Character Psych Profiles - Umbridge = Insecure!

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 127547


Magda: " Umbridge is not insecure, she's quite a strong person. In
fact, I think the character I think she resembles most closely is
Lucius Malfoy. Both contemptuous of "inferior" beings and those less
intelligent and determined than they are (but rarely pausing to wonder
if someone might have other strengths to consider)"

Umbridge has made herself a tool of the Ministry, while Lucius Malfoy
is manipulating the Ministry.  They share an amorality in the service
of what they see as their interests, but the difference is that
Umbridge seems to have adopted protection of the Ministry and Fudge,
while Lucius uses the Ministry and Fudge for his own ends. 

Lucius is much more sure of himself than Umbridge is; a lot of it
comes from having money.  Lucius seems to be subservient to Voldemort,
but I'd be surprised if he sees it that way.  It's convenient,
necessary, to fulfill his ends.  Umbridge would like to be some kind
of Stalinist commissar; Lucius wants to be Stalin.

It wouldn't surprise me to see Lucius taking a more independent tack
from Voldemort; he can't be happy at Voldemort's recent blunders, the
latest one of which landed him in the Crossbar Hotel.

Jim Ferer