He is the owner of a large drill company, and is a big man with a short neck and a large mustache. Why did vernon and petunia hate james and lily so much. Denied her enrollment to hogwarts, petunia grew bitter towards the school and, by extension, towards the wizarding world in general. Petunia dursley, or aunt petunia as harry potter calls her lives at number 4, privet drive with her husband vernon and her son, dudley. View of the story behind harry potters magic fresh ink. The dursley family is a muggle family, and the only known living close relatives of harry potter. Vernon tried to patronise james, asking what car he drove. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one.
The fat, obnoxious form of vernon dursley hovered over the small, skinny boy sobbing on the floor, red belt marks clearly visible on his naked back. Harry decides to go surprise his aunt and uncle, so. Writing on her website pottermore, rowling finally revealed to fans why harrys uncle vernon and aunt petunia dursley were so cruel to him. Petunia is also lily s sister, and she has a deep resentment towards lily, which carries over into. Harry potter the return to the dursleys suprise surprise. Aunt petunia vowed, along with her husband vernon, to stamp out her nephews magic. In the fifth book, two dementors attack dudley and harry in an alley. She is described as a bony woman with blonde hair that she passed down to her son, a rather horsey face and a very long neck, and spends most of her time spying on her neighbours. Dursley yells at harry that if he cant control his owl, she will have to go. Vernon dursley is harry potter s uncle vernon s wife is harry s mother s sister. Rowling may be perfect for your own baby name list. A jealous looking girl, though she showed great intrigue with the wands i brought her sister to try. Yes, i met your mother, when lily was buying her wand. The following are supporting characters in the harry potter series written by j.
Petunia dursley, the sister of harrys mother, and her husband vernon take. This extra information can be found in harry potter and the philosophers stone, chapter 2, the cupboard under the stairs. Petunia dursley is harrys maternal aunt, lily potters older sister, vernons wife, dudleys mother, marges sisterinlaw. Jk rowling reveals why the dursleys dislike harry potter. An argument breaks out over breakfast at number four, privet drive. James explained about gringotts, and the fortune his parents had saved there, in solid gold. Dudley dursley is harry potters cousin, the son of vernon and petunia dursley. The seventh, and last, harry potter book had come out, and for me, it was the. Harry potter enters the story when he is brought to the most seemingly normal family in all britainthe dursleys. Get everything you need to know about petunia dursley in harry potter and the sorcerers stone. Petunia dursley nee evans was the older sister of harrys mother, lily potter nee evans, but took the surname dursley when she married vernon dursley. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets chapters summary.
Vernon and petunia dursley were harry potter s aunt and uncle. Harrys mothers sister petunia dursley raised harry along with her husband, vernon. First of all, as others have said, petunia was desperately jealous that lily had magic and she did not. Harry explains that hedwig is bored and asks to let her fly outside at night. Petunia dursley is harry s maternal aunt, lily potter s older sister, vernon s wife, dudley s mother, marge s sisterinlaw.
For the 2006 film adaptation, griffiths was nominated for the bafta award. He and his gang often tormented harry, taking after the example set by his parents, as well as other weaker and younger children in their. If the characters of harry potter looked like they did. Dudley dursley is harry potter s cousin, the son of vernon and petunia dursley.
Standing behind vernon, petunia and dudley smirked at the fiveyearold harry potter trying to stop his cries as another strike hit his body from the thin, black leather belt held in vernons hand. Top 100 harry potter characters by mention jetpunk. The key name in that previous sentence, of course, is uncle vernon. They didnt even have time to really greet each other, however, before two men came into the small room. What if, when petunia dursley found a little boy on her front. Vernon is portrayed by richard griffiths in the films. She is described as a bony woman with blonde hair that she passed down to her son, a rather horsey face and a very long neck, and spends most of. Harry exits for the burrow as uncle vernon starts throwing china figurines at mr. Rowling has said she almost wrote in the epilogue of the book of harry. Loyalty, dursley family, muggle world, keeping up appearances. Vernon dursley s eyes almost bulged out of their sockets. He is of course famous to wizardkind all over the world after the defeat of lord voldemort. Good dursley family harry potter works archive of our own.
