Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Gabrielle Delacour
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Gabrielle Delacour | |
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Gender | Female |
Hair color | Blonde |
Eye color | Unknown |
Related Family | Fleur Delacour |
Loyalty | Fleur Delacour |
Overview
editGabrielle Delacour is Fleur Delacour's sister.
Role in the Books
editWe first see Gabrielle when she is one of the hostages for the Four Champions in the Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament. Each of the Champions is given one hour to rescue that which is most dear to them from the bottom of the lake. Gabrielle is what is most precious to Fleur. Fleur fails in her attempt to reach Gabrielle, and is so relieved when Harry surfaces with her that she runs over and kisses him, and also Ron who had some incidental role in her return.
Gabrielle is present in the audience for the Third Task, though she plays very little part. She does wave to Harry, who waves back at her.
Gabrielle is mentioned in passing by Fleur as part of her planning for her wedding to Bill Weasley along with the fact that she never stops talking about Harry.
Gabrielle is one of the bridesmaids at the wedding of Fleur Delacour and Bill Weasley. She arrives two days before the ceremony, with Monsieur and Madame (Apolline) Delacour, and follows Fleur around, prattling away at her in French and trying to help out. She flirts with Harry by batting her eyelashes, much to Ginny's annoyance. She served as a bridesmaid alongside Ginny.
Strengths
editWeaknesses
editRelationships with Other Characters
editGabrielle clearly has a strong connection to her sister.
Gabrielle also developed a crush on Harry after he saved her from the lake, given that she never stopped talking about him along with batting her eyelashes when the two met again for Bill and Fleur's wedding. However, the crush went nowhere.
Analysis
editWhen reading the fourth, sixth and seventh books, Gabrielle appears to share similarities with Ginny Weasley:
- Both were the youngest sisters of the family.
- Both are also younger than Harry. Ginny is a year younger than him while Gabrielle is six years younger than Harry.
- Both of their first names start with 'G'.
- Both were selected as bridesmaids for Bill and Fleur's wedding.
- Both were saved by Harry from a perilous Water-filled location: Chamber of Secrets for Ginny, the Black Lake for Gabrielle.
- Both had a huge crush on Harry and were mentioned to have talked non-stop about him from their older siblings (Ron mentioned Ginny and Fleur mentioned Gabrielle).
- Both became relatives of Harry. Ginny married Harry while Gabrielle became a distant relative of Harry since Gabrielle's older sister, Fleur, married Bill, Ginny's oldest brother.
There were also differences:
- Gabrielle only had one older sister, while Ginny had six older brothers.
- Ginny has red hair while Gabrielle has blonde hair.
- Gabrielle is French while Ginny is British.
- Ginny first met Harry when he arrived at Platform 9 and 3/4 to start his first year at Hogwarts, while Gabrielle first met Harry when he was in his fourth year as a Triwizard Champion.
Questions
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