Lucius & other villains

[Cai Hui]

No: HPFGUIDX 21129

Susanna wrote:

> In one of the zillions of mails that came in during the weekend, 
> somebody stated Lucius Malfoy was simply too evil and would therefore 
> become boring if he didn't change.
> That might be a good point, but just think of Jago who is one of the 
> most evil villains in literature and certainly not boring (and 
> wouldn't have been so in the 5th Othello sequel).  I don't see many 
> ways of his going over to our side, though. BUT: What do you think of 
> this one: Lucius gets into some personal conflict with Voldemort in 
> book5, V. Avada Kedavras him out and this is Draco's motive to 
> finally change sides?

Slightly OT here. But Iago isn't just an inhuman embodiment of Evil.
There're many interesting aspects of his character and if you want,
you can interpret his reasons for doing the things he does. He is
an experienced soldier from a lower class and the Moor passed
over him to a clearly less competent Cassio; And then there's the
possibility that he's attracted to Othello and feels neglected.

What do we have from the canon that reveals Lucius' inner
motivations to us? Right now he just looks like one of those
rich and evil aristocrat to me. I'd like to know why he hates
mud-blood so much and why he chooses to follow Voldemort
who is a half-bred. He seems to me a fine tactician, good at
manipulaton and comfortable in a position to order other people
around. How does he feel having to follow someone who
is more powerful than him? I'd like to see more of his character
and it'd be such a let-down for me if he's easily killed off in
Book 5.


Hui




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