Dursley Redemption?

[gerald_zinck]

No: HPFGUIDX 140428

I've been reading for a while through someone else's account and just
got my own today. One thing that I've always wondered is what people
think about some type of redemption for the Dursleys. They've always
been portrayed in such a bad light, but in the last book, does anyone
else think that they may play some sort of good role in the end?

Specifically, I'm hoping to see a turn around for Petunia. Sure she
may not have liked that her sister was a witch and that her nephew is
a wizard, but blood is still thicker than water. We also do not know
what Dumbledore has told her to do. When you think about it, all the
adversity at the Dursley's house has made Harry into the person he is
now. Was she actually acting the whole time? I don't think so. I can't
see her keeping that up for so long, but what if that's something that
Dumbledore told her to do? To keep things a bit tough for Harry so he
wouldn't grow up being soft and she went over the top? Maybe she
really did worry about him and didn't want the same thing to happen to
him as happened to his parents?

I'm really looking forward to seeing what the Dursleys do in book
seven and hope that they don't wind up being throwaway characters. 

Gerald