Being a Black, it wasn't like Narcissa could quite be nice. But if she was mean she wouldn't exactly be a very good wife and mother, and she was exactly that. She truly cared for Lucius and Draco. Then again, this could have been because she was selfish...

i think that on the surface she was snobby to a point and she and her husband sided with voldemort, but she was never officially a death eater, and she was angry at voldemort for making her son do something that he could have died doing. i think that that was the last straw with her. i think she still pretended to side with voldemort to keep her family safe, but from that point on, she had lost faith and admiration in him. she really proves my point when she helped harry fake his death, instead of giving him away to voldemort, she asked him if her son was still alive, when harry whispered yes, she decided to forget about voldemort and do what she could for her son. there was always good in her.

I think that Narcissa is just a typical pureblood. She's a proud elitist and she only cares about her and her family's hides. Whether that makes her good or bad, it's what she is.

She was certainly prejudice but that doesn’t mean she like the idea of murder and torture. I got the feeling that she never really got to make any choices in her life, but started to show her authority after Lucius got out of Azkaban and was in no position to make the decisions. In the end though she was only out for her own family but can we really blame her for that?

I think that Narcissa is in between, at the same time, she cares for Malfoys safety. But then again, she hates the Muggle borns. But she also hates Harry. So she probably only cares for her loved ones safety, those who are closer to her. And, she doesn't like like mud-bloods, because she probably thinks of them as inferior. So I think that Narcissa Malfoy is in between, she can be caring and nice to her loved ones, but then again she can be mean and hate those who are below her in "blood".

I think Narcissa is in between but she did lie to the dark lord that Harry was really dead but she also HATES muggle-borns. But she really really cars about her family and purebloods

I agree with MuggleVampire.....She is in Between....
She hates Muggle borns but also she did LIE TO THE DARK LORD.....
and she just loves her family..

I think she has two sides to her.
one side is snobby because of her pure-bloodness but she was kind of forced to be that way from being with lucius.
there is also another side who really cares about her family especially her son

I agree with the most of you. I cannot say that Nacrissa is mean because of how she tries to protect Draco but she isn't nice because she is a death eater. However I think that's what all mothers do - protect their children.

i think that she had a softer side which is more than i can say for lucius

Yeah, I totally agree with you!
And I loved when in DH she helped Harry to save Draco!

hmm i think narcissa was bad 4 being with voldemort but when her son was put in danger becuz of the dark lord then i guess she regretted and wanted no realtion with him so she had a bad maybe dark past but we never though heard of her killing anyone she's a very good mother with a bad past. i like her fear for Draco few death eaters would care 4 their sons in my opinion

I think that Narcissa is a person who cares about her son above all else and she'll do whatever it is to protect him. Whether she's nice or mean, that seems too general to pick just one. I think she's very complicated!

that does make quite alot of sense.I think she is a good person, who made some awful desisions in her past.She is a good person, who's past intentions were bad, but when Draco *Yum* was in danger, she did exactly what every mother does, try to find a way to save her child and keep him(in Narcissa's case) safe and free from harm.So sorry if it made no sense at all!

Summary of what I just said:

she's a good person, who really cares about her son, willing to do anything to protect him from harm. But she has made some really bad choices in her life.

She's both.

She can be mean and hateful but she also really, truly loves her family. People aren't that simple, you can have many different aspects to your personality.

I believe that Narcissa can be defined as "mean". She was raised a pureblood and new nothing but pureblood beliefs so obviously she would take on those beliefs as her own. Obviously she feels that because she is pureblood, wealthy, and married to an extremely influential man, she is better than basically everyone in the wizarding world. One would think that this snobbish woman would make her a stand-offish, horrible mother-this is what I would have thought- but she actually dotes on Draco and goes agaisnt her master to make sure he is safe, which I think is sort of a partial (obviously not full) redemable act for her character.

I believe Narcissa is neither mean nor nice. She is just selfish, and introverted.

I don't think she really cares about anything except her family (which isn't necessarily a bad thing) but she will do bad things against other people to keep her family safe. But she isn't totally heartless either, when she lied about Harry being alive in DH she showed they she can sorta give back what she is given (if that makes any sense..).

Narcissa Malfoy is certainly snobby and cares much about her status in the social hierarchy; look at who her own family was: the Blacks. She married into a good, solid, respectable wizard family, and has notions and ideas not unlike our own English ways back in the days of the Royal Courts and such. It's not so much that she is mean or nice, it's more that she is using what she was raised to use to get ahead in life. And more often than not, her parents taught her that to get ahead you must crush everyone else in your path. So that is what she has done. Until her darling Draco gets bullied into serving the dark lord, and then all that goes out the window.

It takes a very special type of person to be able to look beyond what he or she has always known and to open his or her mind and heart to other possibilities. Narcissa is a product of her upbringing - nothing more, nothing less. She was taught to pride money, blood status, and family loyalty above all else, and did not have the temperament to ever question the importance of these things

Does that make her mean?

No one can deny, however, that she loved her son dearly. In the end, she cared for nothing more than the safety of Draco, and if that meant helping Harry Potter, than so be it. As mothers we would do anything to help protect our children regardless of the consequences. It is simply part of being a mother.

Does that make her nice?

she is just someone hidden under Lucius's shadow. She is neither nice or mean but a stuck up rich snob. But I love that about her.

I think she's both. I agree with astoriagreengrass. She's more concerned for draco.

I think that she is somewhere in between. Being a Black means that she was brought up to hate muggles, muggle-borns, and blood traitors. So Certainly she is a pure blood elitist. But on the other hand in the sixth book, she goes to see Snape about Draco's mission because she is worried that Draco was not going to complete his task and he would be killed. She was worried about her son. Just as any mother would be. In the seventh book, after Voldemort "killed" Harry he tells Narcissa to make sure he is dead. Somehow Narcissa knew that he was alive however she did not give him away. This may have been because Harry had saved Draco, but still she did not give Harry away. She told Voldemort that he was dead.

I have to admit that she is pretty cruel... but she is still too nice to be a Malfoy!!!she isn't cruel enough when she realizes that Draco wont kill Dumbledore... she goes to Snape, and makes him help Draco... THATS TOO NICE!! if she were a REAL Malfoy she would say "Screw it! I don't care if Draco dies! he was useless to begin with!"

yeahh from what i read in the books, she was a snob (but all the malfoys were) but it was obvious that she had a heart, i mean she was all protective when draco was supposed to kill dumbyy, but in her situation you couldnt be nice all the time either. :whale:

I don't think she mean nor nice. I think she's somewhere in between. Sure, she acts very snobbish to Harry and his friends, but she helps him near the end of the book. I think Narcissa helping Harry is the reason Harry had a chance to kill Voldemort. I think Narcissa asked Snape to help Draco because she's his mom, of course she would do that. So my answer to your question would be that Narcissa is somewhat between mean and nice.