1. The Hand of glory is often considered "the dried and pickled hand of a hanged man."
(source?) It is often specified as the left hand, or in the case of a mudermurder, "the
hand that did the deed." People preserve the hand by pickling or drying it to prevent it
from decomposing. This is correct, but the wording is too similar to the Wikipedia entry.
Also, why pickle and preserve a dead hand?
2. In this version of the sotory (spelling), Helga is not only the witch but also the
children’s (because this is irregular plural, the apostrophe comes before the “S”)'
stepmother. Based on how she was portrayed in this story, I don't believe that she is able
to be kind or even show any kind of goodness. Hmmm, really? Everything she had done
which that was remotely kind in the end benefitted her more than anything. Ah, I see.
Fair point! An example of this is when she managed to convince Karl that the kids need
to go because it'll cause them to starve (Unclear in your phrasing here). In the end, it
benefitted her more because she not only didn't have to deal with the kids but also could
get the nessasarynecessary (necessary) things needed to make her potion.
3. In this version, where the witch is not only the step-mother but also the main
character, we see the story from her perspective. This it helps usp see in her in a new
light. We get to see more into the authors creation of her backstoryappreciate her
context and seeing things from her eyes really makes us understand theher thought
processes behind everything that she did,
4. At the ending of the story, the witch apparentlally (apparently) turns into a child and
shows up at Karl's doorstep in hopes that he will take pity and help her. My opinion
about what happens next isn't that indept (in depth? Hmm, but your answer should have
depth!). I believe that the newly found family will continue chopping wood to provide
them with money as well as wood. –But it’s not really clear what happens. Weren’t they
starving to begin with?