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Hansel gets locked in a cage. Gretel pretends to be stupid. She lies to the witch. She says, "I don't know how to check the oven." When the witch leans in, Gretel—a child—shoves a grown woman into the fire.

Beyond the Gingerbread House: Why "CandyGretel" Isn't a Fairy Tale, It’s a Trauma Bond candygrettel

Candy and Gretel don’t just get lost. They are rejected . Psychologically, this is the core wound of every "people pleaser" or "over-achiever." They spend the rest of their lives trying to build a house safe enough to come home to, not realizing the person who locked them out was never coming back. Hansel gets locked in a cage

But the second Gretel is asked to "look in the oven," the mask slips. The witch isn't a mother. She is a consumer. She fattened them up not to love them, but to consume them. She says, "I don't know how to check the oven