Wicked

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Wicked
The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
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Fiction/Fantasy
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Plot Diagram
Climax
Rising Actions
Conflict
Basic Situation
Resolution
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• Rising Actions
• The Wizard begins to make laws limiting the
  freedom of Animals
• Elphaba becomes an assassin against the Wizard
• Dorothy appears in Munchkinland (kills sister,
  takes shoes)

• Basic Situation
• Elphaba, a green girl, is born in Munchkinland

Conflict Elphaba leaves Munchkinland for college
(Shiz University)
Climax Elphaba confronts Dorothy with a flaming
broom
Resolution Will Elphaba finally recover her
sisters shoes?
Animals Look just like animals, but are
intelligent and can think like humans
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Wicked What it's about
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has been interpreted
by some people as an allegory about Late 1800s
to early 1900s Oz ounce of gold Yellow Brick
Road The gold standard Scarecrow farmers Tin
Woodsman Industrial workers Cowardly Lion
William Jennings Bryan (for free silver) Wizard
President McKinley (for gold standard) Emerald
City Washington DC
Wicked was built off of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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Wicked Its Progress
Became a musical in 2003

• Nominated for 10 Tony Awards
• Received the Grammy Award for Best Musical
  Show Album

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My Grade B
Theme To avoid getting hurt, avoid close
relationships
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