Molly Weasley
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| Molly Weasley | |
|---|---|
| Harry Potter character | |
| First appearance | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997) |
| Last appearance | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) |
| Created by | J. K. Rowling |
| Portrayed by | Julie Walters |
| Information | |
| Family | Gideon and Fabian Prewett (brothers) |
| Spouse | Arthur Weasley (husband) |
| Children | Bill Weasley Charlie Weasley Percy Weasley Fred and George Weasley Ron Weasley Ginny Weasley |
| Relatives | Harry Potter (son-in-law) Hermione Granger (daughter-in-law) |
| Nationality | British |
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Molly Weasley (née Prewett) is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter fantasy novel series, making her first appearance in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997). In the books she is the mother of seven children, including Ron Weasley, who becomes Harry Potter's best friend, and Ginny Weasley, who becomes Harry's main love interest. Molly is born into the pure-blood Prewett family, being the sister of Gideon and Fabian Prewett.
Appearances[edit]
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone[edit]
Molly Weasley makes her first appearance in the series when she and Ginny Weasley accompany Percy, Fred, George, and Ron to King's Cross Station, where she helps guide Harry through the barrier to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters.
After getting onto the platform with Ginny, Molly learned that the boy she had talked to was Harry Potter. When last calls for the train came, Molly escorted her children onto the train. She told the twins that she didn't want to receive any more messages saying that they had pulled any more of their pranks, then George said that they would send her a Hogwarts lavatory seat.
Having become friends with Harry, Ron contacted Molly before the Christmas holidays to tell her that Harry was not expecting presents. So she knitted him an emerald green jumper and made him a box of fudge. During the Christmas holidays, Molly, Ginny, and Arthur went to Romania to see their son Charlie.
When Harry and the others returned from Hogwarts for the summer, he thanked Molly for the jumper and fudge.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets[edit]
Molly was scared to death when she found Fred, George, and Ron's beds empty, the family car gone, and no note left behind. When the three returned with Harry the next morning, her anger exploded and she yelled at them. She didn't blame Harry, but threw her sons nasty looks the entire time she made breakfast. To punish them, Molly made them de-gnome the back garden. When she looked up the process in Gilderoy Lockhart's Guide to Household Pests, Fred thought that his mother had a crush on Lockhart.
About a week after Harry arrived at the Burrow, Molly and Arthur took the family and Harry to Diagon Alley to buy their school supplies. Before leaving, she and Arthur discovered that Harry had never travelled through the Floo Network before. After Harry got lost in Knockturn Alley, she was relieved to find him safe with Hagrid. After getting their money from Gringotts, Molly went with Ginny to a robe shop, she met the others one hour later at Flourish and Blotts. After Arthur got into a fight with Lucius Malfoy, she was very upset.
After dropping the children off at King's Cross Station on the September 1, 1992, Molly and Arthur were outraged when they found their car missing. That night, she received a letter from Minerva McGonagall explaining what Harry and Ron had done. The next day, she sent a Howler to Ron, expressing her disgust at his behaviour and the fact that Arthur was facing an inquiry at work.
In the spring of 1993, Molly and Arthur came to Hogwarts, they were very worried after learning that the Ginny had been taken into the Chamber of Secrets. When Harry and Ron brought her back safely, she was thankful to Harry and puzzled as to how he managed it. After Harry explained, she went with Ginny to the hospital wing.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban[edit]
In the summer of 1993, Arthur won the annual Daily Prophet Grand Prize Galleon Draw. He and Molly decided to spend the gold on a trip to Egypt to see Bill. While Bill took them on tours of pyramids, she refused to let Ginny enter the last one, which was full of "mutant skeletons" of Muggles who had broken in and "grown extra heads." After returning about a week before the school year, Molly learnt that Sirius Black had escaped from Azkaban and his target was Harry, as Sirius was muttering "he's at Hogwarts" while sleeping.
After meeting Harry in Diagon Alley on 31 August, Molly discussed Black with Arthur, who wanted to tell Harry the truth about why Black was supposed to be after him. She didn't want to tell Harry because she was convinced that he would be perfectly safe from harm since Dumbledore was at Hogwarts. Arthur responded that if Black could break out of Azkaban, then he could break in to Hogwarts. The next day, they saw Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the others off to school. The following June, she arrived at King's Cross to pick up her family.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire[edit]
In August, Molly sent a letter to the Dursleys through Muggle post, asking for permission to take Harry to the Quidditch World Cup, although the Weasleys were planning to take Harry no matter what the Dursleys said. Unsure of how many stamps to add, she completely covered the envelope with them, leaving only a square inch in which she managed to write the Dursleys' address.
