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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rykion" data-source="post: 3650053" data-attributes="member: 33035">The movie scene with McGonagall putting up with Umbridge giving out "lines" does not fit in with the books at all. One of the main ideas from the books and movies is that the wizarding world is set apart from the normal world.  Wizarding society is still very much 19th century in outlook.  Umbridges "lines" punishment fits in with the kind of punishments doled out by some schools and homes in this timeframe.  Elf Witch mentioned caning, but hitting with yardsticks, and rulers on the knuckles was also a common and brutal punishment.  The more progressive wizards, like most Hogwarts teachers, would not put up with it, but many wizarding families and members of the ministry would allow it.</blockquote>