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In Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes", the Dust Witch can be described using the tone word corrupt. The Dust Witch has a corrupt tone because of her immoral ways of assisting Mr. Dark and the attempted murder of Charles Halloway because of the carnival's evil influence. This can be seen when the Dust Witch tries to smell the souls of Jim and Will and see where they are hiding while Charles Halloway and Mr. Dark are having a conversation about the boys."Forefinger thrust to the sidewalk grille, implying: there! there!"(Bradbury 179) This is a demonstration of how the Witch is corrupt because she would rather help Mr. Dark use the boys for his carnival instead of helping them escape.The Dust Witches corrupt tone is also seen in

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