When she entered the Dursleys' kitchen, Molly found Arthur scolding Fred and George. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny went upstairs while Arthur told her about the Ton-Tongue Toffee the twins had given to Harry's cousin Dudley. After she stopped yelling at them, she began preparing dinner, during which she was furious about George and Fred's trouble-making.
On the morning of the Quidditch World Cup, Molly caught Fred and George trying to sneak more Ton-Tongue Toffees out of the house, in strange places like the lining of George's jacket and the turn-ups of Fred's jeans. When she learnt about the Death Eaters' attack, Molly was worried for her family. When the family safely arrived back home, she hugged Fred and George, crying over the thought that if they died, the last thing she would have said to them would be that they had not earned more O.W.L.s.
On 1 September, Molly, Bill, and Charlie accompanied the trio to King's Cross Station wishing all of them a happy term. The three of them all implied that something special was happening at the school, but wouldn't say more. This left the trio and others highly curious as to what it could possibly be, but they didn't find out until the term started what the surprise was.
According to Charlie, when Harry's name came out of the Goblet of Fire as a fourth champion, Molly was against him competing, believing that Harry was too young. She was "in floods" after reading an "interview" with Rita Skeeter in which Skeeter claimed Harry still cried about his parents, she believed every word that Rita Skeeter wrote and felt bad for Harry. Considering his mother's already fragile state, Charlie didn't tell her what Harry had to do for the First Task.
In June, Molly arrived at Hogwarts with Bill to watch the Third Task of the Triwizard Tournament, in place of his family. While waiting until the task started, Harry gave her and Bill a tour around the grounds, showing them the Beauxbatons carriage and the Durmstrang ship. Molly was fascinated by the Whomping Willow, which had been planted after she left school. She also reminisced about Ogg, the gamekeeper before Hagrid.
After Harry returned from Little Hangleton with Cedric Diggory's dead body, Molly, the other Weasleys, and Hermione stayed with him in the hospital wing.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix[edit]
A week into the summer holidays, Molly had her heart broken when Percy broke contact with the family after a row with his father. Percy insulted his parents, believing them to be "idiots" for following Dumbledore, and moved out to a flat in London. She went to London to try and talk with Percy, but he simply slammed the door in her face.
Molly and Arthur moved their family to 12 Grimmauld Place in London, the headquarters of the Order. Under Dumbledore's orders, the Weasleys kept Harry Potter in the dark about the Order's goings-on. When the Advance Guard delivered Harry to Grimmauld Place, she was pleased to see him, but quickly ushered him upstairs so he wouldn't interrupt the Order's meeting. When the meeting ended, Molly brought the children downstairs for dinner. Against her wishes, Sirius and Remus gave Harry the general picture of what the Order was doing in the fight against Voldemort, which lead to an intense row between Molly and Sirius involving Harry's welfare.
For the following weeks, Molly led the charge in making the house suitable for living in, which was not an easy task considering how long it had been without inhabitants or proper housekeeping. When Harry had to go to the Ministry for a hearing regarding his illegal use of under-age magic, Molly was among those who worried about the result. Like the rest of the family, she was relieved when Harry was cleared of all charges, although she did scold Fred, George, and Ginny for parading around chanting "He got off."
When Ron was made a Gryffindor prefect, Molly was overjoyed and offered to get him a reward, to which he asked for a new broom, but quickly added that it didn't need to be a good broom upon seeing his mother's face fall. She returned later that night with the children's school supplies and prepared a party to celebrate Ron and Hermione's appointments. When "Mad-Eye" Moody arrived, Molly asked him to look at what was in the writing desk in the drawing room. Using his "mad" eye, Moody confirmed it was a Boggart and offered to get rid of it, but she declined, commenting she would do it after dinner.
After Harry witnessed her inability to vanquish it, she tearfully expressed her concern over her family's safety. Lupin comforted her, explaining that the Order had a better understanding of Voldemort than they did the first time, and that while he couldn't promise no one would get hurt, the Order would do their best to protect her family and Harry from the upcoming danger.
On the morning of 1 September, Fred and George again got on Molly's nerves when they bewitched their trunks to zoom down the stairs, to save the trouble of carrying them. The trunks managed to knock Ginny down two flights of stairs, to which her mother screamed at the pair that they could have seriously injured her. When Sirius came bounding downstairs in his dog form to see Harry off, Molly reiterated that it was a bad idea, but felt that it was up to him if he wanted to risk his safety.
