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An elephant-sized spider who lives in the Forbidden Forest. Fifty years prior to Harry’s time at Hogwarts, Hagrid took raised Aragog, and Tom Riddle framed Hagrid for opening the Chamber of Secrets by making the teachers believe that Aragog was the monster that attacked several students and killed Myrtle. When Hagrid is taken off to Azkaban for the same crime in the present, he gives Harry and Ron a clue to find Aragog. Aragog then tells them that he is not the monster from the Chamber, and provides the crucial hint that the student who died fifty years earlier died in a bathroom.
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Aragog Character Timeline in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The timeline below shows where the character Aragog appears in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 15: Aragog
...hollow that is lit enough to show hundreds of horse-sized spiders. The spiders call to Aragog, who turns out to be an old spider the size of an elephant. When the...
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...is in trouble because the school thinks he is setting something to attack the students. Aragog explains that this also happened years ago: the school thought that Aragog was the monster...
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Harry asks whether Aragog ever attacked a student. Aragog says no—the girl who was killed died in a bathroom,...
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