Petunia dursley, the sister of harry s mother, and her husband vernon take their nephew in when his parents are murdered, raising him alongside their own son dudley, but forcing him to live in the cupboard under the stairs. Number four, privet drive might be the most relentlessly nonmagical environment in the harry potter books but the wiper of its pristine surfaces had a surprising secret. Vernon dursley scowled as he was led to an interrogation room the following afternoon. Mrs dursley, a simple housewife, makes sure the house is clean, th. Dec 30, 2004 five whole books, all of them with lengthy dursleyinfested scenes. She is the sister of lily potter, harrys mother but that doesnt mean that she treats harry any better than uncle vernon. The boy who lived wikibooks, open books for an open world. Vernon dursley 28 hermione granger 25 severus snape 23 albus dumbledore 23 draco malfoy 23 neville longbottom 20 ron weasley 17 include relationships petunia evans dursleyvernon dursley 17 draco malfoyharry potter 8 james potterlily evans potter 8 harry potterseverus snape 6 sirius blackremus lupin 4. Muggles guide to harry pottercharactersvernon dursley. Susanna really did need to see a photo of harry s mother everyone kept saying that. Throughout the books the author made it clear that the all of the dursleys vernon, wife petunia, harrys maternal aunt, and cousin dudley. Nov 04, 2019 vernon tried to patronise james, asking what car he drove.
Petunia was the wife of vernon, the mother of dudley dursley and the elder sister of the late lily potter. Petunia is harrys maternal aunt, lily potters older sister, vernons wife, dudleys mother and marges sisterinlaw. Petunia evans was the muggle aunt of harry potter and the guardian of harry when he was growing up. Mrs dursley was the mother of marjorie and vernon dursley. Harrys mother lily and petunia dursley were sisters, but a disagreement between vernon and james created a permanent rift between the families. Harry, dudley and uncle vernon were completely floored, too.
Jk rowling finally reveals why the dursleys hated harry. The bevy of harry potterthemed names from the mind of j. Vernon dursley is the uncle and guardian of harry potter. Harry melling is unrecognisable from his harry potter role as. But dudley got blood on his sweaters, too, the ones petunia had found at the handmedown store, half price, because that was all a single. A muggle family with which harry potter lives after being orphaned in 1981. The dursley family is a muggle family, and the only known living close. Petunia dursleys unlikely hogwarts ambitions wizarding. Jk rowling reveals why the dursleys dislike harry potter so much.
He had a large pink face, not much neck, small, watery blue eyes, and thick blond hair that lay on his thick, fat head. Dudley is a muggle who was raised to believe harry was worthless and that dudley was perfect. Harry potter the return to the dursleys fanfiction. Vernon feels somewhat threatened by harry s magical abilities and wishes to stamp it out of him, to the extent of refusing to allow him to speak of. Dec 22, 2019 name the top 100 characters in harry potter ordered by the number of mentions each one has in the series. For example, typing weasley wont give you a bunch of answers keep scrolling down for answers and more stats. It is unlocked by clicking on the family picture on the small table. Petunia dursley was the older sister of harry s mother, lily potter. Privet drive might be the most relentlessly nonmagical environment in the harry potter books but the wiper of its pristine surfaces had a surprising secret. According to the author, vernons grudge against harry went back way back to when he first met james and lily potter.
Harry melling is known for playing dudley, the rotund brat of a cousin who kept harry potter locked under the stairs. Weasley, who he blames for this outrage, while aunt petunia tries to pull the supposed foreign object out of dudley s mouth. From wikibooks, open books for an open world the return to the dursleys fanfiction. Petunia was the elder daughter of mr and mrs evans. Before the books cuthbert binns died in his chair of natural causes. Susanna really did need to see a photo of harrys mother everyone kept saying that. What does vernon dursley look like in the book compared to the. His expression lifted a bit when he saw petunia was already sitting there, as they had not seen each other since their arrest. Hes human, so we can judge him as much as we want, for keeping a baby in a closet under the stairs for eleven years. Jun 24, 2015 throughout the books the author made it clear that the all of the dursleys vernon, wife petunia, harry s maternal aunt, and cousin dudley saw the orphaned harry as an unfortunate burden. Returned as a ghost until being known as the grey lady. Vernon could not tell whether he was being made fun of or not, and grew angry. Jun 24, 2015 quite why uncle vernon and aunt petunia dursley had such a problem with the loveable orphaned wizard is hinted at they hate magic, she resented her sister s witchcraft etc in the books, but has. For his performance in the stage play the history boys, griffiths won much acclaim and received many awards including, tony award, laurence olivier award, the drama desk award, the outer critics circle award.
