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Essay Archive - What is a Witch?
What is a Witch?
"I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog too!” The Wicked Witch of the
West... One of the most notorious and stereotypical witches in all literature.
She had green skin, a big wart- covered nose, and a wide-brimmed black hat. She
summoned a legion of monsters, stirred evil brews in her black cauldron, and
generally made life difficult for the fun-loving citizens of Oz. She, and her
fellow “hags” tend to be seen in a rather comic light, despite their appearance,
and are usually seen around Halloween. They are one of the two ideas that most
people hold of who witches are and what they do. ....
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