encounters a similar dilemma of localisation , as Circe ’ s power is tethered to one island , ‘ this shining shore ’, but as a rewriting of a mythological witch , not a real one , she actively maintains her power , whilst Chasin ’ s poem cannot manage . Rather , the evil attached to ‘ The Witch House ’ is a confrontation of the anger from that a house survived , whilst women burned , and that the modern woman poet must imagine herself a witness because so few first-hand accounts of the witch ’ s suffering remain .
However , the witch has become more than a solely historical lens allows us to understand , as she possesses a mythology of her own that the modern woman poet must also confront . Uniformity is expected from the witch ; she is rarely seen without her black cat , cloak , and pointed hat , tokens leftover from stories like The Wizard of Oz . Writing against the witch ’ s homogeneity , both Anne