Beauty in HP (only evil needs advertising)

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No: HPFGUIDX 114026

> 
> This is Kate:
  snip.
 
>When it comes to HP books this theory seems
> to work: the good ones aren't very beautiful (like you have
> pointed out).
>    What's more – Arthur Weasley said to Harry something like
this:
> don't trust anything if you don't know where its heart is. In 
other 
> words: `don't trust beauty, because instead of its heart you see 
its 
> face' (yes – it's farfetched, but seems to be OK for JKR world)



Alla:

I am not quite sure that I agree, Kate. As previous poster seemed to 
point out Lily is described as pretty and she is one of the good 
guys.

Besides, I don't remember Arthur ever telling Harry that. Could you 
please point me to the page?

I do remember him telling Ginny though not to trust anything, if she 
does not know where this thing keeps its brain.

As to beauty in HP world, to me main philosophy seems to be that 
your looks do not necessarily reflect your inner beauty.

Quite a few characters are beautiful inside, but not outside.


I am glad though that JKR does not do generalisations - Dursleys 
seem to be not very attractive inside and out, Ginny for example 
seems to be both.