Artist's commentary
I watched the french cartoon adaptation of the novel Ivanhoe when I was younger and the scene where the crazy old lady set fire to the castle while cackling 50 years , 50 years has always amused me. Back then I did not know why she suddenly set fire to the castle but I and my sister would mock each other pretending to be as unhinged as the crone while we mimic the voice.
It took me several years before I actually read the novel and I learned why she did what she did. The scene, to me, no longer feels like an out of place scene to become an object of mockery -_-