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Ron Weasley
Harry Potter character
Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997)
Last appearance	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007)
Created by	J. K. Rowling
Portrayed by	Rupert Grint
In-universe information
Full name	Ronald Bilius Weasley
Family	Arthur Weasley (father) Molly Weasley (mother) Bill Weasley (brother) Charlie Weasley (brother) Percy Weasley (brother) Fred and George Weasley (brothers) Ginny Weasley (sister)
Spouse	Hermione Granger
Children	Rose Granger-Weasley Hugo Granger-Weasley
Relatives	Harry Potter (brother-in-law) James Sirius Potter (nephew) Albus Severus Potter (nephew) Lily Luna Potter (niece)
Nationality	British
House	Gryffindor
Born	1 March 1980

Ronald Bilius Weasley is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter fantasy novel series. His first appearance was in the first book of the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, as the best friend of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. He is a member of the Weasley family, a pure blood family that resides in «The Burrow» outside Ottery St. Catchpole. Being the only member of the three main characters raised in magical society, he also provides insight into the Wizarding World’s magical customs and traditions. Along with Harry and Hermione, he is a member of Gryffindor house and is present for most of the action throughout the series.

Character development

According to Rowling, Ron was among the characters she created on the first day.^[1] Ron is inspired by Rowling’s best friend Sean Harris (to whom Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is dedicated), but she has clearly stated that she «never set out to describe Sean in Ron, but Ron has a Sean-ish turn of phrase.»^[2] Like Harris is to Rowling, Ron is «always there» when Harry needs him. Ron fits many of the stereotypes expected of the sidekick; he is often used as comic relief, is loyal to the hero, and lacks much of the talent Harry possesses, at least, early on, in terms of magical power. However, he proves his bravery and magical ability several times, such as by playing ‘real wizard’s chess’ in the first book, entering into the Forbidden Forest with Harry during the second book despite his arachnophobia, producing a full-corporeal Patronus Charm in the fifth book and even, in the seventh book, getting basilisk fangs from the Chamber of Secrets by mimicking Parseltongue without understanding it.

Some of Ron’s qualities serve as foils to Harry’s. Whereas Harry is an orphan with more gold than he needs, Ron comes from a loving but poor family. Many of his possessions are hand-me-downs. Harry is famous but would prefer to avoid the spotlight; Ron, in comparison, is often perceived as a mere lackey and sometimes becomes jealous of the recognition Harry receives. Overshadowed by his many siblings and the fame and achievements of his friends, Ron’s inferiority complex and need to prove himself are the main thrusts of his character arc. As the books progress, he matures from an insecure boy to a competent young man capable of strategy and leadership.

Appearances

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Rowling first introduces Ron with his family in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Harry is lost at King’s Cross railway station, and the Weasleys guide him through the barrier at Platform 9¾ into the wizarding world. Ron and Harry share a compartment on the Hogwarts Express, and they begin their friendship. Ron is fascinated with the famous Harry, and Harry is fascinated with the ordinary Ron. On the train, they both meet Hermione Granger as well, whom they initially dislike but who later becomes their close friend after they save each other during a dangerous encounter with a mountain troll.^[PS Ch.6] Ron and Harry share the same classes throughout the series and generally have similar academic successes and disappointments. Ron plays a vital part in the quest to save the Philosopher’s Stone. His strategy at Wizard’s Chess allows Hermione and Harry to proceed safely through a dangerous, life-sized animated chess game. During the game, Ron allows his piece to be sacrificed and is subsequently knocked unconscious.^[PS Ch.16] At the Leaving Feast, the last dinner of the school year, Albus Dumbledore, Hogwarts’s Headmaster, awards Ron fifty House points to Gryffindor for «the best-played game of chess Hogwarts has seen in many years.» These last-minute points help support Gryffindor’s securing of the House Cup.^[PS Ch.17]

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

The second instalment, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, takes place the year following the events of the Philosopher’s Stone.
During the summer, Ron attempts to write to Harry several times. He receives no reply because Dobby the house elf is stopping Harry’s wizard mail. Ron becomes so concerned that he and his brothers Fred and George fly their father’s enchanted Ford Anglia car to Harry’s home at his aunt and uncle’s house. Harry spends the next month at the Weasleys’ home, The Burrow. While attempting to depart from King’s Cross station, Harry and Ron find themselves unable to enter the barrier to access Platform 9¾. With Harry, Ron conceives the idea of taking the flying Ford Anglia to Hogwarts. The plan is successful, but the Anglia loses power at the end of the journey and crashes into the Whomping Willow. Ron and Harry survive the impact, but Ron’s wand is broken in the process, and the car drives itself off into the Forbidden Forest, a forest at the edge of the Hogwarts grounds in which student access is prohibited. Ron receives a Howler from his mother, berating him for taking the car.

Later in the novel, Ron and Harry transform themselves using Polyjuice Potion to resemble Draco Malfoy’s close associates Crabbe and Goyle, so that they can spy on him, and find out what he knows about the Chamber of Secrets. During the hunt to find the Heir of Slytherin, Ron is responsible for providing the first clue to the identity of Tom Marvolo Riddle, recalling that he saw the name «T. M. Riddle» on a trophy inscribed «For Special Services to the School». Later Ron is forced to come face-to-face with his worst nightmare, spiders, in the Forbidden Forest, where the two have ventured at Hagrid’s suggestion. Giant spiders nearly devour the two of them, but the Weasley Ford Anglia returns from the Forbidden Forest and rescues the pair. Ron and Harry then discover the entrance into the Chamber, and enter it in the hopes of saving Ginny, Ron’s sister, who had been kidnapped and kept in the Chamber. Due to an accident with Ron’s wand, the Chamber Entrance’s ceiling collapses, trapping Ron on one side and Harry on the other. Harry goes on to rescue Ginny and save the day. Ron and Harry are given Special Awards for Services to the School for this, and he receives two hundred points, along with Harry for their success in the Chamber of Secrets.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Ron’s rat, Scabbers, already seen in Philosopher’s Stone, goes missing, for which he blames Hermione’s new cat Crookshanks, and the two have a falling-out.^{[PoA Ch.11][PoA Ch.12]} They eventually make up when Hermione has a nervous breakdown brought by taking too many classes and distress at the fate of the hippogriff Buckbeak. The animal, owned by Hagrid, has been put on trial for injuring Draco and risks execution. Ron offers to help with the preparation of Buckbeak’s defence, but this fails to help. Harry, Ron and Hermione go to see Hagrid on the day of the execution where they discover Scabbers hiding in Hagrid’s hut.^[PoA Ch.15] As they leave, Scabbers struggles free of Ron and runs away. He chases Scabbers to the Whomping Willow where he is grabbed by a large black dog and dragged into a tunnel hidden below the tree.^{[PoA Ch.16][PoA Ch.17]}

Harry and Hermione follow the tunnel, which leads to the Shrieking Shack. The dog is actually the animal form of Sirius Black (an Animagus), Harry’s godfather and an escaped convict from the wizard prison Azkaban. The school’s Defence Against the Dark Arts professor Remus Lupin arrives just after Harry and Hermione. Along with Sirius, Lupin casts a spell on Scabbers, who also turns out to be an Animagus by the name of Peter Pettigrew. Pettigrew was Sirius’s, Lupin’s, and Harry’s father James Potter’s school friend, thought to have been murdered by Sirius.^{[PoA Ch.16][PoA Ch.16]} Pettigrew, who had lived as a rat ever since faking his death, denies everything, but Sirius and Lupin piece together that he has been a servant of Voldemort, and it was he who divulged the secret whereabouts of Harry’s parents, leading to their murder. Initially, Ron does not believe Sirius and refuses to turn over Scabbers to him, but he is disgusted when he learns his rat’s identity. Pettigrew escapes when the main characters lead him out of the Whomping Willow.^{[PoA Ch.18][PoA Ch.19][PoA Ch.20]} Ron, knocked out by a spell from Pettigrew, is taken to the hospital wing, and is forced to remain there while Harry and Hermione travel back in time to save Sirius and Buckbeak.^[PoA Ch.21] At the end of the novel, Sirius sends Ron an excitable little owl whom Ginny names Pigwidgeon, but whom Ron refers to as «Pig».^[PoA Ch.22]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the Weasleys invite Harry and Hermione to the Quidditch World Cup. Ron is in awe of his favourite Quidditch champion, Viktor Krum.^{[GoF Ch.7][GoF Ch.8]} Ron is even more excited when Krum, still a student at the Durmstrang wizarding school, comes to Hogwarts to take part in the Triwizard Tournament, a magical wizarding tournament opposing the top three magic schools in Europe.^[GoF Ch.12] However, when Harry, underage, mysteriously becomes the fourth Tournament champion, Ron joins the dissenters who think Harry somehow cheated his way into the tournament and feels let down; according to Hermione, this stems from Ron’s latent envy caused by being left out of the spotlight shared by Harry or his brothers. The rift is serious enough that the friends fail to make up for nearly a month.^[GoF Ch.17] They only reconcile shortly after Harry successfully gets by a fire-breathing dragon in the first task; Ron realises how dangerous the Tournament is and finally believes that Harry did not enter himself.

At Christmas time, as per Triwizard Tournament tradition, Hogwarts hosts a Yule Ball. Ron and Harry panic at the prospect of having to secure dates for the event, and Ron appalls Hermione with his immature approach, particularly for failing to extend her an invitation, apparently failing until the last minute to even realise she is a girl. At the last minute, Harry saves the day by getting Parvati Patil and her sister Padma to agree to come with the duo, although Padma seems less than pleased at Ron’s surly attitude and shabby dress. Ron becomes overcome with jealousy when he sees Hermione with her date: his former idol Krum. When Hermione comes over to Ron and Harry for a friendly chat, Ron loses control and accuses her of «fraternising with the enemy» and giving away Harry’s Triwizard secrets. At the evening’s end, the two have a heated row, in which Hermione tells Ron he should have asked her before Krum, rather than simply hoping to secure her by default.^[GoF Ch.23] Ron completely fails to get the hint and remains either in denial or oblivious to the pair’s increasingly obvious feelings for each other. Ron’s jealousy over Krum is mirrored by Hermione’s dislike of Fleur Delacour (of the Beauxbatons Academy and a Triwizard competitor), on whom Ron has an obvious crush.^[GoF Ch.22]

In the Second Task of the Tournament, Ron is the person selected for Harry to rescue from the depths of the Hogwarts Lake, as he is the one whom Harry would most miss. Harry successfully saves him and Ron mocks him gently for thinking that the hostages for the task were in actual danger.^[GoF Ch.26]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Ron is appointed a Gryffindor prefect, much to the surprise of himself and everyone else, especially Hermione, the other new prefect.^[OotP Ch.9] His brother, Percy, now distant and disconnected from the family, sends Ron an owl congratulating him and advising him to «sever ties» with Harry and side himself instead with Professor Umbridge, the abominable new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts; the letter angers Ron.^{[OotP Ch.14]} Ron explicitly shows his support and loyalty for Harry when his classmates imply Harry is lying about the return of Voldemort, sometimes using his power as prefect to threaten them into silence.^{[OotP Ch.15]} Though they spend their usual amount of time bickering, Ron and Hermione present a united front endorsing Harry. Ron supports Hermione’s suggestion of Harry teaching students practical Defence Against the Dark Arts, which Umbridge, using the Ministry of Magic to slowly take over the Dumbledore-run school, has all but banned. He co-founds the secret students’ group called Dumbledore’s Army.^{[OotP Ch.15]} He also joins the Gryffindor Quidditch team as Keeper, but his nerves and confidence issues often get the better of him during practices and matches, causing the Slytherins to make up a song about how Ron will make sure Slytherin win the interhouse Quidditch Cup. However, during the last match, Ron plays better and wins the game and the Quidditch Cup for Gryffindor. At the climax of the novel, Ron battles the Death Eaters alongside Harry, Hermione, Ginny, Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood at the Department of Mysteries. He is injured in the fight, but makes a full recovery by the end of the novel.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Ron, who has grown taller over the summer, attracts the attention of Lavender Brown. Harry, the new Quidditch Captain, picks Ron to continue as Keeper for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, over competing candidate Cormac McLaggen who is equally-skilled but has difficulty with teamwork and following orders.^[HBP Ch.11] Upon learning Hermione most likely had kissed Krum, Ron performs increasingly badly at Quidditch, and thrown off by jealousy of his former idol, becomes unkind to Hermione. His low self-esteem is not helped much by his younger sister Ginny who after Ron reacts badly to finding her kissing her boyfriend, throws in the fact that of those in the group, Ron is the only one who has never had his first kiss. To bolster Ron’s confidence, Harry pretends to give him Felix Felicis, a potion which makes the drinker lucky; believing he has actually taken it, Ron performs admirably and Gryffindor wins the match. However, this leads to a major row between Ron and Hermione: Hermione accuses Harry of helping Ron cheat, while Ron berates Hermione for having no faith in his abilities.^[HBP Ch.14] At a post-game celebration, Ron kisses Lavender (though Ginny describes it as «eating her face»). Hermione, jealous and seeking retaliation, takes McLaggen as her date to new Potions professor Horace Slughorn’s Christmas party, but he proves to be an egomaniac.^[HBP Ch.15] After Christmas, Hermione continues to ignore Ron, stopping only to give him disdainful looks and occasional snide remarks. By now, Ron is visibly discontent with his relationship with Lavender.^[HBP Ch.17]

On his birthday in March, Ron accidentally eats Amortentia-infused Chocolate Cauldrons (actually meant for Harry). After being cured by Slughorn, he then consumes poisoned mead (which Draco Malfoy actually intended for Dumbledore). Harry saves his life by forcing a bezoar, a poison antidote, into his mouth, and Ron is transferred to the hospital wing. A panic-stricken Hermione arrives, forgetting her past anger. While sitting by his bed, Hermione, Harry, Ginny and the twins hear Ron mutter Hermione’s name in his delirium, although they do not hear what he is saying and ignore it. Conversely, Ron feigns sleep when Lavender visits him. Upon recovering, Ron and Hermione reconcile,^{[HBP Ch.18][HBP Ch.19][HBP Ch.20]} and a little while later, Ron and Lavender break up. Rowling in an interview said that she «really enjoyed writing the Ron/Lavender business, and the reason that was enjoyable was Ron up to this point has been quite immature compared to the other two, and he kind of needed to make himself worthy of Hermione….he had to grow up emotionally and now he’s taken a big step up.»^[3]

Initially, Ron does not support Harry’s belief that Draco Malfoy is a Death Eater, a follower of Voldemort, but is later convinced. Before leaving Hogwarts with Dumbledore to recover a Horcrux Harry arranges for Ron, Hermione, and Ginny—together with any of Dumbledore’s Army they can summon—to keep a close watch on Malfoy and Snape. Harry also provides them with the remains of his vial of Felix Felicis, to aid them in the effort.^[HBP Ch.25] Despite the D.A.’s watch, Malfoy provides the Death Eaters entrance into Hogwarts, and a battle ensues. Thanks to Felix Felicis, Ron, Hermione and Ginny are unharmed by the Death Eater’s hexes during the battle.^[HBP Ch.29] Snape kills Dumbledore during the battle when Malfoy proves that he is unable to.^[HBP Ch.27] During his funeral, Ron comforts a weeping Hermione. Ron and Hermione vow to help Harry find and destroy the Horcruxes and kill Voldemort, even if it means leaving Hogwarts.^[HBP Ch.30]

Attention is drawn several times to Ron’s deepening relationships to Harry and Hermione, with unresolved romantic tension with Hermione being one of the main subplots of the novel (and indeed, the entire series). Furthermore, Harry and Ron’s friendship has strengthened to the point where Harry can tell Ron that his Quidditch performance is endangering his membership on the team without either character taking it personally.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Ron agrees to go with Harry and Hermione on the quest to destroy all of Voldemort’s Horcruxes. Worried that the Ministry, now taken over by Voldemort, will learn he is with Harry on a quest, Ron dresses the family ghoul up in pyjamas and spreads the story he is ill with «spattergroit», a type of highly contagious magical illness. Ron disguises himself as Reginald Cattermole as the trio attempts to find the locket Horcrux in the possession of Dolores Umbridge.

