“Her hideous dome of black hair looked like it was coated in oil. Her hulking black dress, shapeless as a potato sack, couldn’t hide freakishly pale skin and jutting bones. Ladybug eyes bulged from her sunken face.”
Agatha’s form is disparate from Sophie’s charm. Her bodily form is what emboldens others to deem her a superlative entrant for the “School for Evil” for it is not alluring. Indeed, her corporeal aspect is utilized to brand her as a villain.
“Graveyards have their benefits… No nosy neighbors. No drop-in salesmen. No fishy ‘friends’ bearing face masks and diet cookies, telling you you’re going to Evil School in Magic Fairy Land.”
Agatha’s observation about the supremacy of graveyards is ironic seeing that most people would spurn the graveyards which are illustrative of death and haunting. However, for Agatha, the graveyards do not personify the duplicity which is rampant in other localities. The graveyard offers her a superlative sanctuary from tags of “goodness versus wickedness” which are in-built and ubiquitous in societies.
“Now he wanted to marry that beast. Five years after her mother’s death, it wouldn’t be seen as improper or callous. A simple exchange of vows and he’d have two sons, a new family, a fresh start. But he needed his daughter’s blessing first for the Elders to allow it. The few times he tried, Sophie changed the subject or loudly chopped cucumbers or smiled the way she did at Radley. Her father hadn’t mentioned Honora again.”
Sophie’s aversion towards Honora submits that she contemplates that Honora would degenerate her father’s affection for her. Additionally, Sophie’s begrudging reasoning implies that Honora’s sons would be more cherished than her seeing that her father yearns for sons.
“Really, Agatha, what could be a greater destiny than a Fairy Tale Witch? I dreamed of going to the School for Evil! Instead, the School Master took that idiot Sven, who ended up outwitted by a princess in The Useless Ogre and set on fire. I’m not surprised. That boy could barely lace his own boots. I’m sure if the School Master could have done it over, he’d have taken me.”
Callis’ assertions validate that she does not distinguish her daughter’s inherent magnificence. Callis is positive that Agatha is preordained for “The school of Evil.” Manifestly, Callis’ looks are not alluring, which infers Agatha resembles her, which activated her juvenile longing of being a ‘Fairy Tale Witch.” Callis enlists the bandwagon of dooming Agatha due to her atypical looks which reveals how parents cultivate their children’s mentalities regarding the tenets of “beauty and ugliness.”
