In the novel, Something Wicked This Way Comes Mr. Dark is characterized as being manipulative, evil, and frantic. The novel reads, “Someone dear to you was down to the carousel… William Halloway. Where’s your mother tonight?” (Bradbury 217) This shows how Mr. Dark has a manipulative behavior towards Jim and Will by scaring them into making a noise so he can find him and steal their souls. Mr. Dark does this because he need the carnival to continue to function. Also, the author writes, “The Illustrated Man nodded toward the library ‘The janitor’s clock. Stop it.” (225) This shows how Mr. Dark is pure evil by killing Charles Halloway because he didn’t do what he said. Mr. Dark does this because he is not used to not getting his way. So, whenever