Second, Merricat’s black cat familiar Jonas, whose only job is to protect her from any harm therefore, why Merricat explicitly mentions that if they ran out of food, Jonas would hunt their food.Īlthough the witch has the perception of being the evil being and antithesis of the hero of the story, Jackson retakes the witch, and she twists it into a more positive image of protection.
Although it is questionable if those safeguards work, their functionality is still valid for Merricat. First, she has developed a whole magic system that protects her and her sister from the harms of the outside world, which patriarchy is part of it. She is an 18-year-old woman who still behaves like a child with her world of imagination, fantasies, and made-up lands together with a group of violent ideas and wishes towards her “enemies.” Consequently, multiple clues point towards Merricat being a witch. Merricat behavior is a clear representation of her mental state. Merricat is the psychopathic representation of the free witch. Subtle enough, Jackson deposits in Merricat a set of disturbing traits to highlight the importance of the character.
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