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Literary notes about witch (AI summary)

The term witch is deployed with a remarkable versatility in literary texts, often denoting a powerful being steeped in magic and mystery. In some narratives, witches are embodiments of malevolence and terror, as seen when they cast cruel spells or issue dire commands ([1], [2], [3]). In other works, witches display a mix of traditional mysticism and moral ambiguity—oscillating between enchanting guides, formidable adversaries, or even tragic figures whose arts blur the line between wisdom and wickedness ([4], [5]). Whether depicted as the cunning antagonist in fairy tales or as a complex character in myth and legend, the witch persists as a symbol of forbidden knowledge and transformative power, challenging readers to reconsider the boundaries between the supernatural and the human realm ([6], [7], [8]).
  1. And the Wicked Witch said to the King Crow, "Fly at once to the strangers; peck out their eyes and tear them to pieces.
    — from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
  2. Remember that the Witch is Wicked--tremendously Wicked--and ought to be killed.
    — from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
  3. "I got them from the wicked Witch of the East, when my house fell on her and killed her," she replied.
    — from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
  4. P. 18, l. 295, Wise beyond men's wont.]—Medea was a "wise woman" which in her time meant much the same as a witch or enchantress.
    — from Medea of Euripides by Euripides
  5. "Reason" in language!—oh what a deceptive old witch it has been!
    — from The Twilight of the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with the Hammer. The Antichrist by Nietzsche
  6. The old witch with a white moustache would not trust me.
    — from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo
  7. that mouldering long hast hung On the witch-elm that shades Saint Fillan's spring
    — from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott
  8. When darkness came on, he saw a light, which he went up to, and came to a house wherein lived a witch.
    — from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

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