Harry decides he wants someone to wear the Horcrux at all times, fearing it might be lost or stolen. This has a much more profound effect on Ron than it seems to have on Hermione or Harry. Ron ends up lashing out in frustration at the lack of comforts and a concrete plan, eventually leaving his friends behind. Distressed over his absence, Harry and Hermione do not even mention his name during the time that he is gone. However, when they finally mention his name, Ron, who had immediately regretted his decision to leave but was captured by Snatchers and then could not return due to Hermione’s anti-Death Eater enchantments, was led to Harry’s location by unknown magic within the Deluminator he inherited from Dumbledore. Ron dramatically returns by saving Harry from drowning when Harry is attempting to recover Godric Gryffindor’s sword from an icy pool. Harry, a sudden believer in the fate created by his return, immediately forgives Ron and insists it must be Ron who uses the sword to destroy Slytherin’s locket. However, the portion of Voldemort’s soul inside it plays on Ron’s insecurities by revealing that Ron thinks he is «least loved by a mother who craved a daughter», then showing him a doppelgänger of Harry who tells him that Harry was happier without him and a doppelgänger of Hermione who does not return his affections and is involved instead with Harry. Ron summons his courage and overcomes the spell, destroying the locket, but is visibly shaken until Harry tells him that he regards Hermione as a sister and a friend, nothing more.

The trio are eventually captured by Snatchers, and Bellatrix Lestrange tortures Hermione with the Cruciatus Curse for information. This sends Ron into a panic, and he continually screams and fights with all his effort to save her, despite Harry’s instruction that he calm down and think of a better plan. The trio and some other prisoners are rescued by Dobby, but the house-elf is killed by Bellatrix during the escape. Eventually, the trio returns to Hogwarts, hoping to find the last unknown Horcrux shown in Harry’s vision. Having lost the Sword of Gryffindor to Griphook the goblin, Ron gets an idea to procure more Basilisk fangs and manages to speak enough Parseltongue to open the Chamber of Secrets, where Hermione destroys the Horcrux in Helga Hufflepuff’s cup. He begins to worry about the fate of Hogwarts’ elves. Upon hearing this, Hermione drops the basilisk fangs she was carrying and kisses him for the first time. He also takes part in the Battle of Hogwarts, witnessing the death of his brother Fred, and teams up with Neville to defeat Fenrir Greyback.

Epilogue

Nineteen years after Voldemort’s downfall, Ron and Hermione have two children: Rose Granger-Weasley, whom they are sending off to her first year at Hogwarts, and a younger son named Hugo.^[DH Ch.37] Though the epilogue does not explicitly say Ron and Hermione are married,^[DH Ch.37] news articles and other sources treat it as a fact.^[4][5][6] Ron has also passed his Muggle driving test, despite Hermione’s apparent belief that he could not do so without Confunding the examiner. (Ron secretly reveals to Harry he actually did Confund the examiner.) He and Harry work for the Ministry of Magic as Aurors, and along with Hermione they have helped to revamp the Ministry; it is far different from the one that existed previously.^[7] Before becoming an Auror, Ron joins George at Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes, which becomes a very lucrative business.^[8]

Characterisation

Outward appearance

Rowling introduces Ron as «tall, thin and gangling, with freckles, big hands and feet, and a long nose.»^[PS Ch.6] Ron has the trademark red hair of the Weasleys and is indeed one of Harry’s tallest schoolmates, even outgrowing some of his older brothers. Rowling states in the novels that Ron has freckles, though Rupert Grint, the actor who plays Ron, has none. Rowling has also stated that Ron has blue eyes.

Personality

Ron is known for his humour, loyalty, readiness to defend his friends and his love of food. Rowling in an interview described Ron as very funny but insensitive and immature, saying «There’s a lot of immaturity about Ron, and that’s where a lot of the humor comes from.»^[9] As his first exercise with the actors who portray the central trio, Alfonso Cuarón, who directed the third film in the series, Prisoner of Azkaban, assigned them to write an autobiographical essay about their character, written in the first person, spanning birth to the discovery of the magical world, and including the character’s emotional experience. Of Rupert Grint’s essay, Cuarón recalls, «Rupert didn’t deliver the essay. When I questioned why he didn’t do it, he said, ‘I’m Ron; Ron wouldn’t do it.’ So I said, ‘Okay, you do understand your character.'»^[10] Commenting on Ron’s character development in the final book, Rowling explained that «Ron is the most immature of the three main characters, but in part seven he grows up. He was never strong footed, people see him mostly as Harry’s friend; his mother had actually wanted a girl and in the last book he finally has to acknowledge his weaknesses. But it’s exactly that which makes Ron a man.»^[11]

Magical abilities and skills

Ron is given his brother Charlie’s old, chipped wand, which is made out of ash and has a unicorn hair sticking out of the end. He holds the wand together with Spellotape after nearly breaking it in half at the start of Chamber of Secrets, but it malfunctions dreadfully after this, backfiring spells, making strange noises, and emitting objects from the wrong end. Ron’s new wand is fourteen inches, willow and unicorn hair, which he procures before the start of his third year at Hogwarts. Ron’s talents are rarely shown, but he, like the other DA members, survives a violent encounter with adult Death Eaters in Order of the Phoenix, and it is implied that during the Death Eater assault in Half-Blood Prince he held his own quite well because he was being helped by Felix Felicis, the good luck potion. In Deathly Hallows, Ron loses his original wand, and takes Peter Pettigrew’s wand for his own. Following this, Ron begins to demonstrate more aptitude and general knowledge, along with a sudden spurt in maturity after a terrible row with Harry. For a while, he effectively leads the trio in the hunt for the Horcruxes while Harry suffers a major depression.

Rowling has stated that Ron’s Patronus Charm takes the form of a Jack Russell Terrier, «a really sentimental choice» as Rowling herself owns a Jack Russell.^[12]

Family tree

v t e Harry Potter family tree
Salazar Slytherin The Peverell Family Thomas Riddle Sr.[n 1] Mary Riddle[n 1] Marvolo Gaunt Thomas Riddle Jr. Merope Gaunt Morfin Gaunt Black family Sirius Black Bellatrix Lestrange Tom Marvolo Riddle Lord Voldemort Septimus Weasley Cedrella Black Mrs Prewett Male Prewett Ignatius Prewett Lucretia Black Apolline Delacour Monsieur Delacour Bilius Weasley Arthur Weasley Molly Prewett Gideon Prewett Fabian Prewett James Potter Lily Evans Petunia Dursley Vernon Dursley Marge Dursley Gabrielle Delacour Charlie Weasley Fred Weasley Fleur Delacour William «Bill» Weasley Percy Weasley Audrey Weasley George Weasley Angelina Johnson Hermione Jean Granger Ronald Bilius «Ron» Weasley Ginevra Molly «Ginny» Weasley Harry James Potter Dudley Dursley Victoire Weasley Dominique Weasley Louis Weasley Fred Weasley, Jr. Roxanne Weasley Rose Granger-Weasley Hugo Granger-Weasley James Sirius Potter Albus Severus Potter Lily Luna Potter Molly Weasley Lucy Weasley
Notes: ^ a b The names «Thomas» and «Mary» Riddle are taken from the Harry Potter film series.

Ron was born into the Weasley family on 1 March 1980,^{[13][HBP Ch.18]} the sixth of their seven children, and the youngest son. His middle name, Bilius, is the same as that of a deceased uncle. Ron grew up in the family home, The Burrow, near the village of Ottery St Catchpole in Devon. Ron has six siblings: his five older brothers, Bill, Charlie, Percy, twins Fred and George, and a younger sister, Ginny, each with their own distinct personality trait. Ron is often overshadowed by his siblings’ accomplishments, but this is shown to be borne out of a lack of belief in himself, rather than a lack of actual talent or skill. Like his brothers, Percy and Bill he is made a Prefect. Like Fred, George and Ginny, he joins the Quidditch team and eventually grows to be an excellent Keeper.

The Weasley family is one of the few remaining pure-blood wizarding families, though they were considered «blood traitors» for associating with non-pure-bloods. Moreover, they are far from rich, and are looked down upon by snobbish «old families» such as the Malfoys. All of the Weasleys have been sorted into Gryffindor House at Hogwarts. All of the Weasley children, except Bill and Percy who both were Head Boy, are known to have played on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, with Charlie being the captain of the team for at least one of his school years. Bill, Charlie, and Ron were also chosen as the prefect of their House. The Weasleys also all work for the Order of the Phoenix, and all are members except for Ron, Percy, and Ginny, who (as of the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) are not known to have officially been inducted into the Order. Arthur is distantly related to Sirius Black and is part of the famed Black family, though he and the rest of his immediate family have been considered «blood traitors» and are disowned. Other distant relatives include Draco Malfoy, Nymphadora Tonks, and Bellatrix Lestrange.

Reception

The character is highly popular. Ron was chosen by IGN as their third favourite Harry Potter character, who said that Ron’s status as comic relief made him «instantly endearing» and that his frustration and flirtation with Hermione Granger was a «highlight».^[14] His friendship with Harry is listed as among the best portrayed in literature and film^[15] and his friends-to-lovers relationship with Hermione Granger is often referred to as a fan favorite and one of the best pairings in the series.^{[citation needed]} However, many fans disapproved of the pairing, and Rowling herself has admitted in a 2014 interview that the relationship was «a form of wish fulfillment» and «that Hermione and Ron would probably need relationship counseling».^[16]

Portrayals

Film series

Rupert Grint portrays Ron Weasley in all eight Harry Potter films. He auditioned after seeing a segment on the BBC children’s news programme, Newsround, inviting children to send in information about themselves. Grint sent in a photo, a self-written script and a rap, documenting his desire to portray the character.^[17]

Rowling was supportive of the casting, calling Grint «perfect» for the role of Ron.^[18] Grint’s portrayal of the character was critically acclaimed with him receiving a Satellite Award in the category of «Outstanding New Talent»,^[19] and a Young Artist Award for «Most Promising Young Newcomer» for his performance in the first film. His performance has often been cited as the best of three main characters.^[20]

Theatre

In 2016, British actor Paul Thornley played Ron Weasley in the original London cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre, London in the West End. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Play at the 2017 Whatsonstage.com Awards. Thornley reprised his role as Ron Weasley on Broadway at the Lyric Theater in 2018.

In popular culture

Ron Weasley has made several appearances in parodies of Harry Potter and pop culture:

Seth Meyers appeared as Ron in Saturday Night Live in the sketch in which Lindsay Lohan portrays Hermione.^[21]

On his The Big Impression show, Alistair McGowan did a sketch called «Louis Potter and the Philosopher’s Scone». It featured impressions of Anne Robinson as Ron.^[22]

In 2003, Comic Relief performed a spoof story called Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan, in which Jennifer Saunders appeared as both Ron and J. K. Rowling.^[23][24]

In Harry Podder: Dude Where’s My Wand?, a play by Desert Star Theater in Utah, written by sisters Laura J., Amy K. and Anna M. Lewis, Ron appears as «Ron Sneasley».^[25]

In the Harry Bladder sketches in All That, Ron appears as ReRon and is played by Bryan Hearne.

Ron also is a regular character in Potter Puppet Pals sketches by Neil Cicierega. In one of the episodes, «The Mysterious Ticking Noise», Ron, along with Snape, Harry, Hermione and Dumbledore, is killed by a bomb placed by Voldemort; the episode being the seventeenth most viewed video of all time as of 2008 and the winner for «Best Comedy» of the year 2007 at YouTube.^[26]

In the 2008 American comedy film Yes Man, Carl (portrayed by Jim Carrey) attends a Harry Potter-themed party hosted by Norman (Rhys Darby), in which Norman disguises as Ron.

In A Very Potter Musical (2009) and A Very Potter Sequel (2010), parody musicals by StarKid Productions, Ron was portrayed by Joey Richter.

