Peeves' function in the story

[Jim Flanagan]

No: HPFGUIDX 5498

Why doesn't Dumbledore get rid of him?  Madame Maxime (or perhaps it 
was Fleur) indicated that he wouldn't have been allowed at 
Beauxbatons, so it must be possible to banish him if D had wanted to 
do so. 

JKR has built some complexity into this character -- It might be an 
interesting exercise to go through all the "Peeves" scenes in the 
books and analyze.

-Jim Flanagan

Blaise said:

> So what is he if he's not a Chorus?  I think he provides comic 
> relief, bathos at moments of tension and an obstacle for HHR to get 
> around.  Do you think he'll ever get a more crucial role than this?