's opinion very much, as did Dumbledore. They were among the first ones to run to congratulate Harry after he defeated Voldemort. They both survived the war and still taught at Hogwarts. Severus Snape , her colleague and former student.

After he had graduated and then returned as the Potions master, he and McGonagall became colleagues. As Head of Gryffindor House , McGonagall and Snape teased one another about House points and Quidditch standings, acting like friendly rivals to one another.

Both were demanding and effective teachers, unusually talented at magic, and loyal to Albus Dumbledore, so over time, Minerva grew to respect Severus despite his dark past. McGonagall knew that Snape was a Death Eater in his youth, but she followed Albus Dumbledore in believing that he truly regretted his former allegiance.

She did, however, admit to being suspicious of Snape's true allegiance though she trusted him simply because Albus did. Unusually for Snape, he was on first name terms with McGonagall, showing a certain level of personal friendship.

After Snape killed Dumbledore, McGonagall was shocked and perhaps personally hurt to find her formerly-respected colleague a murderer and apparent traitor. When Snape became Headmaster of Hogwarts, she opposed him and his supposed minions the Carrows, without knowing Snape was secretly helping her protect the students from his fellow Death Eaters. At the onset of the Battle of Hogwarts, McGonagall and Snape duelled inconclusively; with Professor Flitwick 's later help, and Snape fled the school rather than continue the fight.

McGonagall, believing his retreat was motivated by fear, called out "Coward! Snape was killed by Voldemort during the battle, but she learnt that Snape had killed Dumbledore in a painful act of loyalty to the Headmaster's own orders too late. Following a private conversation with Harry, Minerva later took the controversial decision to add a portrait of Severus Snape to the gallery of old headmasters and headmistresses in her tower office. There is no report that she objected this, which shows that she likely forgave him and came to admire his marvellous bravery.

Pomona Sprout , her longtime friend and colleague. When Dolores Umbridge stood to speak during the Welcoming Feast after her introduction by Headmaster Dumbledore , the two professors were both taken aback at this, and even exchange glances of disapproval.

Sybill Trelawney , her colleague. Minerva and Sybill Trelawney weren't the best of friends, barely maintaining civility between them. Minerva had no use for Sybill's subject, Divination , believing that Trelawney was a fraud. The only reason Minerva has never spoken ill of Sybill directly was due to her refusal to insult her colleagues.

Despite her dislike for Trelawney and her teachings, Minerva was still disgusted when Umbridge unceremoniously and cruelly sacked Sybill. They would grow to understand one another through their shared hatred of Dolores Umbridge during the woman's tenure as Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor.

Minerva was there as a literal shoulder for Sybill to cry on, speaking out against Dolores and told her what she thought after the events. McGonagall seemed to have a good relationship with most of her co-workers at Hogwarts. Among them was Filius Flitwick. Their fellow Hatstall status was a subject of gentle humour between them, with the two Heads of house being amused to think that they might, but for those crucial moments in their youths, have exchanged positions.

Flitwick fought alongside McGonagall in the the upstart of the Battle of Hogwarts. Filius Flitwick , her friend and colleague. McGonagall was friendly with Poppy Pomfrey , the nurse. Pomfrey seemed to admire McGonagall's magical abilities and strength.

This was shown when McGonagall was hit by four Stunners on the chest, as Madam Pomfrey said that it would have killed most witches of her age. McGonagall was friendly with Argus Filch , the caretaker, although they argued many times. During the Battle of Hogwarts, she shouted at Filch, and called him a blithering idiot. Then she sternly ordered him to call Peeves.

It is possible that, after the war, McGonagall and Filch were still co-workers. Minerva was on amicable terms with Horace Slughorn , her former Potions professor.

However, she commented on his seemingly cowardly behaviour when he realised the castle was under attack, noting he should take his students and do so if he wished to leave. She said that the two would duel to kill if he attempted to hinder their efforts against Voldemort from inside the castle, stating that it was time for Slytherin to finally choose their alliances.

He was taken aback at this and he fled, but later returned with reinforcements of students' parents and residents of Hogsmeade to help with the battle efforts. Gilderoy Lockhart. On the other hand, Minerva had no liking for Gilderoy Lockhart whatsoever, the D. A professor before Lupin. This was due to him being obnoxious, incompetent and insensitive, annoying her with nonsensical advices while being ignorant and unhelpful around the second opening of the Chamber of Secrets.

Even as a student, Lockhart was already a vain, annoying attention-seeking troublemaker, to which she held in contempt. Minerva was positively hateful towards Lockhart when he walked in late and oblivious when everyone else was greatly saddened at Ginny Weasley's impending doom.