References

External links

• Ron Weasley on Harry Potter Wiki, an external wiki
• Ron Weasley at Harry Potter Lexicon

Ron Weasley
Harry Potter character
Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997)
Last appearance	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007)
Created by	J. K. Rowling
Portrayed by	Rupert Grint
In-universe information
Full name	Ronald Bilius Weasley
Family	Arthur Weasley (father) Molly Weasley (mother) Bill Weasley (brother) Charlie Weasley (brother) Percy Weasley (brother) Fred and George Weasley (brothers) Ginny Weasley (sister)
Spouse	Hermione Granger
Children	Rose Granger-Weasley Hugo Granger-Weasley
Relatives	Harry Potter (brother-in-law) James Sirius Potter (nephew) Albus Severus Potter (nephew) Lily Luna Potter (niece)
Nationality	British
House	Gryffindor
Born	1 March 1980

Ronald Bilius Weasley is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter fantasy novel series. His first appearance was in the first book of the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, as the best friend of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. He is a member of the Weasley family, a pure blood family that resides in «The Burrow» outside Ottery St. Catchpole. Being the only member of the three main characters raised in magical society, he also provides insight into the Wizarding World’s magical customs and traditions. Along with Harry and Hermione, he is a member of Gryffindor house and is present for most of the action throughout the series.

Character development

According to Rowling, Ron was among the characters she created on the first day.^[1] Ron is inspired by Rowling’s best friend Sean Harris (to whom Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is dedicated), but she has clearly stated that she «never set out to describe Sean in Ron, but Ron has a Sean-ish turn of phrase.»^[2] Like Harris is to Rowling, Ron is «always there» when Harry needs him. Ron fits many of the stereotypes expected of the sidekick; he is often used as comic relief, is loyal to the hero, and lacks much of the talent Harry possesses, at least, early on, in terms of magical power. However, he proves his bravery and magical ability several times, such as by playing ‘real wizard’s chess’ in the first book, entering into the Forbidden Forest with Harry during the second book despite his arachnophobia, producing a full-corporeal Patronus Charm in the fifth book and even, in the seventh book, getting basilisk fangs from the Chamber of Secrets by mimicking Parseltongue without understanding it.

Some of Ron’s qualities serve as foils to Harry’s. Whereas Harry is an orphan with more gold than he needs, Ron comes from a loving but poor family. Many of his possessions are hand-me-downs. Harry is famous but would prefer to avoid the spotlight; Ron, in comparison, is often perceived as a mere lackey and sometimes becomes jealous of the recognition Harry receives. Overshadowed by his many siblings and the fame and achievements of his friends, Ron’s inferiority complex and need to prove himself are the main thrusts of his character arc. As the books progress, he matures from an insecure boy to a competent young man capable of strategy and leadership.

Appearances

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Rowling first introduces Ron with his family in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Harry is lost at King’s Cross railway station, and the Weasleys guide him through the barrier at Platform 9¾ into the wizarding world. Ron and Harry share a compartment on the Hogwarts Express, and they begin their friendship. Ron is fascinated with the famous Harry, and Harry is fascinated with the ordinary Ron. On the train, they both meet Hermione Granger as well, whom they initially dislike but who later becomes their close friend after they save each other during a dangerous encounter with a mountain troll.^[PS Ch.6] Ron and Harry share the same classes throughout the series and generally have similar academic successes and disappointments. Ron plays a vital part in the quest to save the Philosopher’s Stone. His strategy at Wizard’s Chess allows Hermione and Harry to proceed safely through a dangerous, life-sized animated chess game. During the game, Ron allows his piece to be sacrificed and is subsequently knocked unconscious.^[PS Ch.16] At the Leaving Feast, the last dinner of the school year, Albus Dumbledore, Hogwarts’s Headmaster, awards Ron fifty House points to Gryffindor for «the best-played game of chess Hogwarts has seen in many years.» These last-minute points help support Gryffindor’s securing of the House Cup.^[PS Ch.17]

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

The second instalment, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, takes place the year following the events of the Philosopher’s Stone.
During the summer, Ron attempts to write to Harry several times. He receives no reply because Dobby the house elf is stopping Harry’s wizard mail. Ron becomes so concerned that he and his brothers Fred and George fly their father’s enchanted Ford Anglia car to Harry’s home at his aunt and uncle’s house. Harry spends the next month at the Weasleys’ home, The Burrow. While attempting to depart from King’s Cross station, Harry and Ron find themselves unable to enter the barrier to access Platform 9¾. With Harry, Ron conceives the idea of taking the flying Ford Anglia to Hogwarts. The plan is successful, but the Anglia loses power at the end of the journey and crashes into the Whomping Willow. Ron and Harry survive the impact, but Ron’s wand is broken in the process, and the car drives itself off into the Forbidden Forest, a forest at the edge of the Hogwarts grounds in which student access is prohibited. Ron receives a Howler from his mother, berating him for taking the car.

Later in the novel, Ron and Harry transform themselves using Polyjuice Potion to resemble Draco Malfoy’s close associates Crabbe and Goyle, so that they can spy on him, and find out what he knows about the Chamber of Secrets. During the hunt to find the Heir of Slytherin, Ron is responsible for providing the first clue to the identity of Tom Marvolo Riddle, recalling that he saw the name «T. M. Riddle» on a trophy inscribed «For Special Services to the School». Later Ron is forced to come face-to-face with his worst nightmare, spiders, in the Forbidden Forest, where the two have ventured at Hagrid’s suggestion. Giant spiders nearly devour the two of them, but the Weasley Ford Anglia returns from the Forbidden Forest and rescues the pair. Ron and Harry then discover the entrance into the Chamber, and enter it in the hopes of saving Ginny, Ron’s sister, who had been kidnapped and kept in the Chamber. Due to an accident with Ron’s wand, the Chamber Entrance’s ceiling collapses, trapping Ron on one side and Harry on the other. Harry goes on to rescue Ginny and save the day. Ron and Harry are given Special Awards for Services to the School for this, and he receives two hundred points, along with Harry for their success in the Chamber of Secrets.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Ron’s rat, Scabbers, already seen in Philosopher’s Stone, goes missing, for which he blames Hermione’s new cat Crookshanks, and the two have a falling-out.^{[PoA Ch.11][PoA Ch.12]} They eventually make up when Hermione has a nervous breakdown brought by taking too many classes and distress at the fate of the hippogriff Buckbeak. The animal, owned by Hagrid, has been put on trial for injuring Draco and risks execution. Ron offers to help with the preparation of Buckbeak’s defence, but this fails to help. Harry, Ron and Hermione go to see Hagrid on the day of the execution where they discover Scabbers hiding in Hagrid’s hut.^[PoA Ch.15] As they leave, Scabbers struggles free of Ron and runs away. He chases Scabbers to the Whomping Willow where he is grabbed by a large black dog and dragged into a tunnel hidden below the tree.^{[PoA Ch.16][PoA Ch.17]}

Harry and Hermione follow the tunnel, which leads to the Shrieking Shack. The dog is actually the animal form of Sirius Black (an Animagus), Harry’s godfather and an escaped convict from the wizard prison Azkaban. The school’s Defence Against the Dark Arts professor Remus Lupin arrives just after Harry and Hermione. Along with Sirius, Lupin casts a spell on Scabbers, who also turns out to be an Animagus by the name of Peter Pettigrew. Pettigrew was Sirius’s, Lupin’s, and Harry’s father James Potter’s school friend, thought to have been murdered by Sirius.^{[PoA Ch.16][PoA Ch.16]} Pettigrew, who had lived as a rat ever since faking his death, denies everything, but Sirius and Lupin piece together that he has been a servant of Voldemort, and it was he who divulged the secret whereabouts of Harry’s parents, leading to their murder. Initially, Ron does not believe Sirius and refuses to turn over Scabbers to him, but he is disgusted when he learns his rat’s identity. Pettigrew escapes when the main characters lead him out of the Whomping Willow.^{[PoA Ch.18][PoA Ch.19][PoA Ch.20]} Ron, knocked out by a spell from Pettigrew, is taken to the hospital wing, and is forced to remain there while Harry and Hermione travel back in time to save Sirius and Buckbeak.^[PoA Ch.21] At the end of the novel, Sirius sends Ron an excitable little owl whom Ginny names Pigwidgeon, but whom Ron refers to as «Pig».^[PoA Ch.22]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the Weasleys invite Harry and Hermione to the Quidditch World Cup. Ron is in awe of his favourite Quidditch champion, Viktor Krum.^{[GoF Ch.7][GoF Ch.8]} Ron is even more excited when Krum, still a student at the Durmstrang wizarding school, comes to Hogwarts to take part in the Triwizard Tournament, a magical wizarding tournament opposing the top three magic schools in Europe.^[GoF Ch.12] However, when Harry, underage, mysteriously becomes the fourth Tournament champion, Ron joins the dissenters who think Harry somehow cheated his way into the tournament and feels let down; according to Hermione, this stems from Ron’s latent envy caused by being left out of the spotlight shared by Harry or his brothers. The rift is serious enough that the friends fail to make up for nearly a month.^[GoF Ch.17] They only reconcile shortly after Harry successfully gets by a fire-breathing dragon in the first task; Ron realises how dangerous the Tournament is and finally believes that Harry did not enter himself.

At Christmas time, as per Triwizard Tournament tradition, Hogwarts hosts a Yule Ball. Ron and Harry panic at the prospect of having to secure dates for the event, and Ron appalls Hermione with his immature approach, particularly for failing to extend her an invitation, apparently failing until the last minute to even realise she is a girl. At the last minute, Harry saves the day by getting Parvati Patil and her sister Padma to agree to come with the duo, although Padma seems less than pleased at Ron’s surly attitude and shabby dress. Ron becomes overcome with jealousy when he sees Hermione with her date: his former idol Krum. When Hermione comes over to Ron and Harry for a friendly chat, Ron loses control and accuses her of «fraternising with the enemy» and giving away Harry’s Triwizard secrets. At the evening’s end, the two have a heated row, in which Hermione tells Ron he should have asked her before Krum, rather than simply hoping to secure her by default.^[GoF Ch.23] Ron completely fails to get the hint and remains either in denial or oblivious to the pair’s increasingly obvious feelings for each other. Ron’s jealousy over Krum is mirrored by Hermione’s dislike of Fleur Delacour (of the Beauxbatons Academy and a Triwizard competitor), on whom Ron has an obvious crush.^[GoF Ch.22]

In the Second Task of the Tournament, Ron is the person selected for Harry to rescue from the depths of the Hogwarts Lake, as he is the one whom Harry would most miss. Harry successfully saves him and Ron mocks him gently for thinking that the hostages for the task were in actual danger.^[GoF Ch.26]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Ron is appointed a Gryffindor prefect, much to the surprise of himself and everyone else, especially Hermione, the other new prefect.^[OotP Ch.9] His brother, Percy, now distant and disconnected from the family, sends Ron an owl congratulating him and advising him to «sever ties» with Harry and side himself instead with Professor Umbridge, the abominable new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts; the letter angers Ron.^{[OotP Ch.14]} Ron explicitly shows his support and loyalty for Harry when his classmates imply Harry is lying about the return of Voldemort, sometimes using his power as prefect to threaten them into silence.^{[OotP Ch.15]} Though they spend their usual amount of time bickering, Ron and Hermione present a united front endorsing Harry. Ron supports Hermione’s suggestion of Harry teaching students practical Defence Against the Dark Arts, which Umbridge, using the Ministry of Magic to slowly take over the Dumbledore-run school, has all but banned. He co-founds the secret students’ group called Dumbledore’s Army.^{[OotP Ch.15]} He also joins the Gryffindor Quidditch team as Keeper, but his nerves and confidence issues often get the better of him during practices and matches, causing the Slytherins to make up a song about how Ron will make sure Slytherin win the interhouse Quidditch Cup. However, during the last match, Ron plays better and wins the game and the Quidditch Cup for Gryffindor. At the climax of the novel, Ron battles the Death Eaters alongside Harry, Hermione, Ginny, Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood at the Department of Mysteries. He is injured in the fight, but makes a full recovery by the end of the novel.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Ron, who has grown taller over the summer, attracts the attention of Lavender Brown. Harry, the new Quidditch Captain, picks Ron to continue as Keeper for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, over competing candidate Cormac McLaggen who is equally-skilled but has difficulty with teamwork and following orders.^[HBP Ch.11] Upon learning Hermione most likely had kissed Krum, Ron performs increasingly badly at Quidditch, and thrown off by jealousy of his former idol, becomes unkind to Hermione. His low self-esteem is not helped much by his younger sister Ginny who after Ron reacts badly to finding her kissing her boyfriend, throws in the fact that of those in the group, Ron is the only one who has never had his first kiss. To bolster Ron’s confidence, Harry pretends to give him Felix Felicis, a potion which makes the drinker lucky; believing he has actually taken it, Ron performs admirably and Gryffindor wins the match. However, this leads to a major row between Ron and Hermione: Hermione accuses Harry of helping Ron cheat, while Ron berates Hermione for having no faith in his abilities.^[HBP Ch.14] At a post-game celebration, Ron kisses Lavender (though Ginny describes it as «eating her face»). Hermione, jealous and seeking retaliation, takes McLaggen as her date to new Potions professor Horace Slughorn’s Christmas party, but he proves to be an egomaniac.^[HBP Ch.15] After Christmas, Hermione continues to ignore Ron, stopping only to give him disdainful looks and occasional snide remarks. By now, Ron is visibly discontent with his relationship with Lavender.^[HBP Ch.17]

On his birthday in March, Ron accidentally eats Amortentia-infused Chocolate Cauldrons (actually meant for Harry). After being cured by Slughorn, he then consumes poisoned mead (which Draco Malfoy actually intended for Dumbledore). Harry saves his life by forcing a bezoar, a poison antidote, into his mouth, and Ron is transferred to the hospital wing. A panic-stricken Hermione arrives, forgetting her past anger. While sitting by his bed, Hermione, Harry, Ginny and the twins hear Ron mutter Hermione’s name in his delirium, although they do not hear what he is saying and ignore it. Conversely, Ron feigns sleep when Lavender visits him. Upon recovering, Ron and Hermione reconcile,^{[HBP Ch.18][HBP Ch.19][HBP Ch.20]} and a little while later, Ron and Lavender break up. Rowling in an interview said that she «really enjoyed writing the Ron/Lavender business, and the reason that was enjoyable was Ron up to this point has been quite immature compared to the other two, and he kind of needed to make himself worthy of Hermione….he had to grow up emotionally and now he’s taken a big step up.»^[3]

Initially, Ron does not support Harry’s belief that Draco Malfoy is a Death Eater, a follower of Voldemort, but is later convinced. Before leaving Hogwarts with Dumbledore to recover a Horcrux Harry arranges for Ron, Hermione, and Ginny—together with any of Dumbledore’s Army they can summon—to keep a close watch on Malfoy and Snape. Harry also provides them with the remains of his vial of Felix Felicis, to aid them in the effort.^[HBP Ch.25] Despite the D.A.’s watch, Malfoy provides the Death Eaters entrance into Hogwarts, and a battle ensues. Thanks to Felix Felicis, Ron, Hermione and Ginny are unharmed by the Death Eater’s hexes during the battle.^[HBP Ch.29] Snape kills Dumbledore during the battle when Malfoy proves that he is unable to.^[HBP Ch.27] During his funeral, Ron comforts a weeping Hermione. Ron and Hermione vow to help Harry find and destroy the Horcruxes and kill Voldemort, even if it means leaving Hogwarts.^[HBP Ch.30]

Attention is drawn several times to Ron’s deepening relationships to Harry and Hermione, with unresolved romantic tension with Hermione being one of the main subplots of the novel (and indeed, the entire series). Furthermore, Harry and Ron’s friendship has strengthened to the point where Harry can tell Ron that his Quidditch performance is endangering his membership on the team without either character taking it personally.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Ron agrees to go with Harry and Hermione on the quest to destroy all of Voldemort’s Horcruxes. Worried that the Ministry, now taken over by Voldemort, will learn he is with Harry on a quest, Ron dresses the family ghoul up in pyjamas and spreads the story he is ill with «spattergroit», a type of highly contagious magical illness. Ron disguises himself as Reginald Cattermole as the trio attempts to find the locket Horcrux in the possession of Dolores Umbridge.

