Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Something Wicked This Way Comes, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Good vs. Evil
Age, Time, and Acceptance
Love and Happiness
Fear, the Supernatural, and the Unknown
Summary
Analysis
The telephone rings and Charles answers it. Will is on the other end of the line, and he frantically tells his father that he and Jim won’t be home for a few days. They must hide “until they go away.” Charles is confused. Who, he asks, but Will doesn’t answer. “Wish me luck,” Will says as he hangs up the phone. “Luck,” Charles says to the disconnected phoneline.
Will telephones Charles and tells him that he won’t be home, again showing Will’s thoughtfulness. Presumably, Jim does not call his own mother and she will likely worry about him. Charles places an inordinate amount of trust in his son’s decisions.
Themes
