Yes, Dobby's grave is still at Freshwater West beach in 2023. I visited a few months back and the shrine was there in all its glory.
Fans created a memorial to the beloved character at Freshwater West beach, which is part of a protected conservation area, where scenes in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I and Part II were filmed. Dobby is killed towards the end of the first instalment and is buried up on a dune overlooking the Welsh beach.
However, he met his demise in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," when he was killed by Bellatrix Lestrange while attempting to help Harry escape from Death Eaters at Malfoy Manor. Harry and his friends then took his little elf body and buried it along the beach.
After “Harry Potter” fans erected a memorial for Dobby at the filming location, many more fans were inspired to visit Freshwater West Beach and leave socks at the site. The socks are a tribute to Dobby, who is freed from indentured servitude after his evil owner, Lucius Malfoy, is tricked into gifting him a sock.
In the movie, Dobby dies in Harry's arms from a fatal knife wound, and his last words were “Such a beautiful place, to be with friends.
“Master has given Dobby a sock – Dobby is free!”
With just a single line, the character of Dobby the house-elf spawned a million memes that Potterfans have been using for their graduation (and other events) ever since.
While Dobby's death was arguably the saddest moment in the entire franchise, it's not as if Harry Potter's author just threw his death in there to keep the audience emotionally distraught. His horrific death at the hands of Bellatrix Lestrange was a necessary addition to the story — here's why.
Case Study: Dobby in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"
Dobby, the house-elf, is fatally injured in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" when he is stabbed by Bellatrix Lestrange's enchanted knife. The severity of the injury and rapid blood loss make it difficult for Dobby's friends to save him.
She wasnt madam Pomfrey. Meaning, while she had a general knowledge of various spells, she did not have the expertise in healing specific spells to be able to heal a death wound on a house elf. Their physiology is very different from wizards.
His grave reads, “Here lies Dobby, a Free Elf”. It's a beautiful location, right by the sea! In the books and movies, Shell Cottage is actually based on the outskirts of Tinworth, Cornwall.
So in Chamber of secrets Harry was twelve, meaning that if Dobby would have already been of working age he'd have been something like sixteen? Idk when houseelves start working, probably younger, but this would put Dobby at twenty-eight years old at least, more likely thirty- something.
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The socks are a tribute to Dobby, who is freed from indentured servitude after his evil owner, Lucius Malfoy, is tricked into gifting him a sock. Dobby wears the sock until his death.
Freshwater West, six miles west of Stackpole in Pembrokeshire, was used for beach scenes in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Shell Cottage was constructed here, which was Bill and Fleur Weasley's home and a safe house during the Second Wizarding War, plus the setting of Dobby's death.
Why didn't Harry use magic to bury Dobby? Dobby was a dear friend to Harry, so he wanted to provide him with a proper burial. Hence, he refused to use magic to bury him.
When Dobby's last words before dying in Harry's arms are "Such a beautiful place, to be with friends. Dobby is happy to be with his friend, Harry Potter."
Because Bellatrix's wand was reported as lost at the Malfoy Manor where the trio ended up taking it away to Shell Cottage, so showing it would have immediately revealed that Hermione was only Bellatrix in disguise, as the real Bellatrix didn't have her wand. Personality.
Every time Dobby does not live up to the expectations of his masters (the family he serves), he injures himself.
The knife in front of Dobby Disapparating. wreckage and Disapparated, while Harry grabbed wands from Draco Malfoy and then Disapparated with Dobby. However, Bellatrix threw her knife at them, trying to aim at Harry, as they vanished, and struck Dobby directly in the chest.
Also, Dobby's injury was so severe that there was very little time in which to save him. He and Harry landed somewhat far from Ron and Hermione so Hermione wouldn't have immediately known that she could/should look for her dittany in time to save him.
“This year, I apologize for killing someone who didn't die during the Battle of Hogwarts, but who laid down his life to save the people who'd win it. I refer, of course, to Dobby the house elf.”
Winky... - Winky "Wife of Dobby & a Mother" -Harry Potter RP.
Dobby's girlfriend Winkey
Winkey was a freed female elf who served the Crouch family After being freed Winky fell into a depression and began drinking heavily. At one point Dobby got Winky a job at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.