Harry decides he wants someone to wear the Horcrux at all times, fearing it might be lost or stolen. This has a much more profound effect on Ron than it seems to have on Hermione or Harry. Ron ends up lashing out in frustration at the lack of comforts and a concrete plan, eventually leaving his friends behind. Distressed over his absence, Harry and Hermione do not even mention his name during the time that he is gone. However, when they finally mention his name, Ron, who had immediately regretted his decision to leave but was captured by Snatchers and then could not return due to Hermione’s anti-Death Eater enchantments, was led to Harry’s location by unknown magic within the Deluminator he inherited from Dumbledore. Ron dramatically returns by saving Harry from drowning when Harry is attempting to recover Godric Gryffindor’s sword from an icy pool. Harry, a sudden believer in the fate created by his return, immediately forgives Ron and insists it must be Ron who uses the sword to destroy Slytherin’s locket. However, the portion of Voldemort’s soul inside it plays on Ron’s insecurities by revealing that Ron thinks he is «least loved by a mother who craved a daughter», then showing him a doppelgänger of Harry who tells him that Harry was happier without him and a doppelgänger of Hermione who does not return his affections and is involved instead with Harry. Ron summons his courage and overcomes the spell, destroying the locket, but is visibly shaken until Harry tells him that he regards Hermione as a sister and a friend, nothing more.

The trio are eventually captured by Snatchers, and Bellatrix Lestrange tortures Hermione with the Cruciatus Curse for information. This sends Ron into a panic, and he continually screams and fights with all his effort to save her, despite Harry’s instruction that he calm down and think of a better plan. The trio and some other prisoners are rescued by Dobby, but the house-elf is killed by Bellatrix during the escape. Eventually, the trio returns to Hogwarts, hoping to find the last unknown Horcrux shown in Harry’s vision. Having lost the Sword of Gryffindor to Griphook the goblin, Ron gets an idea to procure more Basilisk fangs and manages to speak enough Parseltongue to open the Chamber of Secrets, where Hermione destroys the Horcrux in Helga Hufflepuff’s cup. He begins to worry about the fate of Hogwarts’ elves. Upon hearing this, Hermione drops the basilisk fangs she was carrying and kisses him for the first time. He also takes part in the Battle of Hogwarts, witnessing the death of his brother Fred, and teams up with Neville to defeat Fenrir Greyback.

Epilogue

Nineteen years after Voldemort’s downfall, Ron and Hermione have two children: Rose Granger-Weasley, whom they are sending off to her first year at Hogwarts, and a younger son named Hugo.^[DH Ch.37] Though the epilogue does not explicitly say Ron and Hermione are married,^[DH Ch.37] news articles and other sources treat it as a fact.^[4][5][6] Ron has also passed his Muggle driving test, despite Hermione’s apparent belief that he could not do so without Confunding the examiner. (Ron secretly reveals to Harry he actually did Confund the examiner.) He and Harry work for the Ministry of Magic as Aurors, and along with Hermione they have helped to revamp the Ministry; it is far different from the one that existed previously.^[7] Before becoming an Auror, Ron joins George at Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes, which becomes a very lucrative business.^[8]

Characterisation

Outward appearance

Rowling introduces Ron as «tall, thin and gangling, with freckles, big hands and feet, and a long nose.»^[PS Ch.6] Ron has the trademark red hair of the Weasleys and is indeed one of Harry’s tallest schoolmates, even outgrowing some of his older brothers. Rowling states in the novels that Ron has freckles, though Rupert Grint, the actor who plays Ron, has none. Rowling has also stated that Ron has blue eyes.

Personality

Ron is known for his humour, loyalty, readiness to defend his friends and his love of food. Rowling in an interview described Ron as very funny but insensitive and immature, saying «There’s a lot of immaturity about Ron, and that’s where a lot of the humor comes from.»^[9] As his first exercise with the actors who portray the central trio, Alfonso Cuarón, who directed the third film in the series, Prisoner of Azkaban, assigned them to write an autobiographical essay about their character, written in the first person, spanning birth to the discovery of the magical world, and including the character’s emotional experience. Of Rupert Grint’s essay, Cuarón recalls, «Rupert didn’t deliver the essay. When I questioned why he didn’t do it, he said, ‘I’m Ron; Ron wouldn’t do it.’ So I said, ‘Okay, you do understand your character.'»^[10] Commenting on Ron’s character development in the final book, Rowling explained that «Ron is the most immature of the three main characters, but in part seven he grows up. He was never strong footed, people see him mostly as Harry’s friend; his mother had actually wanted a girl and in the last book he finally has to acknowledge his weaknesses. But it’s exactly that which makes Ron a man.»^[11]

Magical abilities and skills

Ron is given his brother Charlie’s old, chipped wand, which is made out of ash and has a unicorn hair sticking out of the end. He holds the wand together with Spellotape after nearly breaking it in half at the start of Chamber of Secrets, but it malfunctions dreadfully after this, backfiring spells, making strange noises, and emitting objects from the wrong end. Ron’s new wand is fourteen inches, willow and unicorn hair, which he procures before the start of his third year at Hogwarts. Ron’s talents are rarely shown, but he, like the other DA members, survives a violent encounter with adult Death Eaters in Order of the Phoenix, and it is implied that during the Death Eater assault in Half-Blood Prince he held his own quite well because he was being helped by Felix Felicis, the good luck potion. In Deathly Hallows, Ron loses his original wand, and takes Peter Pettigrew’s wand for his own. Following this, Ron begins to demonstrate more aptitude and general knowledge, along with a sudden spurt in maturity after a terrible row with Harry. For a while, he effectively leads the trio in the hunt for the Horcruxes while Harry suffers a major depression.

Rowling has stated that Ron’s Patronus Charm takes the form of a Jack Russell Terrier, «a really sentimental choice» as Rowling herself owns a Jack Russell.^[12]

Family tree

v t e Harry Potter family tree
Salazar Slytherin The Peverell Family Thomas Riddle Sr.[n 1] Mary Riddle[n 1] Marvolo Gaunt Thomas Riddle Jr. Merope Gaunt Morfin Gaunt Black family Sirius Black Bellatrix Lestrange Tom Marvolo Riddle Lord Voldemort Septimus Weasley Cedrella Black Mrs Prewett Male Prewett Ignatius Prewett Lucretia Black Apolline Delacour Monsieur Delacour Bilius Weasley Arthur Weasley Molly Prewett Gideon Prewett Fabian Prewett James Potter Lily Evans Petunia Dursley Vernon Dursley Marge Dursley Gabrielle Delacour Charlie Weasley Fred Weasley Fleur Delacour William «Bill» Weasley Percy Weasley Audrey Weasley George Weasley Angelina Johnson Hermione Jean Granger Ronald Bilius «Ron» Weasley Ginevra Molly «Ginny» Weasley Harry James Potter Dudley Dursley Victoire Weasley Dominique Weasley Louis Weasley Fred Weasley, Jr. Roxanne Weasley Rose Granger-Weasley Hugo Granger-Weasley James Sirius Potter Albus Severus Potter Lily Luna Potter Molly Weasley Lucy Weasley
Notes: ^ a b The names «Thomas» and «Mary» Riddle are taken from the Harry Potter film series.

Ron was born into the Weasley family on 1 March 1980,^{[13][HBP Ch.18]} the sixth of their seven children, and the youngest son. His middle name, Bilius, is the same as that of a deceased uncle. Ron grew up in the family home, The Burrow, near the village of Ottery St Catchpole in Devon. Ron has six siblings: his five older brothers, Bill, Charlie, Percy, twins Fred and George, and a younger sister, Ginny, each with their own distinct personality trait. Ron is often overshadowed by his siblings’ accomplishments, but this is shown to be borne out of a lack of belief in himself, rather than a lack of actual talent or skill. Like his brothers, Percy and Bill he is made a Prefect. Like Fred, George and Ginny, he joins the Quidditch team and eventually grows to be an excellent Keeper.

The Weasley family is one of the few remaining pure-blood wizarding families, though they were considered «blood traitors» for associating with non-pure-bloods. Moreover, they are far from rich, and are looked down upon by snobbish «old families» such as the Malfoys. All of the Weasleys have been sorted into Gryffindor House at Hogwarts. All of the Weasley children, except Bill and Percy who both were Head Boy, are known to have played on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, with Charlie being the captain of the team for at least one of his school years. Bill, Charlie, and Ron were also chosen as the prefect of their House. The Weasleys also all work for the Order of the Phoenix, and all are members except for Ron, Percy, and Ginny, who (as of the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) are not known to have officially been inducted into the Order. Arthur is distantly related to Sirius Black and is part of the famed Black family, though he and the rest of his immediate family have been considered «blood traitors» and are disowned. Other distant relatives include Draco Malfoy, Nymphadora Tonks, and Bellatrix Lestrange.

Reception

The character is highly popular. Ron was chosen by IGN as their third favourite Harry Potter character, who said that Ron’s status as comic relief made him «instantly endearing» and that his frustration and flirtation with Hermione Granger was a «highlight».^[14] His friendship with Harry is listed as among the best portrayed in literature and film^[15] and his friends-to-lovers relationship with Hermione Granger is often referred to as a fan favorite and one of the best pairings in the series.^{[citation needed]} However, many fans disapproved of the pairing, and Rowling herself has admitted in a 2014 interview that the relationship was «a form of wish fulfillment» and «that Hermione and Ron would probably need relationship counseling».^[16]

Portrayals

Film series

Rupert Grint portrays Ron Weasley in all eight Harry Potter films. He auditioned after seeing a segment on the BBC children’s news programme, Newsround, inviting children to send in information about themselves. Grint sent in a photo, a self-written script and a rap, documenting his desire to portray the character.^[17]

Rowling was supportive of the casting, calling Grint «perfect» for the role of Ron.^[18] Grint’s portrayal of the character was critically acclaimed with him receiving a Satellite Award in the category of «Outstanding New Talent»,^[19] and a Young Artist Award for «Most Promising Young Newcomer» for his performance in the first film. His performance has often been cited as the best of three main characters.^[20]

Theatre

In 2016, British actor Paul Thornley played Ron Weasley in the original London cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre, London in the West End. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Play at the 2017 Whatsonstage.com Awards. Thornley reprised his role as Ron Weasley on Broadway at the Lyric Theater in 2018.

In popular culture

Ron Weasley has made several appearances in parodies of Harry Potter and pop culture:

Seth Meyers appeared as Ron in Saturday Night Live in the sketch in which Lindsay Lohan portrays Hermione.^[21]

On his The Big Impression show, Alistair McGowan did a sketch called «Louis Potter and the Philosopher’s Scone». It featured impressions of Anne Robinson as Ron.^[22]

In 2003, Comic Relief performed a spoof story called Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan, in which Jennifer Saunders appeared as both Ron and J. K. Rowling.^[23][24]

In Harry Podder: Dude Where’s My Wand?, a play by Desert Star Theater in Utah, written by sisters Laura J., Amy K. and Anna M. Lewis, Ron appears as «Ron Sneasley».^[25]

In the Harry Bladder sketches in All That, Ron appears as ReRon and is played by Bryan Hearne.

Ron also is a regular character in Potter Puppet Pals sketches by Neil Cicierega. In one of the episodes, «The Mysterious Ticking Noise», Ron, along with Snape, Harry, Hermione and Dumbledore, is killed by a bomb placed by Voldemort; the episode being the seventeenth most viewed video of all time as of 2008 and the winner for «Best Comedy» of the year 2007 at YouTube.^[26]

In the 2008 American comedy film Yes Man, Carl (portrayed by Jim Carrey) attends a Harry Potter-themed party hosted by Norman (Rhys Darby), in which Norman disguises as Ron.

In A Very Potter Musical (2009) and A Very Potter Sequel (2010), parody musicals by StarKid Productions, Ron was portrayed by Joey Richter.

References

External links

• Ron Weasley on Harry Potter Wiki, an external wiki
• Ron Weasley at Harry Potter Lexicon

Ron Weasley
Harry Potter character
Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997)
Last appearance	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007)
Created by	J. K. Rowling
Portrayed by	Rupert Grint
In-universe information
Full name	Ronald Bilius Weasley
Family	Arthur Weasley (father) Molly Weasley (mother) Bill Weasley (brother) Charlie Weasley (brother) Percy Weasley (brother) Fred and George Weasley (brothers) Ginny Weasley (sister)
Spouse	Hermione Granger
Children	Rose Granger-Weasley Hugo Granger-Weasley
Relatives	Harry Potter (brother-in-law) James Sirius Potter (nephew) Albus Severus Potter (nephew) Lily Luna Potter (niece)
Nationality	British
House	Gryffindor
Born	1 March 1980

Ronald Bilius Weasley is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter fantasy novel series. His first appearance was in the first book of the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, as the best friend of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. He is a member of the Weasley family, a pure blood family that resides in «The Burrow» outside Ottery St. Catchpole. Being the only member of the three main characters raised in magical society, he also provides insight into the Wizarding World’s magical customs and traditions. Along with Harry and Hermione, he is a member of Gryffindor house and is present for most of the action throughout the series.

