[HPforGrownups] Re: Flower sisters/Narcissa Malfoy

[lisa palmer]

No: HPFGUIDX 22805


 
  I think that Narcissa's name is supposed to bring to mind narcisism(sp?).  I know that Narcissus is a family of bulb flowers (daffodils belong to this family). The name of the flowers and the adjective meaning vain both come from mythology, the  legend about Narcissus (spelling?). Anyway, I think the story was that this person was extremly vain and stared at their reflection all day and so was turned into a flower by the lake by the gods as punishment. Or maybe I have combined a couple different greek and latin myths here, its been a long time since highschool and I had latin!
 
meboriqua at aol.com wrote: --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Marianna Lvovsky <mariannayus at y...> wrote:
> 
> I think she is a more polished, wizardly version of
> Petunia: she is one of those parents in whose eyes
> little Draco can do no wrong. I am sure she is
> pureblood, and her and Lucius must be quite a
> successful couple if he listens to her re:Durmstrang.
> he doesn't seem to be the listening type. As to look
> at the Cup: snooty, I am beter than anyone else look.
> Maybe she hates Quidditch and only came at the match
> to torture Muggles.>

Narcissa's name, first of all, tells us (at least it tells me) that 
she is quite vain (narcissistic), as are the other two Malfoys we 
know.  I had no idea that it was a flower too.

Second, status is very important to the Malfoys, and Narcissa shows us 
that by the look on her face when she is faced with the Weasleys and 
Hermione.  That "bad smell" look she wore; I've actually been looked 
at like by people who are anti-semitic and are meeting me, knowing I 
am Jewish, for the first time.  She is very real and very believable 
to me.  I agree that she is a pureblood, but I doubt she had anything 
to do with the DEs' activities later that night.  She probably slept 
peacefully in their luxury tent while all hell was breaking loose 
around her.

Third, the Quidditch World Cup was obviously a very big deal and far 
be it for the Malfoys to not be a part of something so important.  I 
see it as the equivalent to wealthy or famous people buying tickets 
for the best seats at the World Series or the US Open here in the USA.  
I can imagine Narcissa bragging to her friends about their splendid 
seats and all the excitement that went on at the WC, but really, she 
couldn't care less.

--jenny from ravenclaw, who needs to go to Central Park now and enjoy 
the weather******************************************


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