How did moaning myrtle die?

Myrtle ran into the bathroom to hide from Olive Hornby because she was teasing her about her glasses. She was inside one of the cubicles when she heard someone (the basilisk) come in. She died by looking directly into the basilisks eyes in the bathroom on June 13, 1943.

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How did Moaning Myrtle die if she was wearing glasses?

How did Moaning Myrtle die? She has glasses which should've saved her, rendering her merely petrified. Rowling answered this question in an interview. She claimed that glasses don't protect a person from the basilisk's stare.

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How did Moaning Myrtle die in the end?

Opening the stall's door, she was about to yell at Riddle to go away, when the Basilisk stared at Myrtle and her eyes met with the monster's. Since looking into a Basilisk's eyes is a fatal act, Myrtle was killed instantly and her body fell to the bathroom floor, becoming Tom's first victim.

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Why did Moaning Myrtle die?

According to the Harry Potter Wiki, Myrtle was a Ravenclaw who had been hiding away from other students in the girls' lavatory. While crying in one of the stalls, Myrtle heard a man's voice and when she exited the cubicle to confront him, she locked eyes with the Basilisk, which killed her instantly.

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What creature killed Moaning Myrtle?

circa 1928-1929 – 13 June, 1943), more commonly known as "Moaning Myrtle", was a Muggle-born witch who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1940 – 1943 and was sorted into Ravenclaw. She was killed in 1943 by Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk, under Lord Voldemort's (Tom Riddle) orders.

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How old was Moaning Myrtle when she was killed?

She was just 14 when she died.

Myrtle's life was cut shockingly short when she was killed by the Basilisk at Tom Riddle's command. It's not surprising to me that she stayed on as a ghost.

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How did Voldemort lose his nose?

The most likely reason why Lord Voldemort's nose disappeared and he devolved into such an evil-looking creature is that as he dabbled deeper into the Dark Arts, his appearance gradually became as distorted as what remained of his twisted soul.

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Was Moaning Myrtle killed to make a Horcrux?

June 13, 1942: Tom Riddle murders Myrtle Warren (a.k.a. Moaning Myrtle) in the first-floor girls' bathroom at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, sending a piece of his soul into his diary. It becomes his first Horcrux.

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Why was Moaning Myrtle crying in the bathroom?

When Myrtle told the Golden Trio about her death, she revealed she had been crying in the bathroom after students picked on her over her glasses. She mentioned this kind of bullying frequently, and her sensitivity to insult in her death reveals just how much she was ridiculed in life.

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What did Myrtle do before she died?

As Gatsby's car approaches the garage, Myrtle, who has been arguing with her husband, sees the vehicle and mistakenly believes that Tom Buchanan is driving it. She runs into the road, intending to speak with him but she is hit and killed. The car fails to stop.

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How did nearly headless Nick die?

The executioner's axe turned out to be incredibly dull, so Nicholas was struck 45 times in the neck. His head wasn't even fully separated from his body, begging the question of why the executioner didn't stop much earlier when Nicholas had died or go just a few more times to finish the job.

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Did Dumbledore know Harry would survive?

Through his faith in love and profound knowledge in tales, Dumbledore was able to foresee that Harry would be able to survive Voldemort during the final battle in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In addition, Dumbledore had faith that Harry would succeed in bringing peace to the wizarding world.

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Was Moaning Myrtle Voldemort's first victim?

If we're not counting the dozens of animals he killed as a child back at Wool's Orphanage, the first human being he ever killed was Myrtle Warren, also known as Moaning Myrtle. He was 15 at the time of the murder.

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How old was Moaning Myrtle when she was in Harry Potter?

Henderson was born November 24, 1965, making her 37 when she played Moaning Myrtle (the ghost of 14-year-old Myrtle Warren) in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (and, therefore, 40, when she reprised the role in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire").

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Why did Dumbledore not ask Moaning Myrtle?

It is possible that Dumbledore didn't know Myrtle had returned as a ghost. Dumbledore wasn't headmaster when she died and he was otherwise occupied with Grindelwald.

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Who did Voldemort have a child with?

The biggest revelation in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was that Lord Voldemort had a daughter with Bellatrix Lestrange, who was named Delphini.

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Why does Ron say only 3 to go?

So when Ron said three, it wasn't a mistake. He meant there were three more horcruxes to destroy before being able to destroy the fourth and final piece which was in fact Voldemort himself.

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Did Draco befriend Moaning Myrtle?

At that time, he had been turned into a Death Eater and was tasked with killing Dumbledore on behalf of Voldemort. In a moment of transparency, Draco breaks down in the bathroom and explains the situation to Myrtle, who listens intently. Afterward, the two become good friends.

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Did Harry ever use Avada Kedavra?

Though Harry encountered many opportunities that deemed Avada Kedavra necessary, it remains as one of the Unforgivable Curses Harry Potter never cast. For one, he viewed the spell as an immoral practice commonly used by users of the Dark Arts.

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Why does Snape say always?

Snape having the same Patronus, the doe, as Lily symbolized his everlasting love and unwavering devotion towards her. He hadn't stopped loving her after their last altercation, marriage to James Potter, or death. She was his "always," his guiding light, and he protected Harry for her.

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What happened to Voldemort's daughter?

Harry proceeds to tell Delphi that she will always be an orphan and they return to the correct time, where Delphi would be taken to Azkaban. After Voldemort's death in 1998, Delphi became Salazar Slytherin's last known heir.

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Who killed Gatsby?

Jay Gatsby is shot to death in the swimming pool of his mansion by George Wilson, a gas-station owner who believes Gatsby to be the hit-and-run driver who killed his wife, Myrtle.

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Is Moaning Myrtle a Ravenclaw?

Moaning Myrtle

Born in the late 1920s to Muggle parents, Myrtle Warren started her Hogwarts life in the early 1940s, where she was sorted into Ravenclaw. She had no friends, and was bullied relentlessly because of her glasses and acne.

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How old is Hagrid?

According to the author, Hagrid's birthday is December 6th; events in the stories lead us to believe he is approximately 60 years old when Harry first attends Hogwarts.

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