Harry was the most outspoken, which often landed him in trouble. She steadfastly stuck to the Ministry line that Voldemort had not returned and that Harry Potter's claims were only to get attention for himself.
Apparently, Umbridge's mother was a Muggle and her brother was a Squib – a source of huge embarrassment for the family. Perhaps their abandonment and retreat back into the Muggle world had such a huge impact on Umbridge that it became the catalyst for her Muggleborn-targeted cruelty later on in life.
Wanting to discredit Harry Potter, Madam Undersecretary Dolores Umbridge ordered two Azkaban Dementors to Little Whinging in order to silence him. Harry managed to drive the Azkaban guards away with a corporeal Patronus, thus saving himself and his cousin, but was punished by the Ministry regardless.
After rumours of Lord Voldemort's return and the increased paranoia of Cornelius Fudge, Umbridge set two dementors on Harry Potter and his cousin Dudley Dursley in Little Whinging in an attempt to get him expelled from Hogwarts for use of magic outside of school.
In turn, Umbridge acts in the open, from a position of power, being the Minister of Magic's right hand. She's not a Death Eater masquerading as a government official — she's just an awful person taking advantage of being in a top position.
Although Umbridge was not a Death Eater, and had no direct contact with Lord Voldemort, she showed that she was fairly in line with their goals. This was due to Umbridge's callous nature and her prejudiced beliefs, both of which were similar to Death Eater behavior.
If you have only seen the films, you might be surprised to hear that it wasn't Cho Chang who betrayed Dumbledore's Army to Professor Umbridge – it was Marietta Edgecombe. A friend of Cho's and a fellow Ravenclaw, Marietta (reluctantly) joined the DA.
Was Umbridge a terrible person because of the Horcrux?
Despite this, some feel that her extreme cruelty in Deathly Hallows was given to the influence of Slytherin's Locket as a Horcrux, but J.K. Rowling has affirmed that this isn't the case and that the Locket couldn't worsen Umbridge as she was already such a horrible person.
"She has an affinity for this horrible object, which would help rather than hinder her" so, the horcrux's negativity actually affected in a good way for umbridge(in her perspective, not us ofc, she got worse!)and made her able to summon a patronus.
Although she was very happy to go along with Voldemort's view of the world – she was very much a bigot – her predominant motivation seemed to be more about how much authority and influence she could secure because for Umbridge it was all about well… Umbridge.
When Dementors attacked, they often caused victims to relive their worst memories. Even though Dudley was unable to acknowledge their presence, the creatures were able to manipulate his mind.
Upon viciously insulting the centaurs, they promptly attacked her, overpowered her, destroyed her wand and dragged her away into the forest, with Harry and Hermione barely escaping the centaurs' wrath.
Snape enters Umbridge's office, and Harry yells “He's got Padfoot at the place where it's hidden!” in hopes that Snape will contact someone in the Order. Umbridge admits she was the one who sent the dementors to Little Whinging last summer.
Bellatrix was an unapologetic monster who utterly relished in the pain and torment she caused, Umbridge was a monster but a monster in a pink coat, she could hide her evil behind a fake smile and supposed civility.
They are just as vile as each other. The key difference is that Umbridge has more control being able to mask her " evil " and be in a government position where as Bellatrix is the person that has been caught and is more impulsive.
Correctly judged, by senior Death Eaters, to have much more in common with them than she ever had with Albus Dumbledore, she not only retained her post but was given extra authority, becoming Head of the Muggle-born Registration Commission, which was in effect a kangaroo court that imprisoned all Muggle-borns on the ...
Yes, but Voldemort is convinced that no one knows he made Horcruxes. And that the Horcrux is safe in the cave. Besides, he would never allow anyone to wear the Slytherin locket. She kept lying to everyone that it was a family heirloom and that she was related to the Slelwyns.
Notably, Voldemort appeared to be entirely unaware of this split, as he later created a seventh Horcrux in his quest to have six, and continued to target Harry Potter despite him now holding part of Voldemort's own soul.
Well, in Umbridge's case, while she may have been working for the bad guys of bureaucracy, she was never under Voldemort's thumb. She was allied with the Death Eaters and definitely enabled them, she was never an official part of the organization.
“[Umbridge's] desire to control, to punish and to inflict pain, all in the name of law and order, are, I think, every bit as reprehensible as Lord Voldemort's unvarnished espousal of evil,” Rowling wrote.
In July 1997, Moody was killed by Lord Voldemort during the Battle of the Seven Potters. Moody's corpse was recovered by the Death Eaters, and his magical eye was somehow taken by Dolores Umbridge, who used it to keep track of her subordinates in the British Ministry of Magic.
Their relationship grew stronger after the death of Cedric Diggory, but Harry suspected Cho of betraying their secret student group. Cho's lingering feelings for Cedric and a lack of chemistry between her and Harry contributed to their breakup, leading to Harry ultimately ending up with Ginny Weasley.
Yes, he did bully Snape but so did the other marauders like Sirius - Remus wasn't really any better - did he stop James from bullying Snape? Did Peter? And yet people still call Remus a good man (which I believe fully :)) But James Potter died to protect his family. He gave Sirius a home when he needed it.
