Wicked: The Wicked Witch Of The West

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Wicked, is the untold story about the Witches of Oz. The music and lyrics are written by Stephen Schwartz, and the book is written by Winnie Holzman. Wicked is based on the novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. This play is an alternative story, which is told from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz.
The play begins with Glinda (the good witch) coming into the town and they are discussing how they heard a rumor that Glinda used to be an acquaintance of Elphaba. The story then flashes back to when Glinda and Elphaba were in college.
The two attended Shiz University, Glinda was a rich, spoiled, and popular. Elphaba was only attending Shiz University to look after her sister Nessa-Rose whom was the spoiled …show more content…

Elphaba is constantly ridiculed and eventually is given the label, wicked witch of the west. Elphaba deep down though just wants to fit in and is a sweet person. She is willing to help anyone who is in need of care and eventually gets these helpless people’s back turned to her; while she goes and meets the Wizard of Oz, which does not go the way that Elphaba had planned. Her visit with the Wizard of Oz did not help her confidence when the town starts to ridicule her for every decision she makes. Glinda deeply loves Fiyero Tigelaar, a prince; but Fiyero’s future has different plans for the two of them. Fiyero likes Glinda because of her beauty and looks, but started to grow feelings for Elphaba for being this nice and gentle person, which not what people have labeled her to be. Fiyero wants to help Elphaba and ends up getting in trouble. After Fiyero and Elphaba find that they have feelings for one another, they try to hide these feelings from other people. After being wanted for overshowing the wizard, Elphaba returns home to find her sister the mayor of the east, and her father dead. Her sister lies to her and tells her that he died from all of the shame she brought to him. Elphaba tries to help her sister become the kind person she use to and help free the munchkins but in return gets all the fault blamed on her. When he takes a trip to emerald city he is murdered by the

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