“It is no overimaginative to see in Anne’s attempts to comply with her father’s wishes a desperate effort by an unloved child to gain her father’s affection.”

This quote reinforces the toxic nature of Anne’s relationship with her father. As a female child, Anne relied on her parents to support her. If she refused to participate in this elaborate ruse that her father orchestrated, she could risk not only adding to the resentment her father felt for her, but also being cast out on her own. As such, Anne was unfairly coerced into faking these possessions and other witchcraft; she did not have the means to abandon her family even after the guise started taking an extreme toll on her.