Hey everyone welcome back, so something that really bugs me and thats also left without a
real explanation is why Rubeus Hagrid was expelled so easily from hogwarts without
a trial and without real proof that it was his fault that Myrtle Warren died. Myrtle’s death,
it was ruled, occurred due to the negligence and careless nature of Hagrid for keeping an
unsanctioned and dangerous creature in his chambers, a creature of which could kill
if given the opportunity to do so. Hagrid was expelled, had his wand broken and was
forbidden to practice magic for the remainder of his life. This devastated the young half giant,
who was in fact, the first of his family to ever attend hogwarts and was doing well I might add,
never top of the class but he applied himself, he was very grateful to be in his position. So let’s
go back to the actual events surrounding myrtles death, how and why Hagrid was linked to her death,
what dumbledore did in order to try to prevent his expulsion and finally,
the one piece of evidence that shows that Hadrig had nothing to do with any of it,
which of course the ministry overlooked. Sometimes I still forget that Hagrid and Tom Riddle went to
Hogwarts together. At this point, Tom was going through his purge the school of all muggleborns
phase with the giant basilisk while hoping never to be caught while failing to realise that the
death of a student will create an absolute stir on all parts. Tom uses the basilisk’s stare to
kill myrtle in the bathroom, where she’d hide and cry over being teased by other students.
Perfect candidate for the dark lord, who also used her death to create a horcurx. So myrtle was found
dead, nobody knew who the culprit was and Hogwarts was no in danger of having to close due the danger
now imposed on the other students. Riddle, who only found true peace on the school grounds as
he considered it his home, could not bare the thought of having to return to the orphanage
in addition to not knowing if he’d even be able to return as the school would be closed indefinitely.
He needed a culprit, a fall guy, it was time to play the blame game and he quickly found the
perfect scapegoat in Rubeus Hagrid. Now Tom didn’t know everything there was to know about Hagrid
there and the, He’d have followed him, studied him and only then would he have discovered a
weakness to hopefully exploit. He hit the jackpot when he learned that Aragog, a baby acromantula,
was in Hagrid’s possession on the school grounds. Acromantulas are extremely dangerous, grow to
massive size and are even known to eat humans along with other beasts of a similar size. Aragog
was just an infant and was being trained by Hagrid to obey. The arachnid still had rather effective
and poisonous venom in its fangs, meaning he was threat if he chose to be. It’s quite clear
that Tom was prepared for his accusational encounter with the half giant as he knew the
exact spell to repel the beast, ‘Arana Exumé’ a spell that harry actually took for himself when
he viewed Riddle’s memory and proved useful in escaping the acromantulas attack with Ron.
So Tom first hand witnesses Aragog escape and alerts his superiors to the fact that everything
points to Hagrid and Aragog as the reason for myrtle warrens death. Hagrid 100% completely
and whole heartedly denies any involvement and is shocked at these accusations now becoming
vastly serious. He soon realises he’s in a lot of trouble for something he didnt do. The ministry
on the other hand have been hammered by the public over Myrte’s death, demanding answers,
demanding justice and most importantly demanding the capture of whomever was responsible. As always
with this shambles of a government, they were first to please the people and keep the peace
rather than actually do what was right and laugh a full and detailed investigation with
Hagrid’s involvement. Don’t forget, Tom Riddle, who wanted any threat to hogwarts eradicated,
would’ve been the most cooperative witness and been a massive help in convicting Hagrid of this
crime. I can imagine him sitting there feigning pity for Hagrid, even asking the officials to
please not be too hard on him. The ministry concluded that the evidence was too strong
in order to open up a trial but was that really the case? Was there traces of acromantul venom
in myrtles body? No there wasn’t. Was there any bite marls of any kind on Myrtles body? No there
wasn’t. So why wasn’t Myrtles body thoroughly examined? Is there anyway in extracting the memory
of a creature to see its last involvement or last actions? The greyness and uncertainty of this
case should’ve been enough to clear the young half giant there and then but still, he was convicted.
