Wicked

1. Wicked Brian Bamsch, Victoria Caudill, Amanda Kwan

2. To start... Draw a witch!

3. Nessarose • Rules Colwen Ground • Still wearing shoes from her father, but are now enchanted by Glinda • Nanny confesses to something to Elphaba, what does Nanny confess? http://kougarkisses.blogspot.com/2010/07/silver-slippers-on-golden-brick-road.html

4. Nanny confesses "the gypsy woman . . . gave me some powerful pills. I've always wondered if the pills were the cause of Nessarose's affliction"(383) Nessarose might not be Frex's daughter.

5. Liir • Told everyone a magic carp in the well told him that Fiyero is his father. • Elphaba told Nanny that Liir might be her son. "I was in no state to know what was happening to me, and I spent a year in a deathly sleep. It's just possible I brought a child to term and delivered it" (372).

6. Nor • Turning into a young adult • Out playing in the grasslands and sees the Wizard's soldiers. • Guides soldiers to Kiamo Ko and finds a broom. • Nor flies the broom. http://www.thingsthatgoboo.com/halloween/halloweensymbolwitchbroom.htm

7. Elphaba • Learns how to ride the broom • Receives a letter from her father. • She flies to Colwen Ground to see her sister and Father. http://www.elifesize.com/568/The+Wicked+Witch+on+Broomstick+Standup.html

8. Colwen Ground "The gate was gilded, the forecourt swept clean of every scrap of grass and dung, and a bank of topiary saints in terra-cotta pots lined the balcony above the massive front door. Dignitaries with ribbons denoting new rank and prestige in the Free State of Munchkinland, she guessed, stood in small groups to one side" (329).

9. Frex What are some things that Frex told Elphaba? (hint pages 394-397)

10. Frex What are some things that Frex told Elphaba? (hint pages 394-397) • "I had thought you might join your sister in her seat of authority" (394) • "We are deluded into believing we are safe" (395) • "Even as an infant, she soothed your wildness with her obvious need" (396) • Frex tells Elphaba that Shell was like her.

11. Nessarose • Believed Elphaba dead • Nessarose as a 'serpent’. • Casts a spell on an axe for a women in exchange for two Sheep and a Cow • The axe will chop off the arm of Nick Chopper the woodsman

12. Elphaba and the Cow • The Cow gave up fighting against the laws against Animals. • No more Animal rights. • Elphaba lets the Cow go. • Nessarose eats cow liver a few days later

13. Frex • Wants Elphaba to rule. • Elphaba believes that a democratic government would be best. • Frex does not want to leave Cowen Ground because that would mean leaving Nessarose. • He and Melena shared Turtle Heart and Turtle Heart and him shared Nessarose.

14. Elphaba • is going back to Kiamo Ko • Nessarose writes in her will that Elphaba will get her shoes • Nessarose tells Elphaba how she might have a phantom soul. • Elphaba has a feeling that Madame Morrible was working with the Wizard. • "Who is in thrall to whom?" (416)

15. Kiamo Ko What has happened while Elphaba was gone from Kiamo Ko? (page 418)

16. Kiamo Ko What has happened while Elphaba was gone from Kiamo Ko? (page 418) Elphaba finds... • The doors left open. • Nanny in a barricaded room. • The royal family kidnapped by the Wizard's soldiers. • Liir is missing.

17. http://www.artisttonigrote.blogspot.com/ A Tornado • People of Oz bewildered by a tornado. • They aren't sure what it is. • "A gulfy diliquesence of deranged and harnessed air" (425). • "A volcano of the invisible, darkly construed" (425). • "Wind twisted up in a vortical braid" (426). • This is the Tornado that brings Dorothy to the Land of Oz.

18. Death of Nessarose • Nessarose is killed by house. • Some people mourn... • Others make jokes: • "She really brought down the house!" (326) • An "Alien" inside house (Dorothy) • Seen as a saint by Munchkinlanders.

19. News Spreads • Elphaba receives notice of sister's death. • Message from Shell (Brother) • She is busy creating Winged Monkeys • Is this contrary to her work towards Animal rights? • Liir has returned. • Whining about lack of freedom. • Elphaba tried to keep news from Nanny • Liir (w/ help from Chistery) spills the news. • Immature! http://thefamiliars.blogspot.com

20. Looking for Forgiveness • Nanny asks if Elphaba thinks Sarima is dead. • Elphaba angered by question. • She will try her best to find and save them. • Why is Elphaba distraught by this question? • Hint - Pg 431

21. Looking for Forgiveness • Nanny asks if Elphaba thinks Sarima is dead. • Elphaba angered by question. • She had tried her best to find them. • Why is Elphaba distraught by this question? • "But the image of Sarima in chains, Sarima as a decaying corpse, still withholding from the Witch her forgiveness for Fiyero's death--It pained her like water" (431). • It reminds her of the forgiveness she never managed to get from Sarima.

