I don't think he's evil cause he is forced to act on voldemorts orders. He doesnt really have a choice.

I don't think he is evil. He just does the bad stuff he does, because of what his family decides. In the book/movie, he was scared and he didn't want anyone to die, so he was scared to kill Dumbledor. I personally think he what to keep his family safe. He is only unhappy, because his dad set him into a life, he never wanted. If his father never was a death eater, and fallowed Voldemort then Draco would be a good person.

so I think that malfoy is just a fallower and he is jsut following in his father footsteps but I also think he can take the right steps in life to do the right things in the wizarding world....

no! I don't think malfoy is really evil. I think he was brought into it by his parents and just plain jealous of harry, and told to be! He was forced into everything and knew no different. I have become a real malfoy sympthasizer - poor boy. If he wasn't brought up in the family he was brought up in I don't think he would have had any part of it, but he was told his family had status and honestly i think he was purely terrified of voldemort and wanted no part of it, but had to, just like his family the second time around (well, at the very end, lucius seemed pretty keen for voldemort to rise in the earlier books - but later on I think he had a change of heart). well, that is my opinion of it anyway.

naawwww, he's just jealous and blinded by hatred. He's also heavily influenced by his parents. If you've grown up believing one thing, it's hard to then realise that your parents may have been wrong all this time. I don't think he truly knows what he's gotten himself into until the end.

I do not think that Malfoy is evil. My reasons:

*he was forced into this job by Voldemort as a punishment for his father

*if he was truely evil he would have killed Dumbledore right away rather than waiting and eventually having Snape do it

*doesn't Myrtle mention a boy crying refering to Draco proving the stress it has on him

*this example comes up in the movie, once Draco finds out he has cursed Katie he goes into the bathroom and is crying and shaky, would he do that if he was evil?

draco not evil it the way hes been brought up taught by his family that voldermort is the one to follow and anything less then pureblood is wrong he is a bully and a coward but in the end cannot kill and cannot name harry when he is about to be killed

I don't think he's evil. He's spoiled, cowardly, arrogant and cruel sure, but he's capable of good things. He cares about his family and most of the things he did were just because of either fear or what his parents taught him.

I don't believe that Draco is evil. I think that he was forced into working for Voldemort, and I think in the movies that was really shown. I also think that he comes from a family where Pure-Blood is the only way to go, going against that is hard. Some people want to branch out from how their family feels/thinks but can't. I think that Draco was/is a good person and is capable of many great things if given the right circumstance.

I think Vivi jack has a good point here. Dumbledore was always seeing the good in people. I think he made Draco prefect in the hopes that the appointment would give him a chance to grow into the person he was meant to be.

i don't think hez actuallly evil bcoz watever he did was not by his own!it waz bcoz of his parents who forced him n his fright of voldemort!

I'm surprised at all of the sympathy. Perhaps it's because when people see Draco, they can't help but picture Tom Felton. I don't think that calling Draco evil is correct, but he was definitely a bad person. Using the way he was raised as an excuse doesn't really cut it with me. There are other examples of people who were raised in that kind of environment, but turned out differently. Sirius is a great example of someone coming from a pureblood family who supported Voldemort, but he chose a different path. Even Harry, at 11 years old, chose his path by making the Sorting Hat put him in Gryffindor. Dumbledore said it is our choices that define us, far more than our abilities. Draco isn't a poor, defenseless puppet of his parents. He chose to act mean to Harry, to act like a spoiled brat to the whole school. He was behind most of the mean campaigns directed towards the Gryffindors (Potter Stinks, Weasley is our King). He was even excited about the task Voldemort gave him to kill Dumbledore at first, and was bragging to his friends about it. He only started getting upset when he realized mending the cabinet was difficult, and Voldemort was threatening him. In the last book, he had one good moment of not wanting to identify the trio. That was erased, however, when he tried catching them in the Room of Requirement to hand over to Voldemort. In the end, he didn't redeem himself. He only nodded to Harry 19 years later because he is a coward, who only gets behind the winning side.

I know it's hard not to think of Felton and the Draco of the movies, but if you stick to the books, he is definitely a snivelling, cowardly, bad person.

So true. It is incorrect to say that Draco redeamed himself in the slightest. He might not have crossed the line into evil, but he erased the one noble thing he ever did.

Draco may have been a nasty little brat when he was younger but he was more 'talk' than 'action'. There were times when he could have crossed the line - Killing Dumbledore on the tower or giving Harry away at Malfoy manor..

I think Draco was fearful inside and put on a big front and hoped his nastiness would cover up his desire not to involve himself in dangerous situations, get hurt, or be killed . He wanted his family's praise and love and tried to make himself as "dark" as he could without doing himself physical harm. Nor was he a killer at heart.

Malfoy was a coward. He ran from every problem, and was never a true believer in Voldemort's cause. He is about as evil as Nevillle.

No he is just domineering and he likes to be in center of events! And he had to kill Dumbledore because he love his parents, and also he knew that he had a job with You-know-who

That is a very very incorrect statement! Malfoy was a child who felt joy at the thought of a giant snake killing Hermione and always did everything he could to make Harry and his friends miserable. He caused harm to Hagrid and GLOATED that he would get the chance to kill Dumbledore. Then he tried to capture Harry and turn him in to Voldemort. A pathetic display of nobleness. He may not have been evil, but he was walking the line.

Neville, on the other hand, was someone who always tried to do what was right and he only really wanted to get by. He felt miserable at being bad in classes but strove to try and he was nice to hiss housemates. In the end he became a real hero, who was willing to storm the Department of Mysteries, join an illegal club and start that club again to defy some of the most twisted wizards and witches in the world. He was worthy for the Hat to come to him.

Malfoy was a sixteen year old boy and he was afraid. He was given a task that exceeded his powers. He did gloat about it at first, but later he feared what he had to do. At first because he wasn't sure he was going to succeed, but later he realised he wasn't a killer. He wasn't able to kill Dumbledore. "We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are." Draco usually chose to act on his dark side. He believed that only pure-blood wizards were worth living and he wished harm upon those he considered were beneath him.. But he was a coward, he was always on the winning side, without actually believing in everything he stood up for.

Yeah, I agree. I disagree that he can be compared to Neville.

He couldn't be any more different from Neville. Neville stood up for what he believed in and worked hard for everything he accomplished. Draco didn't have to do that. Neville was easily frightened, but he was always able to do what is right, regardless of how scared he was.

Exactly.