Draco's redemption Was Re: Narcissa Malfoy: Good or Bad?

[Mark D.]

No: HPFGUIDX 72733

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, A Featheringstonehaugh 
<featheringstonehaugh at y...> wrote:
> 
> I agree...she's a bad, bad lady. However, she's married to a 
> cruel, sadistic, and truly evil man. He treats her slightly better 
> than he treated Dobby, the house elf. She's in a miserable, 
> loveless marriage. Both Narcissa and Draco fear Lucius more than 
> they love him and if push came to shove, Narcissa would betray him 
> to save Draco. That's just my opinion...what's yours?
> 
madeyesgal wrote:
> DId I miss something in the books about Narcissa ?  Where does it 
> say she's mistreated, in a loveless marriage, is miserable, will 
> sacrifice her husband for Draco, et al?  We've only seen her once  
> that I recall - at the World Cup - and then the reference to her 
> was very short. Even Sirius' comment about her was brief - that 
> she had made a good marriage to Malfoy.  Or is the above info 
> about Narcissa , including the assumption that she's a  "bad, bad 
> lady" merely FanFiction?

I'm guessing we'll see more of Narcissa in the final 2 books. It 
turns out that on top of being wife of a DE and mother of a main 
character she's cousin to the Black's.

Featheringstonehaugh's read on Narcissa's character seem to be 
mostly conjecture concerning her marriage. All we really know about 
her is that she didn't want Draco to attend Durmstrang (GoF) and 
that she passed on Kreacher's message to LV. Definitely evil, but 
not necessarily a DE herself.

There's been some discussion about Draco's possible reedemption at 
the final battle. Draco has not gone over to the dark side yet, At 
some point he will have to decide. Although he shows no sign of 
turning to the good yet, he still believes LV is the winning side 
(he's been indoctrinated by Daddy for a long time).

I remember Hagrid's words from book 1 about when a wizard goes to 
the dark side no one matters to him anymore. I see Narcissa as being 
the difference for Draco's redemption. Lucius is a full dark wizard 
and cares for no one but himself. I see Narcissa as trying to be the 
supportive wife she was raised to be, but still being a loving 
mother.

At one point Narcissa will try to protect Draco. Perhaps she doesn't 
want him to enter the DE, perhaps LV decides to torture Draco or 
Narcissa for a failure and Narcissa takes to brunt. 

Opinions?