> S > P > O > I > L > E > R > > S > P > A > C > E > > > > > Just because Dolores' motives for her actions were not of the "slay everyone > and take over the world" variety does not mean she's not a villain. Evil > doesn't have to wear a black cape and cackle maliciously in order to be evil. > I found her brand of banal self-centeredness far more chilling than > Voldemort's megalomania. > > Additionally, her willingness to use the Dark Arts (the scarring pen, for > exanmple) and to extract information with the Cruciatus Curse shows her true > colors. >
I think she's an interesting case for Rowling, whose villains usually seem to be kind of Johnny One-Notes. She and Fudge are well-intentioned but so wrong-headed as to be all but villains. However, they aren't. They are in between, which makes a nice change for Rowling. I mean, Draco Malfoy - how is he fooling anyone? Why does Snape, who clearly abhors Voldemort and all the Death Eaters, still show any favor at all to Slytherin just because it's his own house, when it is full of people who at the very least sympathize with Voldemort? Another gray area - Snape, not Draco. Interesting... Tom Beck www.prydonians.org www.mercerjewishsingles.org "I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed I'd see the last." - Dr Jerry Pournelle _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