Character development

According to Rowling, Ron was among the characters she created on the first day.^[1] Ron is inspired by Rowling’s best friend Sean Harris (to whom Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is dedicated), but she has clearly stated that she «never set out to describe Sean in Ron, but Ron has a Sean-ish turn of phrase.»^[2] Like Harris is to Rowling, Ron is «always there» when Harry needs him. Ron fits many of the stereotypes expected of the sidekick; he is often used as comic relief, is loyal to the hero, and lacks much of the talent Harry possesses, at least, early on, in terms of magical power. However, he proves his bravery and magical ability several times, such as by playing ‘real wizard’s chess’ in the first book, entering into the Forbidden Forest with Harry during the second book despite his arachnophobia, producing a full-corporeal Patronus Charm in the fifth book and even, in the seventh book, getting basilisk fangs from the Chamber of Secrets by mimicking Parseltongue without understanding it.

Some of Ron’s qualities serve as foils to Harry’s. Whereas Harry is an orphan with more gold than he needs, Ron comes from a loving but poor family. Many of his possessions are hand-me-downs. Harry is famous but would prefer to avoid the spotlight; Ron, in comparison, is often perceived as a mere lackey and sometimes becomes jealous of the recognition Harry receives. Overshadowed by his many siblings and the fame and achievements of his friends, Ron’s inferiority complex and need to prove himself are the main thrusts of his character arc. As the books progress, he matures from an insecure boy to a competent young man capable of strategy and leadership.

Appearances

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Rowling first introduces Ron with his family in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Harry is lost at King’s Cross railway station, and the Weasleys guide him through the barrier at Platform 9¾ into the wizarding world. Ron and Harry share a compartment on the Hogwarts Express, and they begin their friendship. Ron is fascinated with the famous Harry, and Harry is fascinated with the ordinary Ron. On the train, they both meet Hermione Granger as well, whom they initially dislike but who later becomes their close friend after they save each other during a dangerous encounter with a mountain troll.^[PS Ch.6] Ron and Harry share the same classes throughout the series and generally have similar academic successes and disappointments. Ron plays a vital part in the quest to save the Philosopher’s Stone. His strategy at Wizard’s Chess allows Hermione and Harry to proceed safely through a dangerous, life-sized animated chess game. During the game, Ron allows his piece to be sacrificed and is subsequently knocked unconscious.^[PS Ch.16] At the Leaving Feast, the last dinner of the school year, Albus Dumbledore, Hogwarts’s Headmaster, awards Ron fifty House points to Gryffindor for «the best-played game of chess Hogwarts has seen in many years.» These last-minute points help support Gryffindor’s securing of the House Cup.^[PS Ch.17]

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

The second instalment, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, takes place the year following the events of the Philosopher’s Stone.
During the summer, Ron attempts to write to Harry several times. He receives no reply because Dobby the house elf is stopping Harry’s wizard mail. Ron becomes so concerned that he and his brothers Fred and George fly their father’s enchanted Ford Anglia car to Harry’s home at his aunt and uncle’s house. Harry spends the next month at the Weasleys’ home, The Burrow. While attempting to depart from King’s Cross station, Harry and Ron find themselves unable to enter the barrier to access Platform 9¾. With Harry, Ron conceives the idea of taking the flying Ford Anglia to Hogwarts. The plan is successful, but the Anglia loses power at the end of the journey and crashes into the Whomping Willow. Ron and Harry survive the impact, but Ron’s wand is broken in the process, and the car drives itself off into the Forbidden Forest, a forest at the edge of the Hogwarts grounds in which student access is prohibited. Ron receives a Howler from his mother, berating him for taking the car.

Later in the novel, Ron and Harry transform themselves using Polyjuice Potion to resemble Draco Malfoy’s close associates Crabbe and Goyle, so that they can spy on him, and find out what he knows about the Chamber of Secrets. During the hunt to find the Heir of Slytherin, Ron is responsible for providing the first clue to the identity of Tom Marvolo Riddle, recalling that he saw the name «T. M. Riddle» on a trophy inscribed «For Special Services to the School». Later Ron is forced to come face-to-face with his worst nightmare, spiders, in the Forbidden Forest, where the two have ventured at Hagrid’s suggestion. Giant spiders nearly devour the two of them, but the Weasley Ford Anglia returns from the Forbidden Forest and rescues the pair. Ron and Harry then discover the entrance into the Chamber, and enter it in the hopes of saving Ginny, Ron’s sister, who had been kidnapped and kept in the Chamber. Due to an accident with Ron’s wand, the Chamber Entrance’s ceiling collapses, trapping Ron on one side and Harry on the other. Harry goes on to rescue Ginny and save the day. Ron and Harry are given Special Awards for Services to the School for this, and he receives two hundred points, along with Harry for their success in the Chamber of Secrets.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Ron’s rat, Scabbers, already seen in Philosopher’s Stone, goes missing, for which he blames Hermione’s new cat Crookshanks, and the two have a falling-out.^{[PoA Ch.11][PoA Ch.12]} They eventually make up when Hermione has a nervous breakdown brought by taking too many classes and distress at the fate of the hippogriff Buckbeak. The animal, owned by Hagrid, has been put on trial for injuring Draco and risks execution. Ron offers to help with the preparation of Buckbeak’s defence, but this fails to help. Harry, Ron and Hermione go to see Hagrid on the day of the execution where they discover Scabbers hiding in Hagrid’s hut.^[PoA Ch.15] As they leave, Scabbers struggles free of Ron and runs away. He chases Scabbers to the Whomping Willow where he is grabbed by a large black dog and dragged into a tunnel hidden below the tree.^{[PoA Ch.16][PoA Ch.17]}

Harry and Hermione follow the tunnel, which leads to the Shrieking Shack. The dog is actually the animal form of Sirius Black (an Animagus), Harry’s godfather and an escaped convict from the wizard prison Azkaban. The school’s Defence Against the Dark Arts professor Remus Lupin arrives just after Harry and Hermione. Along with Sirius, Lupin casts a spell on Scabbers, who also turns out to be an Animagus by the name of Peter Pettigrew. Pettigrew was Sirius’s, Lupin’s, and Harry’s father James Potter’s school friend, thought to have been murdered by Sirius.^{[PoA Ch.16][PoA Ch.16]} Pettigrew, who had lived as a rat ever since faking his death, denies everything, but Sirius and Lupin piece together that he has been a servant of Voldemort, and it was he who divulged the secret whereabouts of Harry’s parents, leading to their murder. Initially, Ron does not believe Sirius and refuses to turn over Scabbers to him, but he is disgusted when he learns his rat’s identity. Pettigrew escapes when the main characters lead him out of the Whomping Willow.^{[PoA Ch.18][PoA Ch.19][PoA Ch.20]} Ron, knocked out by a spell from Pettigrew, is taken to the hospital wing, and is forced to remain there while Harry and Hermione travel back in time to save Sirius and Buckbeak.^[PoA Ch.21] At the end of the novel, Sirius sends Ron an excitable little owl whom Ginny names Pigwidgeon, but whom Ron refers to as «Pig».^[PoA Ch.22]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the Weasleys invite Harry and Hermione to the Quidditch World Cup. Ron is in awe of his favourite Quidditch champion, Viktor Krum.^{[GoF Ch.7][GoF Ch.8]} Ron is even more excited when Krum, still a student at the Durmstrang wizarding school, comes to Hogwarts to take part in the Triwizard Tournament, a magical wizarding tournament opposing the top three magic schools in Europe.^[GoF Ch.12] However, when Harry, underage, mysteriously becomes the fourth Tournament champion, Ron joins the dissenters who think Harry somehow cheated his way into the tournament and feels let down; according to Hermione, this stems from Ron’s latent envy caused by being left out of the spotlight shared by Harry or his brothers. The rift is serious enough that the friends fail to make up for nearly a month.^[GoF Ch.17] They only reconcile shortly after Harry successfully gets by a fire-breathing dragon in the first task; Ron realises how dangerous the Tournament is and finally believes that Harry did not enter himself.

At Christmas time, as per Triwizard Tournament tradition, Hogwarts hosts a Yule Ball. Ron and Harry panic at the prospect of having to secure dates for the event, and Ron appalls Hermione with his immature approach, particularly for failing to extend her an invitation, apparently failing until the last minute to even realise she is a girl. At the last minute, Harry saves the day by getting Parvati Patil and her sister Padma to agree to come with the duo, although Padma seems less than pleased at Ron’s surly attitude and shabby dress. Ron becomes overcome with jealousy when he sees Hermione with her date: his former idol Krum. When Hermione comes over to Ron and Harry for a friendly chat, Ron loses control and accuses her of «fraternising with the enemy» and giving away Harry’s Triwizard secrets. At the evening’s end, the two have a heated row, in which Hermione tells Ron he should have asked her before Krum, rather than simply hoping to secure her by default.^[GoF Ch.23] Ron completely fails to get the hint and remains either in denial or oblivious to the pair’s increasingly obvious feelings for each other. Ron’s jealousy over Krum is mirrored by Hermione’s dislike of Fleur Delacour (of the Beauxbatons Academy and a Triwizard competitor), on whom Ron has an obvious crush.^[GoF Ch.22]

In the Second Task of the Tournament, Ron is the person selected for Harry to rescue from the depths of the Hogwarts Lake, as he is the one whom Harry would most miss. Harry successfully saves him and Ron mocks him gently for thinking that the hostages for the task were in actual danger.^[GoF Ch.26]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Ron is appointed a Gryffindor prefect, much to the surprise of himself and everyone else, especially Hermione, the other new prefect.^[OotP Ch.9] His brother, Percy, now distant and disconnected from the family, sends Ron an owl congratulating him and advising him to «sever ties» with Harry and side himself instead with Professor Umbridge, the abominable new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts; the letter angers Ron.^{[OotP Ch.14]} Ron explicitly shows his support and loyalty for Harry when his classmates imply Harry is lying about the return of Voldemort, sometimes using his power as prefect to threaten them into silence.^{[OotP Ch.15]} Though they spend their usual amount of time bickering, Ron and Hermione present a united front endorsing Harry. Ron supports Hermione’s suggestion of Harry teaching students practical Defence Against the Dark Arts, which Umbridge, using the Ministry of Magic to slowly take over the Dumbledore-run school, has all but banned. He co-founds the secret students’ group called Dumbledore’s Army.^{[OotP Ch.15]} He also joins the Gryffindor Quidditch team as Keeper, but his nerves and confidence issues often get the better of him during practices and matches, causing the Slytherins to make up a song about how Ron will make sure Slytherin win the interhouse Quidditch Cup. However, during the last match, Ron plays better and wins the game and the Quidditch Cup for Gryffindor. At the climax of the novel, Ron battles the Death Eaters alongside Harry, Hermione, Ginny, Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood at the Department of Mysteries. He is injured in the fight, but makes a full recovery by the end of the novel.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Ron, who has grown taller over the summer, attracts the attention of Lavender Brown. Harry, the new Quidditch Captain, picks Ron to continue as Keeper for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, over competing candidate Cormac McLaggen who is equally-skilled but has difficulty with teamwork and following orders.^[HBP Ch.11] Upon learning Hermione most likely had kissed Krum, Ron performs increasingly badly at Quidditch, and thrown off by jealousy of his former idol, becomes unkind to Hermione. His low self-esteem is not helped much by his younger sister Ginny who after Ron reacts badly to finding her kissing her boyfriend, throws in the fact that of those in the group, Ron is the only one who has never had his first kiss. To bolster Ron’s confidence, Harry pretends to give him Felix Felicis, a potion which makes the drinker lucky; believing he has actually taken it, Ron performs admirably and Gryffindor wins the match. However, this leads to a major row between Ron and Hermione: Hermione accuses Harry of helping Ron cheat, while Ron berates Hermione for having no faith in his abilities.^[HBP Ch.14] At a post-game celebration, Ron kisses Lavender (though Ginny describes it as «eating her face»). Hermione, jealous and seeking retaliation, takes McLaggen as her date to new Potions professor Horace Slughorn’s Christmas party, but he proves to be an egomaniac.^[HBP Ch.15] After Christmas, Hermione continues to ignore Ron, stopping only to give him disdainful looks and occasional snide remarks. By now, Ron is visibly discontent with his relationship with Lavender.^[HBP Ch.17]

On his birthday in March, Ron accidentally eats Amortentia-infused Chocolate Cauldrons (actually meant for Harry). After being cured by Slughorn, he then consumes poisoned mead (which Draco Malfoy actually intended for Dumbledore). Harry saves his life by forcing a bezoar, a poison antidote, into his mouth, and Ron is transferred to the hospital wing. A panic-stricken Hermione arrives, forgetting her past anger. While sitting by his bed, Hermione, Harry, Ginny and the twins hear Ron mutter Hermione’s name in his delirium, although they do not hear what he is saying and ignore it. Conversely, Ron feigns sleep when Lavender visits him. Upon recovering, Ron and Hermione reconcile,^{[HBP Ch.18][HBP Ch.19][HBP Ch.20]} and a little while later, Ron and Lavender break up. Rowling in an interview said that she «really enjoyed writing the Ron/Lavender business, and the reason that was enjoyable was Ron up to this point has been quite immature compared to the other two, and he kind of needed to make himself worthy of Hermione….he had to grow up emotionally and now he’s taken a big step up.»^[3]

Initially, Ron does not support Harry’s belief that Draco Malfoy is a Death Eater, a follower of Voldemort, but is later convinced. Before leaving Hogwarts with Dumbledore to recover a Horcrux Harry arranges for Ron, Hermione, and Ginny—together with any of Dumbledore’s Army they can summon—to keep a close watch on Malfoy and Snape. Harry also provides them with the remains of his vial of Felix Felicis, to aid them in the effort.^[HBP Ch.25] Despite the D.A.’s watch, Malfoy provides the Death Eaters entrance into Hogwarts, and a battle ensues. Thanks to Felix Felicis, Ron, Hermione and Ginny are unharmed by the Death Eater’s hexes during the battle.^[HBP Ch.29] Snape kills Dumbledore during the battle when Malfoy proves that he is unable to.^[HBP Ch.27] During his funeral, Ron comforts a weeping Hermione. Ron and Hermione vow to help Harry find and destroy the Horcruxes and kill Voldemort, even if it means leaving Hogwarts.^[HBP Ch.30]

Attention is drawn several times to Ron’s deepening relationships to Harry and Hermione, with unresolved romantic tension with Hermione being one of the main subplots of the novel (and indeed, the entire series). Furthermore, Harry and Ron’s friendship has strengthened to the point where Harry can tell Ron that his Quidditch performance is endangering his membership on the team without either character taking it personally.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Ron agrees to go with Harry and Hermione on the quest to destroy all of Voldemort’s Horcruxes. Worried that the Ministry, now taken over by Voldemort, will learn he is with Harry on a quest, Ron dresses the family ghoul up in pyjamas and spreads the story he is ill with «spattergroit», a type of highly contagious magical illness. Ron disguises himself as Reginald Cattermole as the trio attempts to find the locket Horcrux in the possession of Dolores Umbridge.

