Comments on: Gilderoy Lockhart

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:18:00 +0000

Two things:

1. First year, greenhouse one; second year, greenhouse three. What about greenhouse two?

2. Considering what Lockhart’s classes are with the second years, I wonder what his classes with the fifth, sixth, and seventh year are like.

By: May

May — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:57:50 +0000

Why Hermione is totally oblivious to Lockhart’s idiocy has also something to do with the fact that she loves books so much! She read all about the “heroic” deeds Lockhart has done and, poof!… she believed them instantly because it’s in a book! She trusts and relies on books so much, such that each and every typeset word in a book must be true.

I thought the Whomping Willow is the only one of its kind. Like it’s unique. But the way Lockhart said it – “I just happen to have met several of these exotic plants on my travels…” – emphasizes that the Whomping Willow have others f its kind. But since it’s Lockhart speaking, we can never be really sure. ;)

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:38:07 +0000

Although I still like it, I think Chamber has to be my least favourite in the series. The main reason for that is Lockhart. JKR has done such a good job of making him a fame-mad, pompous, idiot that I find myself getting really annoyed whenever I read the parts where he appears.

By: John Kearns

John Kearns — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 13:07:54 +0000

SuetheSquid, thanks for your kind words! I don't pay any attention on this site to things that happen in the movies but not the books, but I think the scene you're thinking of happens in Chamber of Secrets, chapter 16:

"So you've just been taking credit for what a load of other people have done?" said Harry incredulously.

"Harry, Harry," said Lockhart, shaking his head impatiently, "it's not nearly as simple as that. There was work involved. I had to track these people down. Ask them exactly how they managed to do what they did. Then I had to put a Memory Charm on them so they wouldn't remember doing it. If there's one thing I pride myself on, it's my Memory Charms. No, it's been a lot of work, Harry. It's not all book signings and publicity photos, you know. You want fame, you have to be prepared for a long hard slog."

kayno, I love your insights about the keys - something I'd never thought about before, but it totally makes sense!

By: kayno

kayno — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 06:57:36 +0000

i was thinking about the key situation at the ‘something you may not have noticed’ section. i think it is understandable that a key, a very ordinary muggle artifact really, can be used to secure certain doors to avoid being opened by witches and wizards in training is useful. but there is one person who cannot use magic at all and is relied upon to patrol the entire school grounds: argus filch. and hagrid since technically he shouldn’t be doing magic. so with 2 people who need access to the whole school who can’t/ aren’t allowed to do magic, it kinda makes sense. so maybe, since everyone else can get by with magic, some doors open by both magical and mechanical means.

By: SuetheSquid

SuetheSquid — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:51:27 +0000

As to question of where the stories in Lockhart’s books come from: I cannot remember if it is in the second movie or the fifth book when it is revealed that Lockhart did not actually do any of the stuff. He would hear other people’s stories and record them then wipe their memory. He was supposed to be very good at memory modification. This is why he attempts to hit them with the “obliviate” spell in the chamber at the end of movie 2. I love this site btw. Thanks for it!

By: Edt

Edt — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:48:33 +0000

Jonathan: i loved how you described Lockheart as ‘entertainment value’. I thought that was hilarious and basically describes his role in the book:))

Bonnie: i would have never thought of that as the way Hermione views Lockheart. It’s a very beautiful way to view a person and it would have never crossed my mind that that was what was behind Hermione’s infatuation:)

By: Crystal

Crystal — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 03:34:08 +0000

Oh haha, thanks guys – looks like I’m not as observant as I should be!
Love this site and actually “studying” the wonderful world of Harry Potter!! :)

By: Phoebe

Phoebe — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:48:55 +0000

It say on page 102 of the American Edition

“Two of them seized Neville by the ears and lifted him into the air. . . . Neville was swinging from the iron chandelier in the ceiling.”

By: John Kearns

John Kearns — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 18:47:10 +0000

Crystal, somebody brought this up once before but I can’t find the reference – but paper and parchment are used more or less interchangeably in classes. I looked up a bunch of references and couldn’t find a pattern.

As for Neville, doesn’t it describe the pixies lifting him up there by the ears?