Sisters Black (and Mitford) a clue to their future?
ghinghapuss
rredordead at aol.com
Sun Aug 24 01:16:10 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 78558
Sylvia said:
What an interesting post from Kirstini about the Mitford sisters. I
had already connected Bellatrix's worship of Voldemort with Unity's
fanatical devotion to Hitler, but didn't notice Diana's resemblance
to Mrs. Malfoy. Surely more than a coincidence.
Now me:
Yes, the similarities between 4 of the Mitford Sisters and the 3
Black sister plus JKR herself are fantastic.
For those of you who are unaware:
Unity Mitford (as it says above) was fanatically devoted to Hitler;
He even told newspapers in Germany that Unity was "a perfect specimen
of Aryan womanhood." A wild teenager, Unity tormented the family's
governesses and was expelled after a brief stint at school. As a
debutante, she horrified the London social scene by taking her pet
rat to dances and greeted everyone with the Nazi salute. Unity tried
to commit suicide at the outbreak of war.
Unity is a basis for Belatrix.
Diana Mitford was blond and called 'The Beautiful One.' She married
Oswald Mosley, the famous British fascist, in Nazi propaganda
minister Joseph Goebbels's drawing room in Berlin. Hitler was a
guest. They were both strong opponents of non-white immigration into
Britain. Clearly a basis for Narcissi in both appearance and her
marriage to Lucius Malfoy.
Jessica Mitford, the rebel, who unlike her family developed left wing
opinions, converted of pacifism and become a socialist. Jessica even
considered the possibility of visiting Germany with her sister and
murdering Hitler. Jessica is a good basis for Andromeda.
Finally Nancy Mitford the famous author and also a socialist like her
sister Jessica and it said to be a role model for JKR herself.
There are some great website out there on the history of the Mitfird
Sisters if anyone is interested.
Mandy.
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