Character History
Mildle Plaks - sad, ever suffering the ghost, inhabitants in Hogwarts. The history of her death helps Harry Potter find a secret room.History of character creation
The real name of the saddest ghost in the world - Mirtle Elizabeth Warren. Joan Rowling shared with fans of Ptteriana that when creating this heroine used real prototypes.
However, almost every hero of the saga, one way or another, is written off from a person who knew the author Harry Potter. With regard to this character, the source of inspiration was the images of crying girls in the toilets, so often used in American cinema.
So Mirtl's Plaks appears before readers and spectators in this place, howling about unfortunate fate and complaining that she did not need anyone before, nor after death.
Actress, who played the role of Elizabeth Warren in the film, - Shirley Henderson - at the time of filming was 37 years old. But age absolutely did not prevent it from demonstrating the role of a dead, offended girl, tolerating mockery for a short life.
The actress herself confessed later that she would like to participate in the "death gifts", but there was no place in this part of the franchise for a dull ghost. But the character of the novel received a role in the game created based on the second part of Sagi Joan Rowling. There, the ghost in the women's toilet voted Victoria Robinson.
The image and biography of Mirtl Plaks
Elizabeth was born in 1928-1929 in the family of maghos. When he entered Hogwarts, the distribution hat selected the girl to the Faculty of Cogtevran. The student was distinguished from the fellowship of a noncainted appearance and a weak character.She wore glasses, suffered from teenage imperfections of the skin, did not apply makeup and constantly offended. All this has become a fertile soil for ridicule and bullying from other girls of the commodity school. In particular, Elizabeth suffered from the attacks of Olivia Hornbi.
The events of 1943 were marked by Hogwarts what happened the first discovery of the secret room. On the last day of life, Elizabeth Olivia ridicked the ugly round glasses of the girls, because of what that habit was escaped to the cabin of a female toilet.
Warren did not notice how Tom Reddl entered the premises and strange spells began to pronounce. When Mirtle cautiously opened the door, he immediately died. The exact date of death of the heroine in the novel Joan Rowling is not specified. In the film in the diary there is a record "June 13, 1943".
Killed Student Vasilisk, who dwells in a secret room. True, at that time, the investigation into the death of the Kogtevranka did not lead to anything. The events of these years have tried to forget, but with the advent of Harry Potter in Hogwarts, the truth fell out.
The killed heroine itself is reborn in the form of a ghost and returns to the place of death - to the women's toilet. Now she does not prevent her from revenge on all those who mocked her over her life, especially Olivia Hornbi. The girl was the first one who discovered the body of Myrtle, which greatly influenced her. But the ghost dismissed her in every way.
The last drop was the fact that Mildle was on the wedding of the brother of the offender and arranged there a scandal. Olivia complained to the Ministry of Magic, and Elizabeth simply was forbidden to fly out for the walls of Hogwarts. However, the ghost has already received what he wanted.
Mirtl's Plaks herself did not prefer to appear in humans. She liked to live in a closed female toilet, occasionally chosen to the lake. The mystery of death would never get out, if the second opening of the secret room had not happened.
In the scene, when Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger took a revolving potion to turn into friends of Draco Malfoy, the ghost laughed first. The reason for fun was the mistake of Hermione, which turned the cat.
Harry Potter became the hostage of the Diary of Tom Reddle after Ginny Wasley thrown out. The girl did not want to obey him more, so I decided to throw a book in the women's toilet. However, the young wizard picked up the manuscript and step by step began to unravel the affairs of the long-lasting years.
A little later, Harry finds out that after the first opening of the secret room, one of Hogwarts students died. Potter understands that it is Mirtl, and is accepted asking a dull ghost about the causes of death.
This topic is the most beloved in Elizabeth, because no one had previously been interested in her sad biography. The girl in the colors painted his feelings from the disorded, and after stated that she died when he saw two big eyes.
At the same time, Hermione fell into the hospital, because she also became a victim of Vasilisk. True, the main heroine of the novel did not die, but was paralyzed. It will later become clear that she saw the monster in reflection, which was her salvation. Probably, Mirtl died because she looked at Vasilisk without glasses, that is, straight eyes in the eye, without any obstacles.
The next appearance of ghost occurs during the tournament. Warren helps Harry to solve a riddle associated with the Dragon Egg. And after points the right path at the bottom of the Black Lake.
In the book "Harry Potter and Prince-Half-Blood" Elizabeth gets closer with the enemy of Potter - Draco Malfoy. The Slytherin student is crying due to the fact that he will have to kill Dumbledore, and Myrtle comforts him. These two found a common language, and Draco often visited the ghost to share their own experiences.
Olizabeth once saved Malfoy Life when Harry wounded him as Skykummampra. Ghost raised a loud cry, which Professor Snape came running.
Mirtl Plaks rarely flies along Hogwarts corridors, preferring privacy. But the ghost often travels through the sewer pipes, experiencing an inexplicable craving for reservoirs. A couple of times the girl was chosen to the lake, but the locals began to offend her, so she stopped such walks.
"Plax" Elizabeth called no accident. Each quotation of the literary character is permeated with suffering and pity to his own destiny.
Some lumen in the eternal flow of tears became acquainted with Harry Potter. The description of these relations demonstrates the presence of sympathy for the wizard, since he was noble and did not offend her. And Harry was interested in fate Elizabeth, which no one did before him.
Interesting Facts
- The death of the student was not an accident. Tom Reddl set up everything so that the maghel girl died. This allowed the heir to the Slytherin to create the first leader (diary).
- After Joan Rowling told about the full name of the heroine, many tried to find a connection between Myrtle Plax and the US Senator Elizabeth Warren. In fact, the author simply chose one of the popular British names.
- The writer initially wanted to call the heroine of crying Wanda.
- Shirley Henderson chose because of its peculiarities of her voice, which ideally showed the capricious upwards of the sad ghost.
Quotes
If you die there, I invite you to live in my toilet. (Says Harry Potter) Yes, very, very easy to forget that Myrtle died. About me, about living, everyone forgot. I did not see anyone. I was so offended at the festival, that, returning here, I wanted to be walked, and then I remembered that I, ... that I ...Filmography
- 2002 - "Harry Potter and a Secret Room"
- 2005 - "Harry Potter and Fire Cup"