The mirror is Claudia's mother

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cgraves04 — 12 years ago(October 31, 2013 11:00 PM)

When Claudia first arrived, she asked her brother something like "I wonder if our mother would be happy for me or if she would despise me because the world that rejected her has accepted me."
Obviously her mother was a witch, and I think she lives in the cupboard that Claudia inherited. She wants to punish Claudia for being happy, so she exploits Claudia's jealousy of Lilli's beauty, making her turn on and try to destroy everyone she loves and thus herself.

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TheMagiciansWorkshop — 12 years ago(January 14, 2014 10:06 PM)

If the mirror was her mother then she'd know it, and would have acted more shocked when the mirror came to life. She's obviously seen the magic of the mirror before and knows how to exploit it.

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mference123 — 11 years ago(August 09, 2014 08:52 AM)

She seems surprised when the mirror talks to her, but not that surprised because it's telling her what she wants to hear.
The mirror is a hodgepodge of metaphors, partly the reflection of Claudia's darker side, partly memories of Mom (who was clearly a take charge sort of lady. I like that we never get to know her backstory and can just imagine horrible things), partly a supernatural source of power.
The writer had some trouble deciding exactly which metaphor to choose, so he threw them all in there.
I understand. Thank you for telling me.

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