The witch represents the danger of maternal hypersolicitude, where an overprotective or overly indulgent caregiver can paradoxically become a devouring, destructive force.

“The mother who offers her children too much, who does everything for them, who goes above and beyond the call of duty to announce to the world her virtuous compassion as the highest possible moral virtue is also the helic hovering helicopter mother who ends up devouring her own children.”