Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Chapter Twenty-Five:
The Egg and the Eye

Synopsis by William Silvester
Notes and links by Michele L. Worley

U.S. hardcover edition: pages 458 - 478
U.K. hardcover edition: pages 398 - 415
U.K. paperback edition: pages 499 - 521
Timeframe: Thursday 21 January, 1995 [Y15]

In which Harry works on solving the secret of the egg in the Prefects' bathroom, is helped by Moaning Myrtle, sees Crouch on the Marauder's Map, gets stuck in the stairs, barely escapes being caught by Snape, and the fake Moody borrows Harry's map.

Interesting facts and notes about the text of this chapter:

"The Egg" refers to the golden egg, while "The Eye" refers to the fake Moody's magical eye.

The entire phrase is reminiscent of the title of the book The Egg and I, although far from lacking running water and other amenities as that story did, the setting of most of this chapter is the opulent Prefects' bathroom.

he decided to do it at night

Harry planned his excursion carefully,

because he had been caught out of bed and out of bounds by Filch the caretaker in the middle of the night once before

Harry had the heavy egg under one arm

On Thursday night

Characters introduced in this chapter:

• mermaid painting, the

Characters returning in this chapter:

• Crouch, Bartemius (junior) (as Moody, Alastor "Mad-Eye")

• Fat Lady, the

• Filch, Argus

• Norris, Mrs

• Potter, Harry

• Snape, Severus

• Weasley, Ron

• (surname unknown) Myrtle

Characters mentioned in this chapter:

• Black, Sirius

• Boris the Bewildered

• Crabbe, Vincent

• Crouch, Bartemius (senior)

• Dippet, Armando

• Diggory, Cedric

• Dumbledore, Albus

• Dursley, Dudley

• Dursley, Petunia

• Dursley, Vernon

• Goyle, Gregory

• Granger, Hermione

• Hagrid, Rubeus

• Hornby, Olive

• Lupin, Remus

• Peeves

• Potter, James

• Skeeter, Rita

• Weasley, Fred

• Weasley, George

Settings and locations introduced or returning in this chapter:

• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

• Gryffindor Tower

• Prefects' bathroom

Settings and locations mentioned in this chapter:

• Defence Against the Dark Arts professor's office

• Filch's office

• lake, the

• Myrtle's bathroom

• Snape's office

• trophy room

Exceptional character moments:

• Myrtle's apparent resentment of the flirtatious mermaid painting, although she herself admits to sometimes spying on Prefects as they bathe.

• Myrtle's enjoyment at bossing Harry around a bit.

Spells and Potions:

• Accio

• bubble bath

• Polyjuice Potion

• potion ingredients

Links and Resources:

• Auror

• Bestiary, the

  • merpeople

  • squid, giant

• Death Eaters

• Defence Against the Dark Arts

• items and devices, magical

• Cloak, Invisibility

• egg, golden

• eye, magical

• pictures with moving subjects

• Marauders Map

• music, rhymes, and dance

• passwords

• Triwizard Tournament

Memorable lines:

• none yet

Strictly British:

• dressing-gown

• prefect

Timelines/Calendar:

The action of this chapter takes place on the Thursday after the Hogsmeade visit of the previous chapter.