Something Wicked This Way Comes Character Analysis

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Section one: Characterization
The dust witch can be seen as having a wicked behavior and has an attitude shift throughout the novel, Something Wicked This Way Comes. The Dust Witch can be seen having wicked behavior, and then having an attitude shift to weak when the author says, “Charles Halloway giggled. Why? The witch pulled back the merest quarter inch as if some strange but hidden electric socket, touched with wet whirl, gave shock.” (Bradbury, 228) When Mr. Dark sends the dust witch to go stop Charles Halloway’s heart, the Dust Witch has an attitude shift from being wicked to weak when Charles starts to laugh instead of dies. This happens because laughter is the magic weapon to weaken to carnival and anyone apart of it. Another example

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