A Strong Friendship
speaker, and being the ruler of the Gillikin country. In
the musical, at the end, Glinda tells her friends
Elphaba has changed her for good.
Elphaba + Glinda’s Friendship
Way before Dorothy arrived, Elphaba and Glinda were
born. And they were the most unlikely of friendship.
At Shiz, when Elphaba attends Shiz University, she is
paired off with Glinda as her roommate. At first,
Elphaba and Glinda deeply loathe each other
Glinda happily stands there, enjoying the attention of
because they are so different. But slowly, their
her peers.
relationships grow and they become best friends,
although they both like Fiyero and even though he
pretends to like Glinda but in truth, he actually likes Elphaba (even though her skin is green).
All in all, at the end of “Wicked”, Elphaba and Glinda
remember each other, and each believe the other has
changed each other “For Good”. Even though they
never saw each other again, they forever remembered
and
Fiyero is singing “Dancing Through Life” a song
about how you don’t need to be smart, just carefree.
Elphaba first arrives at Shiz. This is an image of
her dressed in her school uniform.
cherished their friendships. Each thought the other
had changed her “For Good”.
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