Harry decides he wants someone to wear the Horcrux at all times, fearing it might be lost or stolen. This has a much more profound effect on Ron than it seems to have on Hermione or Harry. Ron ends up lashing out in frustration at the lack of comforts and a concrete plan, eventually leaving his friends behind. Distressed over his absence, Harry and Hermione do not even mention his name during the time that he is gone. However, when they finally mention his name, Ron, who had immediately regretted his decision to leave but was captured by Snatchers and then could not return due to Hermione’s anti-Death Eater enchantments, was led to Harry’s location by unknown magic within the Deluminator he inherited from Dumbledore. Ron dramatically returns by saving Harry from drowning when Harry is attempting to recover Godric Gryffindor’s sword from an icy pool. Harry, a sudden believer in the fate created by his return, immediately forgives Ron and insists it must be Ron who uses the sword to destroy Slytherin’s locket. However, the portion of Voldemort’s soul inside it plays on Ron’s insecurities by revealing that Ron thinks he is «least loved by a mother who craved a daughter», then showing him a doppelgänger of Harry who tells him that Harry was happier without him and a doppelgänger of Hermione who does not return his affections and is involved instead with Harry. Ron summons his courage and overcomes the spell, destroying the locket, but is visibly shaken until Harry tells him that he regards Hermione as a sister and a friend, nothing more.

The trio are eventually captured by Snatchers, and Bellatrix Lestrange tortures Hermione with the Cruciatus Curse for information. This sends Ron into a panic, and he continually screams and fights with all his effort to save her, despite Harry’s instruction that he calm down and think of a better plan. The trio and some other prisoners are rescued by Dobby, but the house-elf is killed by Bellatrix during the escape. Eventually, the trio returns to Hogwarts, hoping to find the last unknown Horcrux shown in Harry’s vision. Having lost the Sword of Gryffindor to Griphook the goblin, Ron gets an idea to procure more Basilisk fangs and manages to speak enough Parseltongue to open the Chamber of Secrets, where Hermione destroys the Horcrux in Helga Hufflepuff’s cup. He begins to worry about the fate of Hogwarts’ elves. Upon hearing this, Hermione drops the basilisk fangs she was carrying and kisses him for the first time. He also takes part in the Battle of Hogwarts, witnessing the death of his brother Fred, and teams up with Neville to defeat Fenrir Greyback.

Epilogue

Nineteen years after Voldemort’s downfall, Ron and Hermione have two children: Rose Granger-Weasley, whom they are sending off to her first year at Hogwarts, and a younger son named Hugo.^[DH Ch.37] Though the epilogue does not explicitly say Ron and Hermione are married,^[DH Ch.37] news articles and other sources treat it as a fact.^[4][5][6] Ron has also passed his Muggle driving test, despite Hermione’s apparent belief that he could not do so without Confunding the examiner. (Ron secretly reveals to Harry he actually did Confund the examiner.) He and Harry work for the Ministry of Magic as Aurors, and along with Hermione they have helped to revamp the Ministry; it is far different from the one that existed previously.^[7] Before becoming an Auror, Ron joins George at Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes, which becomes a very lucrative business.^[8]

Characterisation

Outward appearance

Rowling introduces Ron as «tall, thin and gangling, with freckles, big hands and feet, and a long nose.»^[PS Ch.6] Ron has the trademark red hair of the Weasleys and is indeed one of Harry’s tallest schoolmates, even outgrowing some of his older brothers. Rowling states in the novels that Ron has freckles, though Rupert Grint, the actor who plays Ron, has none. Rowling has also stated that Ron has blue eyes.

Personality

Ron is known for his humour, loyalty, readiness to defend his friends and his love of food. Rowling in an interview described Ron as very funny but insensitive and immature, saying «There’s a lot of immaturity about Ron, and that’s where a lot of the humor comes from.»^[9] As his first exercise with the actors who portray the central trio, Alfonso Cuarón, who directed the third film in the series, Prisoner of Azkaban, assigned them to write an autobiographical essay about their character, written in the first person, spanning birth to the discovery of the magical world, and including the character’s emotional experience. Of Rupert Grint’s essay, Cuarón recalls, «Rupert didn’t deliver the essay. When I questioned why he didn’t do it, he said, ‘I’m Ron; Ron wouldn’t do it.’ So I said, ‘Okay, you do understand your character.'»^[10] Commenting on Ron’s character development in the final book, Rowling explained that «Ron is the most immature of the three main characters, but in part seven he grows up. He was never strong footed, people see him mostly as Harry’s friend; his mother had actually wanted a girl and in the last book he finally has to acknowledge his weaknesses. But it’s exactly that which makes Ron a man.»^[11]

Magical abilities and skills

Ron is given his brother Charlie’s old, chipped wand, which is made out of ash and has a unicorn hair sticking out of the end. He holds the wand together with Spellotape after nearly breaking it in half at the start of Chamber of Secrets, but it malfunctions dreadfully after this, backfiring spells, making strange noises, and emitting objects from the wrong end. Ron’s new wand is fourteen inches, willow and unicorn hair, which he procures before the start of his third year at Hogwarts. Ron’s talents are rarely shown, but he, like the other DA members, survives a violent encounter with adult Death Eaters in Order of the Phoenix, and it is implied that during the Death Eater assault in Half-Blood Prince he held his own quite well because he was being helped by Felix Felicis, the good luck potion. In Deathly Hallows, Ron loses his original wand, and takes Peter Pettigrew’s wand for his own. Following this, Ron begins to demonstrate more aptitude and general knowledge, along with a sudden spurt in maturity after a terrible row with Harry. For a while, he effectively leads the trio in the hunt for the Horcruxes while Harry suffers a major depression.

Rowling has stated that Ron’s Patronus Charm takes the form of a Jack Russell Terrier, «a really sentimental choice» as Rowling herself owns a Jack Russell.^[12]

Family tree

v t e Harry Potter family tree
Salazar Slytherin The Peverell Family Thomas Riddle Sr.[n 1] Mary Riddle[n 1] Marvolo Gaunt Thomas Riddle Jr. Merope Gaunt Morfin Gaunt Black family Sirius Black Bellatrix Lestrange Tom Marvolo Riddle Lord Voldemort Septimus Weasley Cedrella Black Mrs Prewett Male Prewett Ignatius Prewett Lucretia Black Apolline Delacour Monsieur Delacour Bilius Weasley Arthur Weasley Molly Prewett Gideon Prewett Fabian Prewett James Potter Lily Evans Petunia Dursley Vernon Dursley Marge Dursley Gabrielle Delacour Charlie Weasley Fred Weasley Fleur Delacour William «Bill» Weasley Percy Weasley Audrey Weasley George Weasley Angelina Johnson Hermione Jean Granger Ronald Bilius «Ron» Weasley Ginevra Molly «Ginny» Weasley Harry James Potter Dudley Dursley Victoire Weasley Dominique Weasley Louis Weasley Fred Weasley, Jr. Roxanne Weasley Rose Granger-Weasley Hugo Granger-Weasley James Sirius Potter Albus Severus Potter Lily Luna Potter Molly Weasley Lucy Weasley
Notes: ^ a b The names «Thomas» and «Mary» Riddle are taken from the Harry Potter film series.

Ron was born into the Weasley family on 1 March 1980,^{[13][HBP Ch.18]} the sixth of their seven children, and the youngest son. His middle name, Bilius, is the same as that of a deceased uncle. Ron grew up in the family home, The Burrow, near the village of Ottery St Catchpole in Devon. Ron has six siblings: his five older brothers, Bill, Charlie, Percy, twins Fred and George, and a younger sister, Ginny, each with their own distinct personality trait. Ron is often overshadowed by his siblings’ accomplishments, but this is shown to be borne out of a lack of belief in himself, rather than a lack of actual talent or skill. Like his brothers, Percy and Bill he is made a Prefect. Like Fred, George and Ginny, he joins the Quidditch team and eventually grows to be an excellent Keeper.

The Weasley family is one of the few remaining pure-blood wizarding families, though they were considered «blood traitors» for associating with non-pure-bloods. Moreover, they are far from rich, and are looked down upon by snobbish «old families» such as the Malfoys. All of the Weasleys have been sorted into Gryffindor House at Hogwarts. All of the Weasley children, except Bill and Percy who both were Head Boy, are known to have played on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, with Charlie being the captain of the team for at least one of his school years. Bill, Charlie, and Ron were also chosen as the prefect of their House. The Weasleys also all work for the Order of the Phoenix, and all are members except for Ron, Percy, and Ginny, who (as of the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) are not known to have officially been inducted into the Order. Arthur is distantly related to Sirius Black and is part of the famed Black family, though he and the rest of his immediate family have been considered «blood traitors» and are disowned. Other distant relatives include Draco Malfoy, Nymphadora Tonks, and Bellatrix Lestrange.

Reception

The character is highly popular. Ron was chosen by IGN as their third favourite Harry Potter character, who said that Ron’s status as comic relief made him «instantly endearing» and that his frustration and flirtation with Hermione Granger was a «highlight».^[14] His friendship with Harry is listed as among the best portrayed in literature and film^[15] and his friends-to-lovers relationship with Hermione Granger is often referred to as a fan favorite and one of the best pairings in the series.^{[citation needed]} However, many fans disapproved of the pairing, and Rowling herself has admitted in a 2014 interview that the relationship was «a form of wish fulfillment» and «that Hermione and Ron would probably need relationship counseling».^[16]

Portrayals

Film series

Rupert Grint portrays Ron Weasley in all eight Harry Potter films. He auditioned after seeing a segment on the BBC children’s news programme, Newsround, inviting children to send in information about themselves. Grint sent in a photo, a self-written script and a rap, documenting his desire to portray the character.^[17]

Rowling was supportive of the casting, calling Grint «perfect» for the role of Ron.^[18] Grint’s portrayal of the character was critically acclaimed with him receiving a Satellite Award in the category of «Outstanding New Talent»,^[19] and a Young Artist Award for «Most Promising Young Newcomer» for his performance in the first film. His performance has often been cited as the best of three main characters.^[20]

Theatre

In 2016, British actor Paul Thornley played Ron Weasley in the original London cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre, London in the West End. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Play at the 2017 Whatsonstage.com Awards. Thornley reprised his role as Ron Weasley on Broadway at the Lyric Theater in 2018.

In popular culture

Ron Weasley has made several appearances in parodies of Harry Potter and pop culture:

Seth Meyers appeared as Ron in Saturday Night Live in the sketch in which Lindsay Lohan portrays Hermione.^[21]

On his The Big Impression show, Alistair McGowan did a sketch called «Louis Potter and the Philosopher’s Scone». It featured impressions of Anne Robinson as Ron.^[22]

In 2003, Comic Relief performed a spoof story called Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan, in which Jennifer Saunders appeared as both Ron and J. K. Rowling.^[23][24]

In Harry Podder: Dude Where’s My Wand?, a play by Desert Star Theater in Utah, written by sisters Laura J., Amy K. and Anna M. Lewis, Ron appears as «Ron Sneasley».^[25]

In the Harry Bladder sketches in All That, Ron appears as ReRon and is played by Bryan Hearne.

Ron also is a regular character in Potter Puppet Pals sketches by Neil Cicierega. In one of the episodes, «The Mysterious Ticking Noise», Ron, along with Snape, Harry, Hermione and Dumbledore, is killed by a bomb placed by Voldemort; the episode being the seventeenth most viewed video of all time as of 2008 and the winner for «Best Comedy» of the year 2007 at YouTube.^[26]

In the 2008 American comedy film Yes Man, Carl (portrayed by Jim Carrey) attends a Harry Potter-themed party hosted by Norman (Rhys Darby), in which Norman disguises as Ron.

In A Very Potter Musical (2009) and A Very Potter Sequel (2010), parody musicals by StarKid Productions, Ron was portrayed by Joey Richter.

References

External links

• Ron Weasley on Harry Potter Wiki, an external wiki
• Ron Weasley at Harry Potter Lexicon

 Значение[]

Рональд «Рон» Уизли (англ. Ronald «Ron» Weasley) — один из главных персонажей Поттерианы, друг и одноклассник Гарри Поттера и Гермионы Грейнджер.

Рон Уизли[]

Вариант, представленный издательством РОСМЭН и в последствии использованный при экранизации книги. Перевод выполнен с использованием транскрипции.

Рон Уэсли[]

Один из вариантов, представленных издательством МАХАОН. Перевод выполнен с использованием транслитерации.

Традиционные методы перевода[]

Оригианл	Транскрипция	Транслитерация	Калькирование
Ron Weasley	Рон Уисли	Рон Уэсли	—

Ron Weasley is Harry Potter’s best friend and the youngest son of Molly and Arthur Weasley. The story of Ron’s life is one of being overshadowed by his family and friends, yet it is Ron’s heart and humor that have solidified his friendships and given those around him the support they needed to carry through (BLC). Tall and gangly with bright red hair and freckles (PS6), Ron has a way of keeping things lighthearted that makes him well-liked, despite occasional bouts of stress (GF19). He also played an instrumental role in Voldemort’s defeat (DH36), and though history may not remember him for it as it will Harry, Ron learned as he grew that this did not make him any less important (DH19).

