How does 'Wicked' end?

Answer 1

The climax in 'Wicked' occurs with the resolution of the conflicts among the characters in the play. The main conflict basically comes down to the following: What needs to be done about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West? Those who meet and know her have mixed feelings towards her. For her personality isn't mass-produced, and her appearance is unconventional, what with her green skin. So the resolution and the climax occur with Elphaba appearing to melt into nothingness. Her presence is no longer a source of division among the residents of the beautiful, enchanted, magical lands of Oz. The lands may be protected by Glinda the Good Witch, who needn't be distracted from her job as most powerful sorceress now that she no longer has to worry about the interaction between her subjects and her controversial friend Elphaba.

Answer 2

When they are storming the castle. Elphaba was on fire and they were actually trying to save her by putting it out with water. But she is allergic to water and it killed her. That is what they say is the climax. To me, the climax was when they killed her fiance/father of her child.

Answer 3

The play Wicked, by Stephen Lawrence Schwartz [b. March 6, 1948], ends with Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West, wanting to leave her life in the lands of Oz behind her. And so she fakes her death. When Dorothy throws the bucket of water on her, Elphaba doesn't melt but disappears through a trap door. For she wants a chance at a better life, and love, with Fiyero in the world beyond Oz. The novel Wicked, by Gregory Maguire [b. June 9, 1954], ends shortly after Elphaba's death from having a bucket of water thrown on her and thereby melting. But is this death in the way that we understand human death? Most likely it isn't for Elphaba leaves the world as a powerful witch. In fact, Elphaba is named for St. Aelphaba, who disappears behind a waterfall, never to return. Elphaba's lover Fiyero is the husband of Sarima, who tells their children the story of a wicked witch who likewise disappears in a cave. And her children always ask if the witch ever comes back out. To which Sarima replies, Not yet. The novel ends with the repetition of this exchange between Sarima and her children. So it's possible that Elphaba melted while saying, I'll be back!

Answer 4

The 'falling action' is the point at which the character takes a course of action that leads in a completely different direction. It tends to take place about halfway through the action or story. In the specific case of the musical 'Wicked', it takes place just before the end of Act 1. It occurs with Elphaba Thropp's declaration that she henceforth will spend her life in Oz opposing cruelty to animals, fighting the unfair rules of the Wizard, and therefore in essence 'defying gravity'. It's at that point that she seals her fate as the future Wicked Witch of the West.

Answer 5

The rising action identifies an obstacle or obstacles to the way in which the main character is leading life. It brings on a turning point in which things go in a completely unexpected, opposite or detrimental way to the main character.

The rising action in 'Wicked' by Gregory Maguire [b. June 9, 1954] involves the character of Dr. Dillamond and his murder. The discovery of some of the facts of his murder influences Elphaba and Glinda to travel to the Emerald City.

The two university students seek to plead the case of Animals to the Wizard. Most animals can't talk. But a talking minority is known as 'Animals'. As a talking goat, Dr. Dillamond was an Animal.

The Wizard dismisses the concerns of the two students. So Elphaba and Glinda choose separate courses that seal their fates. It's the discovery of Dr. Dillamond's murder that leads to the negative interaction with the Wizard, and the ultimate fates of Elphaba and Glinda.