I suppose it could be argued that the simple healing spell could be used to cover the
bites but it was my understanding that the person needed to be alive in order for a
healing spell to work as it required blood flow, living tissue in order to encourage
the skin to heal over. Thats what I thought anyway. Even Dumbledore fought for Hagrid,
arguing the evidence was weak and had holes in it but of course the ministry are not going to budge,
they had their man, the case was closed, the public were satisfied. Tom Riddle inadvertently
exposed himself to Dumbledore as he received a special award for his contribution to school
after discovering hagrids apparent involvement. Dumbledore knew that Hagrid had nothing to do
with the death of myrtle, he also knew that Tom Riddle was no fool, he was smart, clever,
witty and could read an individual better than anyone, which means Dumbledore knew that Tom knew,
Hagrid was innocent. This in turn leads Dumbledore to concur that Tom had something to do with the
murder. It put Dumbledore on alert with him. He kept an even closer eye on him going forward. I
think Dumbledore warmed to Hagrid so much because of the fact he was the scapegoat, made out to be
the keeper of the monster of Slytherin even though he was a Gryffindor and a half breed, the latter
of which would never have been tolerated by the late Salazar Slytherin. Hagrid was expelled,
had his wand snapped, was banned from practicing magic for life and his reputation was in ruins.
He would always be associated with the chamber of secrets being opened, the death of a student and
housing the monster of Slytherin, we we all know was complete rubbish. Hagrid didn’t deserve what
happened to him, I mean he really didnt deserve it. Fortunately he did rebuild his life and built
many relationships with wizards all across the country and even different countries. However he
was never cleared or exonerated from the crimes he committed and I’m using air quotes when I say
the word crimes. He was still convicted of what he apparently did. When the chamber was
reopened during Harrys 2nd year, poor Hagrid was immediately removed from the hogwarts grounds,
without any real evidence once again and sent to Azkaban to remain there until the issue was
resolved. He was left to rot in that awful prison, surrounded by dementors for the best part of the
school year and when it was all said and done, when it was revealed that it was voldemort who was
behind the whole entire thing, oh well thats ok we can let him go now.. It’s just absolute madness.
They took their time acquitting him aswel but eventually they did.. So what happened after that?
Could Hagrid go back to school? Could he get a wand? Could he even practice magic again?
Well it’s important to remember that Hagrid was already 65 years old and had spent 52
years as assistant gamekeeper before moving on to gamekeeper. That was the life he knew,
so I doubt he could go back to studying and finish his seven years at Hogwarts. If he had done so,
he would be in the same class with Harry. I’m sure that might make him feel rather uneasy. I
think he’d get support from Harry and the majority of the year but then of course
we’d have malfoy and co chiming in with their opinions, doing their best to put Hagrid down.
I don’t think school would’ve been his choice and as we can see, it wasnt. As for his wand,
well he has it so I can’t imagine how the Ministry could give it back to him. Anyway once a wand gets
snapped in half, nothing can repair it—besides the Elder Wand, which was of course in the possession
of Dumbledore. The Ministry could simply allow Hagrid to buy another wand, but I’m not
sure how that would be beneficial as Hagrid had undergone little magical education, so he could
be considered dangerous with a real wand in his hands, even though he mostly wouldn’t.
Alternatively, it’s likely that the Ministry did allow him to buy a new wand, but Hagrid refused
because he secretly had his own wand repaired by Dumbledore. Hagrid did gain something positive and
beneficial from his acquittal as it allowed him to become the Care of Magical Creatures
teacher at Hogwarts. Even if things didnt work out, now that he had the Ministry’s apology,
which he most certainly received, he was also free to pursue any career he wanted,
as long as he could find an employer. So guys that’s todays video on why hagrid was expelled
without trial, thank you very much for watching, I’ll see you all very soon for the next video.