Home to the notoriously ambitious, Slytherin house has produced some of the most infamous witches and wizards in history, including Draco Malfoy and Lord Voldemort.

After the Sorting Hat sings a song, each student in turn is seated upon the stool in front of the rest of the student body. Professors seem to be able to punish students with relative impunity and can hand out detention, even for unsatisfactory grades. During the books, the Head of this house is the Herbology Professor Pomona Sprout, and the house ghost is the Fat Friar. There are two long morning classes with a short break in between them for students to get to their next class.

The sumptuously foiled presentation case emblazoned with the Slytherin serpent contains all seven novels from J.

Arthur Weasley claimed still to bear physical scars inflicted by Apollyon Pringle, Filch's predecessor.From Harry to Garri: Strategies for the Transfer of Culture and Ideology in Russian Translations of Two English Fantasy Stories". Throughout the school year, the houses compete for the House Cup, gaining and losing points based on actions such as performance in class and rule violations. Following her marriage, she has sometimes used the name Joanne Murray when conducting personal business. You will have classes with the rest of your House, sleep in your House dormitory, and spend free time in your House common room.

There are fireplaces to keep the rooms warm, and students either relax here in the evenings or else complete their homework, but may complete their work in the bedroom. The Slytherin common room is a long, low, dungeon-style room, under the Hogwarts Lake, furnished with green lamps and carved armchairs. Witches and wizards cannot Apparate or Disapparate in Hogwarts grounds, except when the Headmaster lifts the enchantment, whether only in certain areas or for the entire campus, so as to make the school less vulnerable when it serves the headmaster to allow Apparition. Inside is the common room, which contains armchairs and sofas for the pupils and tables for studying and homework. Whether you're Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin or Ravenclaw, you can own the Harry Potter books themed around your house, with unique covers and bespoke content representing each one.

K. Rowling, pronounced like rolling, her name when her first Harry Potter book was published was simply Joanne Rowling. Speaking aloud the word 'Dissendium' to the witch allows access to this passage; the hump on the statue then opens and reveals the hidden passageway. Filch was said to find cleaning supplies here when he had run out; when Fred and George needed a place to hide, it would appear as a broom cupboard.

The Basilisk rested inside the statue and emerged from its mouth when the Heir of Slytherin, Tom Riddle, summoned it. Unlike any other house, the Hufflepuff common room has a repelling device that douses the illegal entrant in vinegar if the wrong lid is tapped or the rhythm is wrong. A. is betrayed, the room is left open, and Pansy Parkinson is able to retrieve the list of members of the organisation. Education at Hogwarts is not compulsory, with some students being home schooled as stated in the seventh book.She permits entry only after being given the correct password, as was established in the third book, when Sirius Black tried forcing entry into the tower, only to be blocked by The Fat Lady after he could not give the correct password. On the seventh floor opposite an enormous tapestry depicting Barnabas the Barmy attempting to train trolls for the ballet, the Room of Requirement appears only when someone is in need of it.