Talk:Bellatrix Lestrange

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[edit] State of Mind

I have removed this section because it is lengthy speculation on the character's mental state and true relationship with Voldemort. The first paragraph is literally a user-created argument over whether she's insane or lucid. The second makes a case for devaluing her realtionship with Voldemort, with various additions that suggest she may be just as close as she says.

The evaluation of these questions should be left to reputable, critical interpretation appearing in print media. It is not Wikipedians' place to do this. I suggest any information that is deemed vital to the article be re-inserted in a proper place.

Although Bellatrix's state of mind before her imprisonment is not fully described, she now appears to be of unsound mind. In the Department of Mysteries, Bellatrix took ghoulish delight in recounting her crime against the Longbottoms and subsequently torturing their son, Neville. She mocked Harry Potter in a false baby voice, and was easily provoked (a temper that seems to run in her family). Bellatrix also seems paranoid; while following her sister to Spinner's End, she impulsively killed a fox for fear that it was an Animagus spy. As a whole, however, her appearance in Half-Blood Prince seems to suggest a greater degree of lucidity: she demonstrates intelligence and the capacity for critical thought in her interrogation of Severus Snape at Spinner's End (despite being easily antagonised by Snape). Her speech is passionate and at times erratic (at one point she is described as appearing 'slightly mad') and it is also clear that her views and morals remain deeply skewed. Bellatrix's behaviour is unquestionably twisted and cruel, but it is not necessarily indicative of insanity.

Bellatrix is also fanatically devoted to Voldemort. In Half-Blood Prince Bellatrix evidenced a pitiless disdain for Narcissa's concern for Draco when she expressed that she would have been proud - if she had a son - for him to enter into the Dark Lord's service. Bellatrix also feels that she is one of the Dark Lord's closest associates. During her duel with Harry in the Ministry of Magic, she asserted "I was and am the Dark Lord's most loyal servant, I learned the Dark Arts from him, and I know spells of such power, that you, pathetic little boy, can never hope to compete."^[1] She also splutters in her meeting with Snape at Spinners End that "The Dark Lord has, in the past, entrusted me with his most precious-", though she never clarifies this further. However, there is growing evidence that Bellatrix is not as close to Voldemort as she would like:

• Bellatrix did not know about the prophecy until after Voldemort's defeat.^[2]
• In Order of the Phoenix she was enraged to hear Harry call Voldemort a half-blood, suggesting she may not have known his blood-status - though her subsequent unwavering loyalty leaves room for the possibility that she was merely angry at him for blaspheming her master.
• When Bellatrix conversed with Snape at his home, she was visibly flustered and defensive when he insinuated that Voldemort was keeping information from her.

Despite this withholding of information, Voldemort refers to her by the pet name "Bella". Dumbledore speculates that although many Death Eaters think themselves close to the Dark Lord, Voldemort conceals the fact that he maintains guarded relationships with his followers, essentially seeing them as tools.

[edit] Picture?

Could we find a picture of Bellatrix either a drawing from the books or a screenshot from the upcoming movie? Its not that I don't like the fan art, I just think a "real" picture of Bellatrix would be better. Clamster5 20:33, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] similarities between cruella de vil

i think there's a lot of similarities between her and cruella de vil, that movie image shows alot of that. what do you think?

No, because it's speculation. 68.162.169.173