He will often do this very subtly at first, because he wants us very badly. We are a powerful threat to him if we have the anointing of God upon us which arises from obedience to the Lord in our attitudes and behavior. She worked solely by inspiring fear in others. This is how satan works. He is the paper dragon who seems so overwhelmingly powerful and frightening, but who is in reality harmless in a universe over which God has absolute sovereign control.
Someone always helps that girl.
There are hidden forces of good and evil battling over the fate of the elect. Evil is always hiding, ready to attempt to get us, just as the wicked witch of the west could be seen lurking behind the scenes at various stages of Dorothy's journey. God's forces prevail in the end, but the battle between good and evil is a genuine battle. Glinda, also, seems to have been in the background like a fairy godmother or a guardian angel, orchestrating events. Supernaturally, she always knew how and when to intervene whenever Dorothy was in serious trouble.