Dolores Umbridge (Goblin?)

[Brian]

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James McDaniel <peppermintfatty at y...> wrote:
> While I firmly believe that Umbridge is a part human herself, I 
> cannot be certain as to what exactly she is. Upon reflection 
though, my guess is that in her veins runs Goblin blood. She is 
> devious, scheming, and opportunistic. She is short and stubby (not 
Boardman), with a huge mouth and eyes, and tends to become 
> frighteningly aggressive at those times that she loses herself. 
> All of these I believe to be Goblin traits. My thoughts though tend 
> to be that she appears too human to be half-goblin, and that most 
> likely one of her parents was a half-breed, thus leaving her as one 
> quarter Goblin; a small enough amount to fool those around her, but 
> just enough that, as hard as she may try, she cannot fool herself. 
> This I see greatly exacerbating the hatred that she, for whatever 
> reason, misdirects towards all part humans.
> If Delores is indeed part Goblin, she could be far more important 
in the two upcoming books as Goblins may be a key in the coming war. 
We know that both sides are courting them in book 5, and every time 
> they have been brought up in HISTORY OF MAGIC, it has been in 
> relation to the great Goblin rebellion when they, for a time, 
> overthrew wizarding kind. >>>

  Please forgive me for replying so late on this post as I had 
recently considered the possibility myself and checked the archives 
to see if this subject had been brought up and found this one.  

  I am now in my fifth reading of OOP and have found myself also 
noticing the discription of Umbridge as short with stubby fingers as 
well as at least one mention of her razor sharp teeth.  Knowing how 
history has demonstated only too many times of the great hatred of 
some toward another will usually be the result of some form or 
another of self-loathing.  Hitler was believed to have had some 
Jewish blood in his veins, Charles Manson, who hated blacks, may very 
well have some black blood.  The list goes on.  Many times the 
expression of such hatred is a shield of protection serving to keep 
one's own "shame" a secret.  I agree with James that Delores Umbridge 
may very well play an important part in the next two books, 
particularly where the Goblin rebellions may come in.  

  Something I am curious about is whether or not Goblins are supposed 
to be scared of ghosts.  Did anyone notice that Umbridge never did 
inspect Professor Binn's class?

  Brian:-)