Confession Of An Ugly Stepsister Analysis

Acknowledging the book, “Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister,” written by the same author of Wicked, Gregory Maguire takes us into the magical world as one knows as the streets of Haarlem in Holland. In this magical world, there is a woman named Margarethe, her husband is Jack Fisher, and they both have two ugly daughters Iris and Ruth. In addition, as one reads further into the book, Margarethe gets married with Cornelius van den Meer, who he and his ex-wife Henrika, had a beautiful daughter named Clara. Furthermore, Margarethe, in the book, is known as a selfish, greedy, and self-absorbed witch that the people of the town refer her as because her wishes are for all of her fantasies to go according to her plans, therefore wanting the best for …show more content…
In addition, Margarethe declared her side of her story, by saying that her own father “taught the trade” (13) to her husband. But because her father “was dead of ague, and no Dutchman was to be had, so they killed the best thing: one of their own who had married a Dutch maid. My own husband, Jack” (13). Furthermore, when she was telling her story, the strangest thing happens “A maid splashes a bucket of dirty water on the cobbles: Margarethe has to leap back to keep from a dunking” (13). In light of this belief, one can acknowledge the maid having a sixth sense; moreover, allowing her to know that Margarethe was actually an evil demon, that was lying about her husband’s death. Therefore, one can believe that the dirty water was actually holy water. In addition, when the evil witch Margarethe jumped back, to not get splashed on. One can confirm that if a small tiny drop of the holy water made contact with her, she will …show more content…
In addition, as one read though out the book, one confirms by acknowledging what Maguire wants us to understand about Margarethe’s character. Furthermore, she will always be known as the evil, selfish, greedy, and self-absorbed witch that wants all her desires to come true by committing murders, making her daughters make her wishes come true, as a result having her dream to be rich and live in luxury actually happen. In addition, none of her daughters get married with the Prince Philippe de Marsillac, which was one of Margarethe’s number one wishes that she wanted to come true. Clara, Margarethe’s step daughter, in the end gets married with the prince who they both have two children together. But at the end of the day, one knowns the witch never gets her happily ever