When she got wind of the secret group Harry, Ron, and Hermione were planning to form in order to teach practical defensive magic, Molly was firmly against the idea, believing that they would all have time to learn to defend themselves after they left school. She asked Sirius to pass on a message to Ron, which was that he was in no way to continue the group. She also wanted the message passed on to Harry and Hermione, due to accepting that she had no control over the pair's actions, but having their best interests at heart.
During the Christmas holiday, Molly was contacted by Dumbledore's phoenix Fawkes to warn her that Arthur had been attacked by Nagini while doing guard duty for the Order. While the Weasley children stayed with Sirius in Grimmauld Place, they wanted to set off for St Mungo's at once. In response, Sirius had to convince them they couldn't until their mother had been notified, as it would look too suspicious otherwise. This caused issues with Fred and George who wanted to see their father immediately.
Before setting off for St Mungo's, Molly sent a note to Grimmauld Place, which stated that Arthur was still alive and warned them to stay put. At 5:10 a.m. she arrived at Grimmauld Place to tell them Arthur would be all right and that they could all visit him later, making George and Ginny very relieved before they got up and hugged her. When Sirius began making breakfast, Molly hugged Harry and expressed her gratitude that if not for him Arthur might have died. She proceeded to tell Sirius to go and relax and that she would take over breakfast.
When the Weasleys and Harry visited Arthur in St Mungo's, Molly became alarmed when Arthur mentioned one of his room-mates was a werewolf, but he calmed her by pointing out the full moon wasn't for another fortnight. When the twins tried to get information from Arthur about what he had been doing, she got angry and told them that the topic wasn't up for discussion. Molly later fretted over Harry's supposed illness when he was acting strangely after their visit. In fact, Harry was concerned and scared for the well-being of others because he thought he might have been possessed by Lord Voldemort, but she did not know this.
On Christmas Day, Molly's concern about Percy reached a breaking point when he returned his Christmas jumper unopened. Fred and George "attempted" to console her, but soon afterwards Lupin took over. When the family and Harry returned to visit Arthur again, Molly exploded after learning that for his wound, Arthur had tried using stitches, a Muggle remedy for similar Muggle wounds.
In June, Molly and Arthur arrived at King's Cross Station to pick their children up. The couple also made plans with Dumbledore to take Harry to The Burrow two weeks into the summer holidays, so he wouldn't have to spend the whole summer with the Dursleys, probably guessing that Harry didn't want to spend his entire summer holidays grieving his godfather's death at Privet Drive alone, with only his negative thoughts and unpleasant relatives for company.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince[edit]
Molly clashes with Bill's fiancée, Fleur Delacour; however, at the end of the novel, when Molly rushes to Hogwarts with her husband and Fleur to tend to her son Bill, who had been ferociously attacked by Fenrir Greyback, Fleur is greatly offended when Molly jumps to the conclusion she will break up with Bill due to his scarring, letting her know in no uncertain terms that his scars are a reminder of the courage that Bill displayed. Fleur and Molly unexpectedly hug and begin to see each other in a much more positive light.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows[edit]
At the beginning of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Molly and Arthur offer the Burrow as Order headquarters when Grimmauld Place is no longer safe. She feels uncomfortable with the trio's decision to drop out of Hogwarts and initially attempts to prevent them from doing so. Later, the family is forced to head for safety at Auntie Muriel's home. At the end of the book, Molly and her entire family fight in the Battle of Hogwarts. She is devastated by the death of her son Fred and is pushed to the edge when Bellatrix Lestrange almost strikes Ginny with the Killing Curse. She duels with Bellatrix, killing her with a curse.
Film Appearances[edit]
Julie Walters portrays Molly Weasley in every film in the series except Goblet of Fire, in which her role in the novel is cut out.
References[edit]
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- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1; mentioned by the locket in the scene where Ron destroys it.
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 12 (The Mirror of Erised)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 17 (The Man with Two Faces)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 3 (The Burrow)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 4 (At Flourish and Blotts)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 6 (Gilderoy Lockhart)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 18 (Dobby's Reward)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 1 (Owl Post)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 4 (The Leaky Cauldron)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 36 (The Flaw in the Plan)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 4 (Horace Slughorn)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 5 (Fallen Warrior)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 11 (Aboard the Hogwarts Express)
- ↑ J. K. Rowling at Carnegie Hall
- ↑ Accio Quote! - Rosie O'Donnell
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