She full-heartedly supported Snape sending Lockhart to deal with the monster within in the hopes of scaring her incompetent colleague away. When Lockhart resigned due to his self-induced amnesia, McGonagall was cheerful along with the rest of the staff and students at the news.

They were loyal Death Eaters, and befitting their status, they taught Dark Arts rather than Defence Against the Dark Arts, devoted Muggle Studies to explaining how Muggles were filthy animals, and often took delight in punishing students with the Cruciatus Curse.

After the war, McGonagall sent the Carrows to Azkaban. The original Order of the Phoenix. McGonagall had a good relationship with most members of the Order of the Phoenix.

Some of them included Nymphadora Tonks and Kingsley Shacklebolt , whom she appeared to be friendly with Kingsley. They fought Voldemort, along with Horace Slughorn , and all of them survived the war. McGonagall was very angry by Crouch's teaching methods and shouted at him.

It is possible that she had the same opinion of the real Moody, but Moody might have been friendly with McGonagall afterwards. He was killed by Voldemort during the Battle of the Seven Potters. Lord Voldemort , a hated and feared enemy. Minerva did not teach the young Tom Riddle during his time at Hogwarts, but she was privy to Dumbledore's fears and suspicions about him.

Like most in the Wizarding world, Minerva was very wary of speaking Voldemort's name. During his second rise to power, Minerva joined the Order of the Phoenix and stayed in Hogwarts during the tenure of Severus Snape as Headmaster and the Carrows to protect her students.

She was one of the few people that was not afraid of standing against the Carrows, as she did defy them many times during the school year. In spite of her well-known loyalty to Professor Dumbledore, Voldemort and his followers believed that Minerva was both too gifted to lose, and too sensible not to join them fully once their victory was assured.

However, she proved him wrong when she defended the school against his army and, along with Kingsley Shacklebolt and Horace Slughorn , bravely duelled Voldemort himself during the second part of the Battle of Hogwarts. She watched as Voldemort was defeated by Harry Potter once and for all, finally ending the War.

Dolores Umbridge , her enemy and former colleague. Minerva disliked Dolores Umbridge right from the beginning when the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher began to invade Hogwarts with her Hogwarts High Inquisitor position and did everything she could in her power to circumvent Umbridge's authority without risking the loss of her job. She was the colleague whom she had more violently clashed with than any other colleague in her long and varied career.

During Umbridge's inspections of McGonagall's class, Minerva tried for the most part to ignore Umbridge. This was difficult due to Umbridge's constant interruptions by means Umbridge's soft, girlish cough of " Hem hem ". When forced to acknowledge Umbridge's presence, McGonagall treated her with a cold and harsh demeanour. Despite Umbridge having the power to put Minerva on probation or even sack her, Minerva was not afraid to show her disgust and hatred of Umbridge to the woman's face. Despite this, she understood that Umbridge had a lot of power and that she was reporting directly to Cornelius Fudge , and so Minerva once warned Harry Potter to tread carefully around Umbridge.

Even so, Minerva vehemently vouched for Harry during their Career Advice session, claiming that she would coach him nightly if she had to in order to realise his dream of becoming an Auror , after Umbridge's furious protests that Harry would never become one. After Umbridge fired Sybill Trelawney from her post as Divination teacher, Minerva even put aside her mild dislike of Sybill to focus even more on her hatred of Umbridge, indirectly stating that the latter's evaluation is incompetent and will not be taken into consideration.

Even when Dolores took over Hogwarts, replacing Albus Dumbledore as Head of the school, Minerva continued to help undermine Umbridge's reign, preferring to watch her struggle with the chaos that was being caused by the students and Peeves and sometimes even helping with it.

When Minerva was attacked and sent to St Mungo's , Dolores was pleased that she at last had complete control of Hogwarts. After she returned to Hogwarts, Minerva did nothing to curb the students' enthusiasm when Peeves chased Dolores from Hogwarts, only lamenting that she could not watch with them because the poltergeist had taken her walking stick to hit Dolores with as he followed her from the school. However, after the Second Wizarding War, Umbridge was captured by Aurors and sent to Azkaban herself, for the rest of her life.

Despite their hatred for each other, both McGonagall and Umbridge share the same patronus : a cat, although McGonagall's resembled her Animagus form.

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The start-of-term banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be Sorted into your houses. McGonagall : " What does this mean , Albus? All teachers return to the staff room. Immediately, please. But — but the password! But that does NOT mean that we will be relaxing the standards of behaviour we expect from Hogwarts students. I will be most seriously displeased if a Gryffindor student embarrasses the school in any way.

What say you, Professor Snape? You see, I do not generally permit people to talk when I am talking.