Is Bella a killer? WAS:,Re: Could Deathly Hallows

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 163246

Jeremiah:
> > I think it has more to dowith the character of Bellatrix than 
anything else.  Is she the type of "Bad Guy" who would kill her own 
cousin knowing
the is  the last male in the line? Or, is she really a killer? She is 
a torturer, as  we know, but killing someone is much greater in the 
HP world. She
killed a  fox (out of protection and, IMO, fear) but she didn't AK 
Harry at the  ministry or Sirius at the veil.

Alla:

> So, you are arguing that Bella is not a killer from her character 
perspective? Blinks. I see the exact opposite from her killing the 
fox so easily - I see her as soo trigger happy that she would kill in 
a second, without any hesitation.

Ceridwen:
And that she did not AK Harry at the Ministry might have been on LV's 
orders.  We know that Snape said they were when he was leaving 
Hogwarts at the end of HBP, we know that Malfoy (it was Lucius, 
wasn't it?) said something similar when they were chasing Harry to 
get the prophecy orb just a short time before Bellatrix and Harry met 
at the MoM.  She would not go against LV's wishes, she is his 
fanatical cheerleader.  And, LV was there.

Alla:
> And remember her being ready to sacrifice her potential sons for 
the cause?

Ceridwen:
Yes.  Yes!  She has a very low regard for life, even if this is 
abstract.  She is referring to Narcissa's distress over possibly 
losing Draco, and this is the only comfort she can give?  Her 
priorities are so messed up, that yes, I see her clearly as a 
killer.  And, she and Snape just went through all his excuses, in 
which he even starts to take credit for Sirius's death but then has 
to give her the credit.  She does not balk, she takes the credit.  
She seems to think, not proudly, not ashamed, that credit for 
Sirius's death is her just due.  She may regret the moment of ending 
a torture with death, but I doubt very much that she regrets the 
death.  She only regrets the ending of the torture, in my opinion.

Jeremiah:
> > (Sorry to those who aren't into how a text functions. I was a 
Theatre major  and took a lot of directing classes. I'm all about 
text analysis from a character's perspective). :)

Alla:
> Yeah, that's what most of us often do here among other things. But 
unless you have a private line with JKR :), your text analysis from 
character perspective is just one of the possible intepretations, me 
thinks :)

Bella - good example, what seems so clear to you from character 
perspective, I do not see with magnifying glass even. Oh, and check 
into Snape threads,where we all think that we are analysing text from 
character perspective. Funnily, we cannot agree on a lot of things :)

Ceridwen:
Yes, one thing we do here is try to see things from the POV of other 
characters besides Harry.  There have been literally hundreds, maybe 
even thousands, of posts on that!  Even Alan Rickman, who is a very 
experienced and talented actor, had to get some off-page pointers 
from JKR to play Snape in the movies.  Rowling writes very believable 
characters that cannot be pinned down by one perspective, as this 
list clearly shows!

I would like to read a character analysis of Bellatrix.  I think I 
know her objective and superobjectives, but would welcome a different 
opinion.

Ceridwen.