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WICKED

 

Elphaba - Elphaba is born in Munchkinland to a minister, Frex, and his wife, Melena. She grows up in the marshy Quadling Country in the south of Oz, where she sees the Wizard's people decimate the local population. At Shiz University, she becomes aware of the Wizard's oppression of sentient Animals and eventually drops out of school to move to the Emerald City and join a radical resistance network. She falls in love with Fiyero, a married prince from the western Vinkus region. When the Wizard's troops kill Fiyero because of his connection to Elphaba, she goes to his home in Kiamo Ko to seek his wife's forgiveness. There she studies sorcery and continues research on Animals and animals. Her temperament and her activities earn her the nickname the Wicked Witch of the West.

 

Glinda - Glinda is born with the name Galinda but changes her name in college. When she arrives at Shiz University, she is a superficial sort, obsessed with clothing and social connections. She resists being assigned Elphaba as a roommate, but the two develop a friendship as Glinda slowly appreciates Elphaba's intelligence and discovers her own friends' shallowness. After their professor, Dr. Dillamond, is murdered, Glinda changes her name from Galinda to honor him and begins to study sorcery. After college she marries Sir Chuffrey in Gillikin. She is by now a powerful witch, marginally involved in politics; her friendship with Elphaba is severed when Glinda gives Nessarose's sparkling shoes to Dorothy after Nessarose dies.

 

Nessarose - Nessarose, or Nessie, is Elphaba's younger sister, born without arms, likely a result of a medicine their mother took to prevent Nessarose from being born green. She requires constant supervision and assistance from Nanny to keep her balance until Glinda enchants a pair of dazzling shoes, made by Nessarose's father, to help her stand on her own. Free for the first time in her life, and with Elphaba disappeared into the Vinkus, Nessarose assumes the birthright role of Eminent Thropp in Munchkinland and rules with a heavy hand guided by her oppressive and inflexible religious beliefs.

 

Boq - Boq is a humble farmer from Munchkinland who attends college with Elphaba and Glinda. He falls in love with Glinda, who rebuffs his attentions because he lacks both social and physical stature. Boq recognizes Elphaba from their childhood playgroup and becomes close friends with her and joins her as an assistant in Dr. Dillamond's research into the nature of Animals and animals. In later life, as a married farmer in Munchkinland, he tries to talk Elphaba out of her self-destructive spiral after Nessarose's death.

 

Fiyero - Fiyero is a member of Elphaba and Glinda's social group at Shiz University, and he later recognizes Elphaba when she lives as an anonymous radical in the Emerald City. Although Fiyero is married, he and Elphaba fall in love and have an affair. The Wizard's troops capture him after Elphaba tries to assassinate the Wizard. Fiyero disappears and is presumed dead, although his body is never found.

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Madam Morrible - Madam Morrible is the charismatic and manipulative Headmaster of Shiz. She's cunning and deceptive and presents herself as a wise and nurturing educator but is ultimately self-serving and ambitious. 

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Wizard of Oz -  The Wizard of Oz is a charming yet morally ambiguous figure who serves as the ruler of Oz. Unlike the all powerful figure he is perceived to be, he is ultimately a fraud - an ordinary man from another world who relies on smoke, mirrors and manipulation to maintain control. 

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MATILDA

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Matilda Wormwood - Matilda is an extraordinarily gifted young girl who excels at reading and math. She is bright, imaginative and determined and refuses to accept injustice, standing up for herself and those around her despite being underestimated by adults. 

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Miss Agatha Trunchbull -  The cruel and tyrannical headmistress of Crunchem Hall. A former hammer throwing champion, she rules the school with fear and enjoys punishing children.

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Miss Honey - Matilda's kind and caring teacher who sees Matilda's potential and encourages her. She has a tragic past and must find the courage to stand up to Miss Trunchbull.

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Mr. Wormwood - Matilda's neglectful, dishonest and dimwitted father, a sleazy used-car salesman who dislikes books and learning. 

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Ms. Wormwood - Matilda's self-absorbed mother who is obsessed with ballroom dancing and cares little for her daughter's intelligence. 

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Bruce Bogtrotter - A student at Crunchem Hall who stands up to Miss Trunchbull when he's forced to eat an entire chocolate cake as punishment.

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Lavender - Matilda's best friend who is mischievous and adventurous, famously p

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