22. Eminent Thropp No More • Elphaba arrives in Munchkinland • Told she has no "particular liberties" anymore. • Shows they were not on good terms. • Want to have a democratic government. • Elphaba goes to see Frex • Devastated by loss of Nessarose. • "How will I live without my pet?" (433)

23. Glinda • She was there when the Tornado hit. • Tells of Nessa's death: • "There was no blood. ... [her] last few devoted followers thought this meant her spirit was taken up intact, and that she suffered little" (438). • Meets Dorothy • Tells her to visit the Wizard • Allowed her to take Nessarose's shoes. • Elphaba mad: http://images.wikia.com/wicked/images/1/10/Glinda.jpg "Nessa promised I could have them when she died!" (443)

24. Arrival of the Wizard • The Wizard demands to meet Elphaba • He wants two things: • Nessarose's Shoes • The "Grimmerie" • As a way of persuasion... • Nor shown as a captive. • Described in gruesome detail. • "She is my protection from you, you see" (449). http://stkarnick.com/culture/2011/06/14/

25. The Grimmarie (and Murder) • "This is an ancient manuscript ... generated in a world far away from this one" (450). • The Wizard talks of murder. • "What I did, what I do, cannot be murder. For, coming from another world, I cannot be held accountable to the silly conventions of naive civilization" (451).

26. An "offer" is made • Elphaba "offers" the Grimmarie. • Demands the Wizard leave Oz and unhand Nor. • Wizard demands to have the Grimmarie first. • "You should not trust my promise" (452). • "She had no intention of surrendering the Grimmerie to such as monster. If need be she would die to keep it out of his hands" (454).

27. The Yellow Brick Road http://readmebookmarkmeloveme.blogspot.com/ • Elphaba travels down YBR • Stops at house of Boq • Boq married to Milla • Elphaba summarizes section so far: • "I want the shoes. My father made them and they're mine now, and Glinda gave them to this girl without my permission. And woe betide Munchkinland if they fall into the Wizard's hands" (456)

28. Boq • Elphaba learns what people thought about her disappearance. • "Everyone said you'd gone mad, and had become an assassin" (457). (They were partly true) • Elphaba calls herself "Wicked Witch of the West" • Elphaba and Boq talk about Madame Morrible. • Elphaba has a flashback. • Who is in it? What is it about? (Pg. 459)

29. Dorothy Described • Milla - "Well I think she's a holy little girl" (460). • "Dorothy has this sweet charity toward her dog, a pretty dreadful little beast" (461). • "Dorothy is a child, but she has a heaviness of bearing like an adult" (461). • Boq - "I was charmed by her, to tell you the truth" (461). • Dorothy is shown in a very positive light. • Foreshadows her actions.

30. To Kill a Morrible • Elphaba develops a Plan. • Destroy the Source of her suffering • Madame Morrible • "The Witch would go and try to accomplish the task set out for herself fifteen years ago. Madame Morrible still waited to be killed" (463). • She runs from Boq's house because she is excited. • Runs until exhausted and remembers she has a broom. • Takes flight to carry out her plan.

31. Shiz is Whack, Yo • Shiz has become a "Money Factory" (463). • Economy has swelled in awareness of War. • While visiting University, Elphaba sees three girls. • She is startled by this... • Why? (Pg. 464) • Security at Shiz University has been highly relaxed. • Notice: Madame Morrible is no longer in control. • What does this show about Morrible?

32. Fulfilling the Plan • Elphaba gets permission to see Madame Morrible. • Poses as a friendly old student. • Morrible is DOA. (~5 mins past) • "Madame Morrible rested in a gray mound, ... her eyes open and shallow without motion" (467). • She beats Morrible's body with a trophy. • Trophy reads: "In appreciation of everything you have done" (467). • Does not go back to kill Grommetik

33. Avaric • Elphaba goes to Avaric to announce her deed. • Does so in worry that her message will not be heard • He is amused by her claims. • Opinion: Do you think he believes her? • In her discussion, she is reminded of a saying: • "No one controls your destiny. Even at the very worst--there is always a choice" (472). • Sparks a discussion on evil

