[HPforGrownups] Hermione and Umbridge

[T.M. Sommers]

No: HPFGUIDX 69990

Eric Oppen wrote:
> I've said it before and I'll say it again: Our Hermione, dearly though I
> love her, is a steely, ruthless character.  When she sees a need for action,
> she takes it without worrying about what the consequences will be.
> 
> When she led Umbridge into the forest, she was accepting a real possiblity
> of death for herself (and Harry!) for the chance to get revenge on Umbridge,
> and rid the school of her.  

She did not do that for revenge, but in the hope that the 
centaurs would take Umbridge so she and Harry could escape.