I have always had this complaint about the HP books.

JK portrayal of the students in Slytherin. She never gave them any depth or other traits other than being mean, cruel, bullies and muggle haters...

Where as the other houses had charries that ran the gamut of all character traits. I mean not all of the claws were smart. Some of the badgers had the capacity to be really mean they they wanted to be. Not all of the lions were brave. Peter turned in his own friends to save his own hide.

So why on earth couldn't the Slytherins get the same attention and dimensions as the other houses. I mean een before we get to the school Hagrid says "there isn't a witch or wizard whose gone bad who wasn't from Slytherin."

Is that all they were? Were all of them like this?

Was this a fair portrayal of Slytherin