Characters (Teachers)

Hagrid: An oafish giant who works as a groundskeeper at Hogwarts. Rubeus Hagrid is a kind creature with more kindness than brains. He cares deeply for Harry. (Eg. by the tears he sheds upon having to leave the infant Harry with the Dursleys). Hagrid symbolizes the importance of generosity and human warmth in a world menaced by conniving villains. 

 





Albus Dumbledore: The kind, wise head of Hogwarts. Though he is a famous wizard, Dumbledore is a humble and adorable person as his name suggests. While other school teachers, such as Professor McGonagall, are obsessed with the rules, Dumbledore respects them (as his warnings against entering the Forbidden Forest remind us) but does not exaggerate their importance as much (I wish most teachers were like this). He appears to have an almost superhuman level of wisdom, knowledge, and personal understanding, and it seems that he may have set up the whole quest for the Sorcerer’s Stone so that Harry could prove himself. 


Professor Quirrell: A stuttering and seemingly harmless man, and a professor of Defense against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts. Quirrell appears as nervous and squirrelly as his name suggests for most of the story. It was him who nearly faints when announcing the news that a troll is loose in the school. It turns out later, however, that Quirrell has faked his attitude of being a noob and is actually a cold-blooded conniver. (Also Part of Enemies)



Professor Snape: A professor of Potions at Hogwarts. Severus Snape dislikes Harry and appears to be an evil man for most of the story. Snape’s grudge against Harry, which is similar from a murderous ill will, helps us remember the difference between forgivable things and unforgivable evil things.(Also part of Enemies)

Professor McGonagall -  The head of Gryffindor House at Hogwarts and a high-ranking woman in the wizard world. Minerva McGonagall is fair but extremely strict and severe in her punishments. Rowling named her after a notoriously bad nineteenth-century Scottish poet named William McGonagall who was highly confident of his own talents.