The resounding success of ‘Wicked: part one’ in its opening week has many looking for answers about the background of the story, the explained ending and details about what will happen to the characters in the second part.
Here you have all the answers about the plot of the first part, what happened in the end with the characters and what will happen in the second part of ‘Wicked’.
What is the plot of “Wicked: Part One”? The story inspired by a book is very faithful to the original work
“Wicked: Part One” is a film adaptation of the first act of the Broadway musical, which in turn is based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, who revised and expanded the story of the characters in “The Wizard of Oz.”
The plot of “Wicked: part one” begins with a celebration of the death of the Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, calms the people of Oz by telling them that they have nothing to fear anymore. , but they ask what her relationship was with the wicked witch and if it’s true that they were friends.
So Glinda recounts how she met Elphaba, a young woman who was rejected for being born with green skin and who develops powers dependent on her temperament.
Elphaba and Glinda met at Shiz University, where they initially see each other as rivals, but end up being friends. At the invitation of the Wizard of Oz, Elphaba travels to the Emerald City and invites Glinda to go with her, but discovers that he is an impostor and is deceiving the residents with mechanical tricks.
Elphaba discovers that the Wizard and Madame Morrible are behind the oppression of the talking animals in Oz, and although Glinda asks her to help them bring peace to the kingdom, Elphaba refuses and is declared enemy number one.
These are all the characters of ‘Wicked: part one’ and their connection to each other, will we see them in part two?
Elphaba Thropp is the protagonist and who ends up being known as the Wicked Witch of the West. Although she starts off as Glinda’s rival, they later become friends and even fall in love with the same man, Fiyero. She is Nessarose’s older sister. She is also the most wanted student of Madame Morrible, who she believes is the key to realizing the Wizard of Oz’s plan.
Glinda Upland is the future Good Witch of the North, she always seeks to please others and wants to become a witch when she gets to Shiz University, so Elphaba helps her to be trained by Madame Morrible, although she always rejects her. She falls in love with Fiyero, because he is just as superficial as her, but later becomes interested in Elphaba.
Fiyero Tigelaar is a prince who arrives at Shiz University and wants his classmates to have fun and not overthink things. Although he has a romance with Glinda at first, he ends up taking an interest in Elphaba when she helps her rescue a lion from captivity. In time he will transform into the famous Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz.
Nessarose Thropp is Elphaba’s younger sister, who cannot walk and is in a wheelchair due to premature birth due to her mother chewing poisonous flowers before giving birth. Although she seems kind and sweet, she is jealous of Glinda who is so beautiful and conquers everyone around her, including her romantic interest, Boq. Her resentment will lead her to become the Wicked Witch of the East.
Boq is a student at Shiz University and hails from Munchkinland. He lives in love with Glinda, but when she asks him to help Nessarose he makes his sister Elphaba fall in love with him. But since Boq only loves Glinda, Nessarose begins to despise them both and ends up making Boq her slave and then falls victim to a spell that almost ends her life. In time, he will transform into the famous Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz.
Madame Morrible is the headmistress of Shiz University and an ally of the Wizard of Oz. Although he seems kind and helpful at first, he only seeks Elphaba to help him control the people of Oz with her powers. She is responsible for the people who rose up against Elphaba and called her The Wicked Witch of the West.
The Wizard of Oz is the man who rules the land of Oz by deception and mechanical tricks, since he has no real powers and only uses the witches around him to have true power and control over others. He is Elphaba’s real father to whom her mother had a bond with because of the potion.
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After rejecting the Wizard’s advances, Elphaba decides to leave her castle and take the book of spells so that they cannot use them to continue to dominate others and silence the animals of Oz. Madame Morrible warns the citizens that she is a traitor, a threat, and that she is an evil witch.
Cornered by the flying monkey guards, Elphaba tells Glinda to leave together, as their combined power would be limitless and they could help others. But Glinda prefers to stay and Elphaba becomes enraged, saying that she would rather achieve her ambition for power with the Wizard than actually help others.
Elphaba casts a levitation spell and conjures a broom on which she leaves the castle, while saying that if anyone wants to find her to kill her, they can go to the West, which is why she is known as The Wicked Witch ever since of the West.
What will happen in ‘Wicked: part two’? The fate of Elphaba, Glinda and other characters
“Wicked: Part Two” will show the aftermath of Elphaba’s rejection of the Wizard and how Madame Morrible creates a campaign of fear against her, using Glinda as Oz’s main defender against the Wicked Witch of the East and the friendship and her belief in their ideals. will be compromised.
Nessarose will become the ruler of Munchkinland after her father’s death and become a dictator, taking away the rights of the inhabitants due to her resentment against Boq for not loving her like Glinda.
Elphaba will face the Wizard, who will try to convince her to join him, but she will continue to fight to free all the oppressed animals, while Fiyero realizes that his heart belongs to Elphaba, not Glinda.
Fiyero’s transformation into Scarecrow and Boq’s transformation into Tin Man, in addition to Nessarose’s death will trigger a confrontation between Elphaba and Glinda that will have a shocking ending.
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