Ron met Harry on the Hogwarts Express in 1991, and they quickly became friends. A funny sort of jealousy existed between them, with Harry in awe of Ron’s family and knowledge of the wizarding world and Ron of Harry’s money and fame (PS6, PS12). However, despite feeling angry with Harry at times, such as when he thought Harry had deliberately entered the Triwizard Tournament (GF18) or misled him in the hunt for Horcruxes (DH15), Ron deeply cared about his best friend and overwhelmingly supported him – putting his life on the line several times (PS16, CS17) and supporting Harry in the face of doubters (OP11, OP14). Harry knew this when he quickly forgave Ron each time he returned (GF20, DH19).

Ron also had another relationship which faced some growing pains over the years – his friendship with Hermione Granger. Though attracted to each other for years, the two showed this mainly by bickering (DH11); Ron certainly didn’t step up when he had the chance and ask Hermione to the Yule Ball, for example, though he spent the whole evening envious of her date, Viktor Krum (GF23). In his sixth year, Ron came to the cold realization that Hermione had likely snogged Krum and retaliated by getting involved with Lavender Brown (HBP14). The superficial relationship soon fell apart (HBP24), and though Ron continued to fear that Hermione wouldn’t think him good enough for her (DH19), they finally came around to each other just before the Battle of Hogwarts (DH31).

Ron did manage to capture some glory while at Hogwarts, as Keeper for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. An avid Chudley Cannons fan his whole life (CS3), Ron tried out for the Gryffindor team and made it in 1995 (OP13) – only to find himself a nervous wreck during matches (OP19). When he finally found his focus, though, Ron ended up being a team hero and leading them to two Quidditch cups (OP20, HBP24), fulfilling a lifelong dream (PS12).

Above all, through his childhood, Ron played an instrumental part in Harry’s epic encounters with Voldemort. Among other things he sacrificed himself so that Harry could reach the Philosopher’s Stone (PS16), journeyed with Harry into the Chamber of Secrets (CS16), helped form Dumbledore’s Army, fought and was severely injured in the Department of Mysteries (OP36), defended against the Death Eaters that broke into Hogwarts (HBP29), saved Harry from drowning and destroyed a Horcrux (DH19), figured out how to break into the Chamber of Secrets again, to destroy another Horcrux (DH31), and fought in the Battle of Hogwarts, breaking one of Voldemort’s Silencing Charms and defeating Fenrir Greyback (DH36). Though he later jokes of being “extremely famous” (DH/e), it would not be undeserved.

Following Voldemort’s defeat, Harry, Neville and Ron were recruited by Minister Shacklebolt to be Aurors, and seek out the remaining Death Eaters (Today1, PC/JKR1). Ron also helped George run the hugely successful Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes shop (BLC). Sometime between 1998 and 2005, Ron married Hermione, with whom he had two children, Rose and Hugo (DH/e). And in the end, he got the fame he had desired ever since the Mirror of Erised showed him as Head Boy – and got his picture on a Chocolate Frog card (BLC).

By the time of Cursed Child, Ron has gained a bit of weight and is the least stressed of the adults. He passes a Muggle driving test by Confunding the examiner and gives joke presents to his niece and nephews. He has told his wife Hermione, the Minister for Magic, that she sees more of her secretary Ethel than him. However, when events are difficult, he stands beside her, Ginny and Harry – but retains his suspicions of Draco Malfoy, even when they are working together (CC1, CC2). In one of the alternate timelines caused by the use of the Experimental Time Turner, Ron is married to Padma Patil and has a son Panju (CC2.9). However, underneath he is still a little in love with Hermione (CC2.17). In another timeline he and Hermione are on the run from the victorious Death Eaters, although still not admitting their love until they together face the Dementors (CC3). To save the Wizarding World, Ron joins with Harry, Ginny, Hermione, Draco and the two children Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy, to defeat the witch Delphi (CC4).

Family

Mother: Molly (Prewett) Weasley.
Father: Arthur Weasley.
Maternal grandparents: Molly and Sirius are «cousins by marriage,» (OP6) so Molly’s parents are probably related in some way to the Prewetts listed on the Black Family Tree (see BFT and my notes).
Paternal grandparents: Septimus and Cedrella Weasley (see BFT and my notes).
Aunts & Uncles:

• Weasley: Arthur had 2 brothers but we don’t know their names (JKR). According to Jo, Ginny is the first female to be born into the Weasley family in generations, so we can deduce that Arthur had no sisters (JKR).
• Prewett: Molly’s brothers Gideon and Fabian Prewett (OP9).
• Surname unknown:
  • Uncle Bilius, who saw a Grim and died twenty-four hours later (PA6).
  • Great Auntie Muriel who has a goblin-made tiara (HBP29) and apparently is a memorable kisser (HBP14).

Cousins: Mafalda, a cousin who never made it into the books (JKR) and her father the Muggle accountant (PS6).
Siblings: Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, and Ginny.
Grandparents: Grandfather who originally owned Ron’s «old and battered» wizard chess set (PS12). This grandfather could be either grandfather Prewett or grandfather Weasley (Septimus? BFT).
Location of childhood home: ‘The Burrow,’ near Ottery St. Catchpole, Devon.
Spouse: Hermione Granger. Given the ages of their children, the marriage took place at some point between 1998 and 2005 (DH/e).
Children: Rose (b. circa 2006) and Hugo (DH/e), and godfather to Harry’s son James Sirius Potter (YL).
Pet: Initially Scabbers the rat (until 1994), then Pigwidgeon (‘Pig’), a small gray owl (GF5).

Other canon notes and references

Wand: Initially used Charlie’s old wand. There is conflicting information about his second wand. According to PA4, it is 14-inch willow containing one unicorn tail-hair, but according to Jo’s website it is Ash (JKR). Ron used this wand until it was taken by the Greyback and the snatchers (DH23). He never got that one back. Eventually he won Pettigrew’s: Chestnut and Dragon Heartstring, 9.25 inches, Brittle (DH23). Ron also took a blackthorn wand from one of the first set of Snatchers and gave it to Harry (DH19, 23).
Broom: An old Shooting Star until late 1995 (CS3), then a Cleansweep 11 in 1995 as a reward for making Prefect (OP).
Devices: Wizard chess set, flying Ford Anglia, «heavy gold watch with odd symbols around the edge and tiny moving stars instead of hands,» a gift from his parents (HBP18), Deluminator from Dumbledore (DH7), Sword of Gryffindor (DH36). 
Career: Ron got his wish to be an Auror when he was recruited by Minister Shacklebolt to work with Harry to reform the Ministry and seek out the remaining Death Eaters (Today1, PC/JKR1). He also helped George run Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes (BLC). The timing on this is uncertain; it is most probable that Ron assisted George later in life, rather than earlier, when his job as an Auror would have kept him extremely busy. —LWB, with thanks to Bandersnatch. 
Organizations & affiliations: Dumbledore’s Army.
Skills: Chess, analysis and strategy. Tends to be wrong when he is serious, right when he is joking.
Hopes (Mirror of Erised): Ron sees himself as Head Boy, holding up the house cup and the Quidditch cup. He is Quidditch captain too (PS12).
Patronus: A Jack Russell terrier (TLC). 
Boggart: A spider (PA7).
Handwriting: «untidy scrawl» (CS2).
Dates, flirtations, etc.: Ron attended the Yule Ball with Padma Patil in his fourth year (GF) and enjoyed a short, superficial relationship with Lavender Brown in his sixth year (HBP).

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Перевод «Рон Уизли» на английский

Ron Weasley

Ronald Weasley

Грейнджер в конце концов женился на Рон Уизли, одном из ее двух лучших друзей.

Granger eventually married Ron Weasley, one of her two best friends.

Рон Уизли научил меня, что вера в себя в сто раз сильнее, чем удача.

Ron Weasley taught me that believing in yourself is a hundred times more powerful than luck.

Смотри, чтобы я на твои окна нё поставила рёшётки, Рон Уизли.

Well, you best hope I don’t put bars on your window, Ronald Weasley.

Это заклятие применяли Гарри Поттер и Рон Уизли в 1997 году, охотясь на кролика в лесу.

Seen/Mentioned: This spell was used by Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley in 1997 on their Horcrux hunt in an attempt to catch a rabbit for food.

По дороге он знакомится с Гермионной и Рон Уизли, которые вскоре становятся его лучшими друзьями.

On the train, he meets Ron Weasley and they quickly become best friends.

К слову, как и его герой Рон Уизли, Гринт страдает арахнофобией, то есть боязнью пауков.

By the way, like his hero Ron Weasley, Grint suffers arachnophobia, that is, the fear of spiders.

Дамблдор, Снейп, Волдеморт, Рон Уизли, все в игре обещают принести захватывающие моменты для геймеров.

Dumbledore, Snape, Voldemort, Ron Weasley all appear in the game promises to bring exciting moments for gamers.

Руперт Гринт было всего 12, когда он был брошен как Рон Уизли

Rupert Grint was just 12 when he was cast as Ron Weasley

В 1992 году Гарри и Рон Уизли пытались войти на платформу 93/4, но не смогли это сделать, так как вход был заблокирован волшебством домового эльфа Добби.

In 1992, Harry and Ron Weasley tried entering Platform 93/4, but were prevented from doing so as the entrance had been magically blocked by the House-elf Dobby.

Вскоре он подружится с мальчиком по имени Рон Уизли и девочкой из семьи магглов (немагических людей) по имени Гермиона Грейнджер.

Soon he would become friends with a boy named Ron Weasley and a girl who came from a Muggle family (non-magical people) called Hermione Granger.

Рон Уизли — лучший друг Гарри Поттера.

Ключевыми сценами с ее участием был рождественский бал в картине «Гарри Поттер и Кубок огня», где ее кавалером был Рон Уизли.

The most important scenes she played were those of the Christmas ball in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, where she was accompanied by Ron Weasley.

Её лучшие друзья — Рон Уизли и Гарри Поттер, она также очень хорошо ладит с Джинни Уизли.

Her best friends are Ron Weasley and Harry Potter; she also gets along very well with Ginny Weasley.

В роли бельгийского сыщика Эркюля Пуаро, чья бородка в трейлере несколько раз меняет цвет, выступает известный актер Джон Малкович, а его коллегой по сыскному цеху — Руперт «Рон Уизли» Гринт.

In the role of the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, whose beard in the trailer changes color several times, is renowned actor John Malkovich, and his counterpart in the detective workshop is Rupert «Ron Weasley» Grint.

«Рон Уизли [лучший друг Гарри Поттера] — это не живой портрет Шона, но на самом деле очень похож на него».

«Ron Weasley [Harry Potter’s best friend] isn’t a living portrait of Sean, but he really is very Sean-ish.»

Он включает в себя несколько заметок внутри, которые якобы были написаны Гарри, Рон Уизли и Гермионой Грейнджер, которые подробно описывали свои переживания с некоторыми из описанных зверей.

It includes several notes inside it supposedly handwritten by Harry, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, detailing their own experiences with some of the beasts described, and including in-jokes relating to the original series.

В то время как Рон Уизли и Драко Малфой из серии «Гарри Поттер» являются заклятыми врагами, их исполнители Руперт Гринт и Том Фелтон — верные друзья.

While Ron Weasley and Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter series are sworn enemies, their real-life counterparts, Rupert Grint and Tom Felton, are loyal friends.

Гарри Поттер изображался Дэниелом Рэдклиффом, и Руперт Гринт был снят как Рон Уизли, другой лучший друг Гарри.

Harry Potter was portrayed by Daniel Radcliffe, and Rupert Grint was cast as Ron Weasley, Harry’s other very best friend.

Как мы можем забыть трио — Гарри Поттер, Рон Уизли и Гермиона Грейнджер?

How can we possibly forget the trio — Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger?

Потому что он был полукровка — волшебное существо — Крукксанкс знал, что Рон Уизли — домашняя крыса, Скабберс, на самом деле Питер Петтигрю в своей анимагической форме.

Because he was half-kneazle-a magical creature-Crookshanks knew Ron Weasley’s pet rat, Scabbers, was actually Peter Pettigrew in his animagus form.

Ничего не найдено для этого значения.

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Индекс слова: 1-300, 301-600, 601-900

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— Excuse me. Do you mind? Everywhere else is full.

ɪkˈskju:z mi: du: ju maɪnd ˈevrɪweə els ɪz fʊl

— Прости. Не возражаешь? Все места уже заняты.

— Not at all.

nɒt ət ɔ:l

— Конечно, нет.

3) excuse me – [ɪkˈskju:z mi:] – извините, простите

1) mind – [maɪnd] – возражать, быть против

2) everywhere – [ˈevrɪweə] – всюду; везде

1) else – [ˈels] – кроме

1) full – [fʊl] – заполненный, полный

1) not at all – [nɒt ət ɔ:l] – нисколько, совсем нет

— I’m Ron, by the way. Ron Weasley.

aɪm rɒn, baɪ ðə ˈweɪ. rɒn ˈwi:zl̩ɪ

— Я Рон, кстати. Рон Уизли.

— I’m Harry. Harry Potter.

aɪm ˈhæri ˈhæri ˈpɒtə

— А я Гарри. Гарри Поттер.

1) by the way – [baɪ ðə ˈweɪ] – кстати, к слову

— So it’s true! I mean, do you really have the…? ˈ

səʊ ɪts tru: ˈaɪ mi:n du: ju ˈrɪəli həv ðə

— Значит, это правда. У тебя действительно на лбу есть этот …

— The what?

ðə ˈwɒt

— Что?

— The scar?

ðə skɑ:

— Шрам?

1) true – [tru:] – верный; правдивый

1) mean (meant; meant) – [mi:n (ment; ment)] – иметь в виду

1) really – [ˈrɪəlɪ] – действительно; на самом деле

1) havehas (had; had) – [həvhæz (həd; hæd)] – иметь

1) what – [ˈwɒt] – что

3) scar – [skɑ:] – шрам

— Wicked! ˈ

wɪkɪd

— Круто!

— Anything off the trolley, dears? ˈ

eniθɪŋ ɒf ðə ˈtrɒli, dɪəz

Купить что-нибудь не желаете?