Harrys parents died in the attack, but he escaped with only a lightning scar on his forehead. Vernon proposed to petunia evans in this womans sitting room in 1977. Consider the dursleys without harry mr dursley, a respectable man, working as a salesman in a respectable firm, maybe a little too uptight, but a decent citizen nevertheless. Quite why uncle vernon and aunt petunia dursley had such a problem with the loveable orphaned wizard is hinted at they hate magic, she resented her sisters witchcraft etc in the books, but has. Is the dursley family really as bad as how harry potter and. He was obese and insolent as a result of his parents spoiling him throughout his childhood, although he became muscular in his teens. Five whole books, all of them with lengthy dursleyinfested scenes.
Is the dursley family really as bad as how harry potter. In the books, vernon is described as large, with neat black hair. She had a younger sister named lily who was born in january 1960. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone characters from. Harry melling is unrecognisable from his harry potter role. Objectively, of all the characters from the harry potter series, vernon dursley is just the worse.
Jk rowling reveals why harry potters uncle dursley hated. The character of petunia dursley in harry potter and the. In fact, when the threat of dementors and voldemorts return jolted petunia into a couple of revealing comments, it shocked more than just the readers. Nov 04, 2019 objectively, of all the characters from the harry potter series, vernon dursley is just the worse. Richard thomas griffiths obe 31 july 1947 28 march 20 was an english actor of film, television, and stage. The burly man made sure that indeed it was a black owl pecking his window noisily. He and his wife petunia dursley reluctantly took harry in as a baby, while they had their own son, dudley. Petunia dursleys unlikely hogwarts ambitions wizarding world. Why harry potters uncle vernon hated him so much, by jk rowling. While in the books, the dursleys are only said to hate magic and resent harrys mother, now we know the real backstory behind the people at 4 privet drive.
Jk rowling reveals why harry potters uncle dursley hated him. Jul, 2016 harry s mother lily and petunia dursley were sisters, but a disagreement between vernon and james created a permanent rift between the families. Deep down petunia dursley cared for harry and should thus be forgiven discussion over the 7 harry potter books, petunia and vernon dursley whom she manipulated abused harry. Harry grew up small and skinny, with knobbly knees and the unruly hair he got from his father. He used to live at 4 privet drive along with his wife and son for nearly twenty years until they were forced into hiding during the escalation of the second wizarding war. Jk rowling reveals why the dursleys dislike harry potter so. Vernon despises harry and unlike his wife, is willing to kick harry out of the dursley home. Muggles guide to harry pottercharactersvernon dursley wikibooks. Rowling never explicitly told us, in the books, why vernon dursley and his wife, petunia, were so hard on harry, but she did reveal a bit of backstory years later that helped to explain their animosity. In the first book, the readers learn that harry s mother died trying to save him. Petunia dursley nee evans was the older sister of harrys mother, lily potter nee evans. Back to the burrow wikibooks, open books for an open world. Nov 29, 2018 vernon dursley 28 hermione granger 25 severus snape 23 albus dumbledore 23 draco malfoy 23 neville longbottom 20 ron weasley 17 include relationships petunia evans dursley vernon dursley 17 draco malfoyharry potter 8 james potterlily evans potter 8 harry potterseverus snape 6 sirius blackremus lupin 4.
When harry was two and vernon dursley bought dudley a toy car and harry a fast food meal with a toy with parts he could choke on petunia packed her things and got a divorce. Harrys embittered aunt, largely responsible, along with her venomous husband vernon, for housing him in a cupboard under the stairs. Vernon and petunia dursley were harry potters aunt and uncle. Harry s aunt, vernon s husband, and dudley s mother. Vernon supposed out loud that wizards had to live on unemployment benefit.
Vernon dursley woke up early at the hooting of hedwig, his nephew harry potters pet owl. But, he starts wondering what become of his relatives, the dursleys. Jun 24, 2015 petunia dursley, the sister of harrys mother, and her husband vernon take their nephew in when his parents are murdered, raising him alongside their own son dudley, but forcing him to live in. The family consists of vernon dursley, his wife petunia, their son dudley, and vernon s sister, marge. The transformation of harry melling is as magical as anything that ever took place. Petunia dursley, the sister of harrys mother, and her husband vernon take their nephew in when his parents are murdered, raising him alongside their own son. Vernon dursley was an english muggle, husband of petunia evans, father of dudley and uncleinlaw of harry potter. List of supporting harry potter characters wikipedia. If the characters of harry potter looked like they did in. Petunia dursley is harrys maternal aunt, lily potters older sister, vernons wife.
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