34. Evil? • "Evil isn't a thing, it's not a person, it's an attribute like beauty..." (474). • "It's a power, like wind..." (474). • "It's an infection..." (474). • "It's a metaphysical, essentially: the corruptibility of creation--" (474). • Group: How would you describe evil? • Look over: Mid-473 to 474. http://andrewejenkins.files.wordpress.com

35. Searching for Acknowledgement • While having dinner with Alveric, Elphaba tells his guests about Madame Morrible's death. • Leaves Alveric's home drunk. • Encounters a dwarf • "But you try very hard at life..." (477) • "Why is my life so plagued? Who positioned her to influence my life?" (477) • Her = Yackle

36. Emotional Devastation • The Time Dragon acts out Elphaba's life. • Act One: The Birth of Holiness • Act Two: The Birth of Evil • Act Three: Marriage of the Sacred and the Wicked • Elphaba decides on a new goal: obtain her sister's shoes from Dorothy • "She would make one last try for the shoes. She had nothing left to lose....Maybe, if she tried, she could shrug her shoulders and leave Munchkinland to its own fate"(483)

37. Thoughts of Suicide • The Witch is flying on her broomstick intoxicated towards Kiamo Ko. • She considers suicide because she is emotionally tired. • "She could give up these efforts. She could forsake Nor. She could release Liir. She could abandon Nanny. She could surrender Dorothy. She could give up the shoes" (485). • What do you think is preventing Elphaba from killing herself?

38. Seeking Acknowledgement • The next morning, the Witch wakes up with a hangover. • She returns home. • "I'm glad you're back" (486). • Liir caught a golden carp. • She wants to see a reaction for 'killing' Madame Morrible; no response, everything is still the same. • No one seems to care.

39. Nostalgia • The Witch sees herself in Dorothy. Why? • "Is it that Dorothy reminds me of how Nor was at this age?" (487) • "the Witch had never warmed to the glowing promise of children. She had always felt more alone in this regard than in her color" (487). • "Dorothy reminds me of myself, at that age" (487).

40. Revelation • The Witch dreams about the otherworld, and wakes up from a nightmare. • Witch makes a sleeping elixir and sees Nanny. • Witch is conflicted with whom her father really is. • Nanny doesn't remember where the green bottle came from.

41. News • In the morning, Liir comes back from the Wizard's soldiers • What does Liir report to the Witch? • Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, and the Lion requested for the Wizard to grant their wishes. • Wizard rejects their wishes unless the party kills the Witch. • Dorothy's last name is Gale.

42. Reason for Killing • According to the Wizard's soldiers, how does the Wizard justify killing the Witch to Dorothy? • Pg 492

43. Reason for Killing • According to the Wizard's soldiers, how does the Wizard justify killing the Witch to Dorothy? • "The soldiers said it's because you murdered an old lady in Shiz, a famous old lady, and you're an assassin. Also you're crazy, they said" (492).

44. Wishes • Liir wants to meet Dorothy. • What does Liir wish for? Why? • What does the Witch wish for? Why?

45. Wishes • Liir wants to meet Dorothy. • What does Liir wish for? Why? • "a father" (494) • What does the Witch wish for? Why? • " a soul" (494)

46. Faith and Evil • The Witch believes she does not have a soul. • "A person who doesn't believe in the Unnamed God, or anything else, can't believe in a soul" (495). • "Is religion itself—that tired and ironic phrase—the necessary evil?" • Consider Nessarose and Frex • "And would we recognize the Unnamed God if it knocked on our doors?"

47. The Witch and The Concept of Evil • "It isn't hard to find evil in this world...Evil is more easily imagined than good, somehow" (496). • To what extent do you agree with this statement? Why?

48. Longing • The Witch thinks the Scarecrow is Fiyero. • "Fiyero didn't die...He was imprisoned, and he has escaped. He is coming home to Kiamo Ko, he is coming home to me, and he is disguised as a scarecrow because he doesn't yet know what he will find" (498) • "It would take brains to think up such a plan" (498) • "Her dreams brought Fiyero closer and closer to home" (498).

49. Dorothy and the Witch • Should the blacksmith be killed for creating tools that kill people?

50. Dorothy and the Witch • Should the blacksmith be killed for creating tools that kill people? • The Witch wants to hate Dorothy. • Gives the Witch motivation to continue living • Dorothy's innocence makes the Witch doubt herself because Dorothy is incapable of hate. • "The Witch began to think about how she might disarm the girl. It was hard to tell what her weapons were, except for that sort of inane good sense and emotional honesty" (507).