Crouch Summary

[Joywitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 6065

One thing struck me while I was reading the Crouch summary, that 
Crouch, Sr. is a really sad, tragic character.  His only son has 
turned into a horrible, insane, cold-blooded criminal; his wife is 
dead; he lives only for the rules and clearly never has any fun.  The 
people who truly love or admire him, such as Winky and Percy Weasley, 
he barely notices.  The one time (probably) that he breaks the rules, 
in response to his wifes dying wish, he does so in a way which 
seriously endangers his community and eventually results in his own 
death at his sons hands.  There arent really any other characters in 
the HP books who lead such unhappy, tragic lives, although plenty of 
characters manage to overcome tragedy (Harry, Neville, Sirius).

--Joywitch