Draco Malfoy ... bad, or just misunderstood?, What do you think of Draco in the series? |
 Dec 23 2006, 10:18 PM
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Chief Mischief-Maker  Posts: 8,572 Joined: 5:07pm January 28, 2005 Location: The Marauder's Map never lies ...   |
Time to open Part II of this topic ...
 You can find Part I of this topic here So ... what do you think of Draco Malfoy in each of the five books from Philosopher's Stone/Sorcerer's Stone through to Order of the Phoenix? Is he bad? Or is he just misunderstood? -------------------- Proud Gryffindor
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Dec 27 2006, 04:35 PM
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Perusing the Magical Menagerie  Posts: 92 Joined: 3:18am December 27, 2006 Location: Cannes, France |
i think he's neither bad, nor misunderstood
he uses his family name to scare people or to get some followers (grabe and goyle or pansy parkinson) he's a bully he's mean to weak students or younger ones (stealing neville's remebrall or sneering whenever snapes makes fun of harry or anyone from griffindor) but he has no guts everytime he's in a fight with harry he tries to attack harry when he's not looking (PoA) or when he's not allowed to (CoS-Duel club) he's easily scared (probably one of the many reasons why he's not a griffindor), in the forbidden forest with harry in book 1, when harry attacks him in hogsmeade with his invisibily cloak and so on... he's not bad like his dad, he just pretends but he's a bully and a mean boy -------------------- All He Needs Is His Life In A Suitcase It Belongs To A Friend Of A Friend |
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Dec 27 2006, 05:22 PM
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Kibble Boy/Girl at the Magical Menagerie Posts: 301 Joined: 2:28pm October 25, 2006 Location: On my way to McGonagall's office to enjoy a nice biscuit. |
Well, I'm not really sure how to answer, cause my opinion of him obviously changed tremendously after OotP compared to HBP. But, if we're only talking after OotP, I'd say he's bad, not misunderstood. However, there is always redemption, so he shouldn't be called evil.
-------------------- "No, I think I'll just go down and have some pudding and wait for it all to turn up.... It always does in the end." -Luna Lovegood
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Dec 27 2006, 07:38 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 6 Joined: 6:55pm December 27, 2006 |
I think that he is "bad" because he is hidding his pain from everyone. For Example, in the 6th book He couldn't kill Dumbledore. If he was as bad as everyone thinks then he would have killed him a long time ago if you know what I mean.
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Dec 29 2006, 03:09 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 3 Joined: 7:06am December 29, 2006 |
i think a bit of both(more bad than missunderstood).but i have changed my opinion a lot after reading book 6...he can be a good guy if he wants to...but seeing as voldy is threathening him and his entire familly we probably won't be seeing a lot of good draco esspecially since dumbledore is dead.
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Dec 30 2006, 03:31 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 3 Joined: 3:08pm December 30, 2006 |
I believe that Draco is extremely misunderstood...yet has quite a bad sense to him as well. We all need to remember that his father and mother are both Death Eaters and his family history all contain a certian amount of darkness never mind pig-headedness.
All Drako really is trying to do is uphold his family name....He is being really weak in the pretendance side yet knows where his loyalty lies. If you look in the fifth book, Drako did not seem too keen in killing Dumbledore and was sceptical about his mision The Dark Lord lay before him. We all have been there....under pressure and especially peer pressure. So give him a chance and you never know what the last book will bring us!!!! This post has been edited by Piewacket: Dec 30 2006, 05:41 PM |
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Dec 31 2006, 01:15 AM
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Professional Diagon Alley Window Shopper Posts: 63 Joined: 12:56am May 6, 2006 |
Draco is what he is: the only son of a very wealthy, important, old wizarding family. On one hand, this means he's inherited all the arrogance and snobbishness associated with this position. He's contemptuous of muggle-borns, snobbish towards the poor and 'blood-traitors' (in this case, the Weasely's are both), and very self-assured. Bullying and dominating his fellow Slytherins is probably a pattern that has been going on for some time, and in Draco's case, is amplified by what JK Rowling called his ability to basically compartmentalize his emotions (which is why he would be an excellent Occlumens). Add on this the fact that House Slytherin is all about manuevering, position, and politics, and a person like Draco, who has money, connections, and power, is naturally awarded high status - status that he then goes on to believe is his right.
On the other hand, he has some positive traits associated with what he is. He is apparently very loyal to his family, which is at least partially the reason why he took a mission to kill Dumbledore even though he must have known that it might very likely involve his death, and probably would involve his death if he failed. He seems to love both his father and his mother, and immediately stands up for them when he perceives them as being insulted. Both at least seem to be strong to overcome a streak of cowardice on his part (which is why he is always accompanied by Crabbe and Goyle, even though they don't really like him, and he doesn't really seem to regard them as much more than his servants). Also, interestingly enough, when it doesn't affect his image, he appears to be able to express emotions, even to someone like Moaning Myrtle. He's also not really a killer; he may enjoy bullying, but he doesn't actually desire to kill, at least in Dumbledore's case. |
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Dec 31 2006, 02:58 AM
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Gringotts Dragon Tamer Posts: 1,932 Joined: 1:57pm May 20, 2006 Location: Probably at a Harry Potter fansite!  |
I think he is bad. His bullying is not justifiable. But like many bad people, he eventually got in over his head in HBP.
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Dec 31 2006, 05:53 AM
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Getting Fitted for New Dress Robes Posts: 52 Joined: 1:40am December 28, 2006 Location: Listening to No One Knows |
The Malfoy name is a hard one to live up to. Give him a rest. He didn't want to kill Dumbledore did he?
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Dec 31 2006, 01:11 PM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 37 Joined: 9:56am October 21, 2006 |
He tries to live up to the expectations of his father, aswell as having Voldermort on his back.For him to have his dad as a death eater will make Malfoy make himself look anything but a wimp. He puts up a cover of what he feels inside.
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