— No, thanks. I’m all set. 

nəʊ, θæŋks. aɪm ɔ:l set

— Нет, спасибо. У меня всё есть.

3) wicked – [ˈwɪkɪd] – классно, круто, обалденно

1) anything – [ˈeniθɪŋ] – что-то; что-нибудь

4) trolley – [ˈtrɒli] – тележка разносчика

2) dear – [dɪə] – дорогой

2) thanks – [θæŋks] – спасибо

1) all set – [ɔ:l set] – в полной готовности; всё есть

— We’ll take the lot.

wil teɪk ðə lɒt

— Мы возьмем всё.

— Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans? ˈ

bɜ:ti ˈbɒts ˈevri ˈfleɪvə bi:nz

— Сладости с любым вкусом Берти Ботс. 

1) take (took; taken) – [teɪk (tʊk; ˈteɪkən)] – брать; взять

2) the lot – [ðə lɒt] – всё сразу

1) every – [ˈevrɪ] – каждый; любой

4) flavor – [ˈfleɪvə] – вкус

3) bean – [bi:n] – боб

— They mean every flavor. There’s chocolate and peppermint and also spinach, liver and tripe. George sweared he got a booger-flavored one once. ˈ

ðeɪ mi:n ˈevri ˈfleɪvə. ðeəz ˈtʃɒklət ənd ˈpepəmɪnt ənd ˈɔ:lsəʊ ˈspɪnɪdʒ, ˈlɪvə ənd traɪp. dʒɔ:dʒ sweəd hi ˈɡɒt ə ˈbu:ɡə ˈfleɪvəd wʌn wʌns

— На самом деле с любым. Есть шоколадные, мятные, есть со вкусом шпината, печени и требухи. Джордж клялся, что ему однажды попался со вкусом соплей.

1) mean (meant; meant) – [mi:n (ment; ment)] – иметь в виду, означать

1) every – [ˈevrɪ] – каждый; любой

4) flavor – [ˈfleɪvə] – вкус

3) chocolate – [ˈtʃɒklət] – шоколад

4) peppermint – [ˈpepəmɪnt] – мята

1) also – [ˈɔ:lsəʊ] – так же, кроме того

4) spinach – [ˈspɪnɪdʒ] – шпинат

2) liver – [ˈlɪvə] – печень

4) tripe – [traɪp] – рубец, требуха

3) swear (swore, sworn) – [sweə (swɔ:, swɔ:n)] – клясться, утверждать

1) get (got; got/gotten) – [ˈɡet (ˈɡɒt; ˈɡɒt/ˈɡɒtn̩)] – получать

5) booger – [ˈbu:ɡə] – сопли 

4) flavored – [ˈfleɪvəd] – со вкусом

1) once – [wʌns] – однажды; один раз

— These aren’t real frogs, aren’t they?

ði:z ɑ:nt rɪəl frɒɡz, ɑ:nt ˈðeɪ

— Это же не настоящие лягушки?

— It’s just a spell. Besides it’s a card you want. Each pack’s got a famous witch or wizard.

ɪts dʒʌst ə spel. bɪˈsaɪdz ɪts ə kɑ:d ju wɒnt. i:tʃ pæks ˈɡɒt ə ˈfeɪməs wɪtʃ ɔ: ˈwɪzəd

— Они просто заколдованы. Кстати, внутри есть вкладыш. В каждой пачке карточка с изображением волшебницы или колдуна. 

1) real – [rɪəl] – настоящий

3) frog – [frɒɡ] – лягушка

1) just – [dʒʌst] – лишь; просто

3) spell – [spel] – чары, заклинание

2) besides – [bɪˈsaɪdz] – также, в добавок к тому

2) card – [kɑ:d] – карточка

1) want – [ˈwɒnt] – хотеть; быть нужным

1) each – [i:tʃ] – каждый

3) pack – [pæk] – пакет, пачка

1) havehas (had; had) got – [həvhæz (həd; hæd) ˈɡɒt] – иметь

2) famous – [ˈfeɪməs] – знаменитый, известный

3) witch – [wɪtʃ] – ведьма, колдунья

4) wizard – [ˈwɪzəd] – маг, волшебник

— I’ve got about 500 meself. Watch it! That’s rotten luck. They’ve only got one good jump in them to begin with.

aɪv ˈɡɒt əˈbaʊt faɪv ˈhʌndrəd mi:ˈself wɒtʃ ɪt ðæts ˈrɒtn̩ lʌk ˈðeɪv ˈəʊnli ˈɡɒt wʌn ɡʊd dʒʌmp ɪn ðəm tu bɪˈɡɪn wɪð

— У меня таких почти 500. Смотри! А, не повезло. Она может лишь раз прыгнуть далеко. 

1) havehas (had; had) got – [həvhæz (həd; hæd) ˈɡɒt] – иметь; обладать; владеть

1) about – [əˈbaʊt] – около

2) watch – [wɒtʃ] – наблюдать; следить; смотреть

3) rotten luck – [ˈrɒtn̩ lʌk] – не повезло; тотальное невезение

3) rotten – [ˈrɒtn̩] – скверный, испорченный

3) luck – [lʌk] – удача, везение

1) only – [ˈəʊnlɪ] – только; лишь

1) good (better; best) – [ɡʊd (ˈbetə; best)] – хороший (лучше; самый лучший)

3) jump – [dʒʌmp] – прыжок

2) begin (began; begun) – [bɪˈɡɪn (bɪˈɡæn; bɪˈɡʌn)] – начать

— I’ve got Dumbledore!

aɪv ˈɡɒt ˈdʌmbəlˌdɔ:

— У меня Дамблдор.

— I got about six of him.

ˈaɪ ˈɡɒt əˈbaʊt sɪks ɒv hɪm

— У меня таких шесть.

— Hey, he’s gone!

heɪ, hiz ɡɒn

— Эй, он исчез!

1) havehas (had; had) got – [həvhæz (həd; hæd) ˈɡɒt] – иметь

1) about – [əˈbaʊt] – около

1) six – [sɪks] – шесть

1) go (went, gone) – [ɡəʊ (ˈwent, ɡɒn)] – исчезать, уходить

— You can’t expect him to hang around all day, can you? This is Scabbers, by the way. Pathetic, isn’t he?

ju kænt ɪkˈspekt hɪm tu hæŋ əˈraʊnd ɔ:l deɪ, kən ju ðɪs ɪz skæbəz baɪ ðə ˈweɪ pəˈθetɪk, ˈɪznt hi

— А ты думал, что он будет с тобой целый день? Кстати, это Короста. Жалкое создание.

1) can (could) – [kən (kʊd)] – мочь

2) expect – [ɪkˈspekt] – ожидать

3) hang (hunghanged; hunghanged) around – [hæŋ (hʌŋ/hæŋd; hʌŋ/hæŋd) əˈraʊnd] – быть поблизости

1) day – [deɪ] – день

4) scab – [skæb] – чесотка, короста, негодяй

1) by the way – [baɪ ðə ˈweɪ] – кстати, к слову

3) pathetic – [pəˈθetɪk] – жалкий

— Just a little bit.

dʒʌst ə ˈlɪtl̩ bɪt

— Да, немного.

— Fred gave me a spell to turn him yellow. Want to see?

fred ɡeɪv mi: ə spel tu tɜ:n hɪm ˈjeləʊ. wɒnt tu ˈsi:

— Фред научил меня как перекрасить ее в желтый. Показать?

— Yeah.

jeə

— Да.

1) just – [dʒʌst] – лишь

2) a little bit – [ə ˈlɪtl̩ bɪt] – немного

1) give (gave, given) – [ɡɪv (ɡeɪv, ɡɪvn̩)] – давать

3) spell – [spel] – чары, заклинание

1) turn – [tɜ:n] – превращать

2) yellow – [ˈjeləʊ] – желтый цвет

1) want – [ˈwɒnt] – хотеть

1) see (saw, seen) – [ˈsi: (ˈsɔ:, ˈsi:n)] – видеть

— Has anyone seen a toad? A boy named Neville’s lost one.

həz ˈeniwʌn ˈsi:n ə təʊd ə ˌbɔɪ ˈneɪmd ˈnevl̩z lɒst wʌn

— Никто не видел жабу? Мальчик по имени Невилл потерял жабу.

— No.

nəʊ

— Нет.

2) anyone – [ˈeniwʌn] – кто-нибудь

1) see (saw; seen) – [ˈsi: (ˈsɔ:, ˈsi:n)] – видеть

4) toad – [təʊd] – жаба

2) boy – [ˌbɔɪ] – мальчик

1) named – [ˈneɪmd] – по имени

2) lose (lost, lost) – [lu:z (lɒst, lɒst)] – терять 

— Oh, are you doing magic? Let’s see, then.

əʊ, ɑ: ju ˈdu:ɪŋ ˈmædʒɪk lets ˈsi: ðen

— О, вы колдуете? Ну и как?

— Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow, turn this stupid, fat rat yellow.

ˈsʌnʃaɪn, ˈdeɪzɪz, ˈbʌtə ˈmeləʊ, tɜ:n ðɪs ˈstju:pɪd, fæt ræt ˈjeləʊ

— Солнце, маргаритки, мягкое масло дайте это глупой толстой крысе желтый цвет.

2) dodoes (did; done) magic – [du:dʌz (dɪd; dʌn) ˈmædʒɪk] – колдовать

1) dodoes (did; done) – [du:dʌz (dɪd; dʌn)] – делать

2) magic – [ˈmædʒɪk] – магия; волшебство

3) let’s = let us – [lets (let ʌs)] – давай

1) see (saw; seen) – [ˈsi: (ˈsɔ:, ˈsi:n)] – видеть

3) sunshine – [ˈsʌnʃaɪn] – солнечный свет

4) daisy – [deɪzi] – маргаритка

3) butter – [ˈbʌtə] – масло сливочное, масляный

4) mellow – [ˈmeləʊ] – мягкий

1) turn – [tɜ:n] – превращать

3) stupid – [ˈstju:pɪd] – глупый

2) fat – [fæt] – толстый, упитанный

3) rat – [ræt] – крыса

2) yellow – [ˈjeləʊ] – желтый цвет

— Are you sure that’s a real spell? Well, it’s not very good, is it? Of course I’ve only tried a few simple ones myself but they’ve all worked for me.  

ɑ: ju ʃɔ: ðæts ə rɪəl spel wel, ɪts nɒt ˈveri ɡʊd, ɪz ɪt ɒv kɔ:s aɪv ˈəʊnli traɪd ə fju: ˈsɪmpl̩ wʌnz maɪˈself bʌt ˈðeɪv ɔ:l wɜ:kt fɔ: mi:

— Ты в этом заклинании уверен? Мне кажется, оно не очень хорошее. Кстати, я тоже испробовала некоторые простые заклинания. Но все действовали. 

1) sure – [ʃʊə] – уверенный

1) real – [rɪəl] – настоящий; подлинный; реальный

3) spell – [spel] – чары, заклинание

1) very – [ˈveri] – очень

1) good (better; best) – [ɡʊd (ˈbetə; best)] – хороший (лучше; самый лучший)

1) of course – [ɒv kɔ:s] – конечно

1) try (tried) – [traɪ (traɪd)] – пробовать

1) few – [fju:] – несколько

1) simple – [ˈsɪmpl̩] – простой

1) work (worked/wrought; worked/wrought) – [ˈwɜ:k (wɜ:kt/ˈrɔ:t; wɜ:kt/ˈrɔ:t)] – работать

For example: Oculus Reparo. That’s better, isn’t it? Holy cricket, you’re Harry Potter! I’m Hermione Granger. And you are…?

fɔ: ɪɡˈzɑ:mpl̩ okuljus repʌro ðæts ˈbetə, ˈɪznt ɪt ˈhəʊli ˈkrɪkɪt, jɔ: ˈhæri ˈpɒtə aɪm hərˈmaɪəni ˈɡreɪndʒər ənd ju ɑ:

Например: Окулус Репаро. Так ведь лучше, правда? Боже мой, ты – Гарри Поттер. Я — Гермиона Грейнджер. А ты?

1) for example – [fɔ: ɪɡˈzɑ:mpl̩] – к примеру, например

oculus – [okuljus] – глаз, круглое окно (латынь)

reparo – [repʌro] – восстанавливать, поправлять (латынь)

1) good (better, best) – [ɡʊd (ˈbetə, best)] – хороший (лучше, лучше всего)

3) holy cricket – [ˈhəʊli ˈkrɪkɪt] – боже мой, ну и ну, не может быть

2) holy – [ˈhəʊlɪ] – святой; божественная; священная

3) cricket – [ˈkrɪkɪt] – сверчок; крикет

— I’m Ron Weasley.

aɪm rɒn ˈwi:zl̩ɪ

— Я – Рон Уизли.

— Pleasure. You two better change into robes. I expect we’ll be arriving soon.

ˈpleʒə ju tu: ˈbetə tʃeɪndʒ ˈɪntu rəʊbz ˈaɪ ɪkˈspekt wil bi əˈraɪvɪŋ su:n

— Мило. А вам пора переодеться в форму. Кажется, мы скоро приедем.

2) pleasure – [ˈpleʒə] – радость, удовольствие; приятно

1) two – [tu:] – два

1) good (better, best) – [ɡʊd (ˈbetə, best)] – хороший (лучше, лучше всего)

1) change – [tʃeɪndʒ] – переодеться

3) robe – [rəʊb] – мантия

2) expect – [ɪkˈspekt] – ожидать

2) arrive – [əˈraɪv] – прибыть, приезжать

1) soon – [su:n] – скоро

You’ve got dirt on your nose, by the way. Did you know? Just there.

juv ˈɡɒt dɜ:t ɒn jɔ: nəʊz, baɪ ðə ˈweɪ. dɪd ju nəʊ dʒʌst ðeə

— Кстати, у тебя гряз возле носа. Знаешь? Вот здесь.

1) havehas (had; had) got – [həvhæz (həd; hæd) ˈɡɒt] – иметь

3) dirt – [dɜ:t] – грязь

2) nose – [nəʊz] – нос

1) by the way – [baɪ ðə ˈweɪ] – кстати, к слову

1) know (knew; known) – [nəʊ (nju:, nəʊn)] – знать

1) just – [dʒʌst] – точно; прямо