Marjorie Dursley

Marjorie "Marge" Dursley is Vernon Dursley's sister. She breeds Bulldogs. Ripper, a particularly ferocious one, is her favourite. According to her, he cannot bear to be separated from her even for a few days.

Appearance and personality
Marge is described as resembling her brother: large, beefy, purple-faced, and even having a moustache, though not as bushy as his.

Marge does not like Harry, and the feeling is quite mutual. When she visits, she always brings expensive gifts for Dudley (who only puts up with her because he is well-paid for it) such as a computerized robot, and less satisfactory "gifts" for Harry, such as a box of dog biscuits. Marge did not know Harry's parents, but she was constantly calling them names and implying their uselessnes to society.

While she is not a blood relative of Harry's, he is forced to call her Aunt Marge (which she technically is, being Vernon's sister). She insults his parents, and allows Ripper to chase Harry up a tree and is generally very cruel to him; at Dudley's fifth birthday party, she whacked him in the shins to stop Harry from beating Dudley at musical statues. While the Dursleys frequently ask Harry to stay out of their way, which he is only too glad to do, Marge strives for the opposite: she wants him under her watch all the time, so she can spew out suggestions about how he can improve himself. Marge is a powerfully dominant woman whom even makes Vernon Dursley look weak and powerless.

Summer 1993


During the summer of 1993, she stayed at the Dursleys' house for a week. Knowing nothing about Harry's "abnormality," Marge was told that Harry attended St. Brutus' Secure Center for Incurably Criminal Boys. She belittled Harry the entire week she was there. When she asked if the cane was used at St. Brutus', she commented that she didn't believe in not hitting people who deserved it. When she asked how often Harry was beaten, and he casually replied "all the time," she insisted that the school was clearly not hitting him hard enough.

She also delighted in comparing Harry to Dudley, and remarking about what made Harry such an unsatisfactory person. When Marge insulted Lily, Harry accidentally lost control of his magic, and shattered a brandy glass Marge was holding. A few days later, when she insulted James, Harry intentionally inflated her like a balloon and floated her to the ceiling. A few hours later, she was punctured, and had her memory modified by the Accidental Magic Reversal Squad of the Ministry of Magic.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
 * Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
 * Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix