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She is the evil villain in "The Wizard of Oz", with a pointed hat and natural green skin. Dorothy can go home safely as long as she kills her. She was the daughter of a monster who was almost strangled to death when she was born. She was born into a pastor's family but had no faith. She was born different and struggled with her destiny throughout her life. She spoke out for equal rights for sentient animals, and was therefore seen as an outlier. She refused to become a pawn of the great wizard Oz and embarked on the road of betrayal and separation. Her magic is the power of wind, unrepressed love and hate, bravery, perseverance, staying awake, and fighting hard. The Wicked Witch of the West is a real woman with her own name and her own story to tell. "If this world is sanctimonious, the witch hat that is put on it is my crown." She is the untamable demonized in the fairy tale, a bad witch who has the courage to take care of herself; her name is Elphaba. You don't have to have read "The Wizard of Oz" to understand "Wicked." As long as the world remains hypocritical, there will always be a moment when you can see yourself in her.