Petunia Dursley

Description

Petunia Dursley is a thin blonde woman with nearly twice the usual amount of neck which she uses to crane over garden fences while spying on the neighbors. She has beady eyes that convey sharpness and suspicion along with pursed lips that often make her look as though she has swallowed a lemon, creating a sour and disapproving expression on her fair-skinned face with its sharp features. As a neat and conventional suburban English housewife of the late twentieth century she carries herself with prim posture and a judgmental air that makes her instantly recognizable as Harry's critical aunt. A middle-aged bony woman with a distinctly horse-faced profile, long neck accentuating sharp cheekbones and thin pale lips often pursed. Her face pales further with emotion, misty eyes narrow in perpetual judgment beneath straight blonde hair. Salmon-pink cocktail dress or house apron clings to angular frame. Demeanor radiates rigid disapproval, every movement clipped and censorious. Bony and horse-faced, with sharp features and squinting eyes. Thin frame moves with precise, wincing tension, cheekbones prominent. Often at the kitchen table in apron, smoothing hair or peering out at runner beans. Presence prickly and resentful, every gesture laced with suppressed fury. Petunia is thin, with a taut, narrow look and horselike teeth that sharpen the impression of severity. Her lips are often pursed, and her gestures are precise: she straightens cushions and holds herself with carefully maintained composure. The text does not specify her hair, eye color, or clothing details. She gives the impression of someone determined to keep both her surroundings and her feelings tightly in order.