Nonetheless, there are examples of contemporary literary works that reinforce the negative stereotype of the witch. Witches (1983) written by the British writer Roald Dahl is a story about a young orphaned boy and his Norwegian grandmother who find themselves in a hotel full of witches; it turns out that the evil creatures hate children and plan to destroy them. Unsurprisingly, the book has been targeted by feminists who claimed that it is misogynistic, sexist and shows “how boys learn to become men who hate women.” 2.3 Witches on the silver screen Perhaps the most prevalent image of a witch is that of an evil old woman stirring a mixture in a large kettle. That image is indeed consistent with, for example, the Three Witches from Macbeth –