Albus Dumbledore Heroic Traits

The best villains are the ones that can convince you they're heroes. Those are the ones who are the most twisted; the most manipulative; the most selfish. Behind the mask of a hero, they can have the darkest motivations driving them – but so long as they are truly charismatic, they can pass those motivations off as something for the greater good. This was the greatest strength of Albus Dumbledore; he fooled everyone into believing he was heroic, until they examine his actions more closely. He displays seven of the villainous traits throughout the books: smart, strong, resilient, charismatic, dishonest, selfish, and dangerous; the only exception is 'insane'. Four of the villainous traits are also heroic traits; strength, intelligence, resilience, and charisma are all aspects that allowed Dumbledore to masquerade as a hero. He was a strong, wise leader, who used his resilience and charisma to win the favor of his students and the majority of the magical public. It was because he had these traits that he was able to mask his dishonesty, selfishness, and dangerousness. In the
Dumbledore knew Sirius Black was innocent and had opportunity to intervene on two separate occasions, yet he did nothing and allowed Sirius to be imprisoned and executed. Sirius Black was wrongfully imprisoned as the man who had revealed James and Lily Potter's hiding place to Voldemort, when in reality it was Peter Petrigrew. Peter faked his own death to cast the blame on Sirius. Theoretically no one knew about this until over a decade later, when it was revealed that Peter was still alive. The only issue was this: Dumbledore was the one who cast the charm that made Peter Petrigrew the secret keeper, and therefore knew that Sirius Black was innocent from the very beginning. He did not intervene or speak up, but rather condemned Sirius and had him sent to Azkaban for twelve