Who is the real dark character in the series?

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No: HPFGUIDX 143488

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<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:

> Alla:
> 
> The original argument if I understood it correctly was that there 
> could be only ONE evil in the story and that is Voldemort. I am not 
> sure why this necessarily could be true.

Whiz:
Voldemort and his megalomania are decidedly evil.  That's undeniable.
 But there is a subplot running through the series about racism and
intolerance, and this is where I see adherants to Slytherin's old
"purification of the race" agenda still active.  Some, like Fudge
through GoF, are working with Dumbledore against their common enemy,
Voldemort.  Others, like Snape, are playing both sides against the
middle, trying to get Dumbledore and Voldemort to kill each other off
preferably, or use Dumbledore to get rid of Voldemort so they can
concentrate on bloodtraitors and muggleborns.  But this is not to take
anything away from Voldemort, because if he prevails, everybody loses.