Galinda Part 3

Why did she have to go and do something like that? This is what this chapter is all about. Madame Morrible has decided to put together a tea party/poetry reading. Even some of the boys from the other campuses are there. M. Morrible is the person who is leading the ‘soiree’ and she is he one who read the poems. She begins by reading a poem known as a Quell. “The Quell is a brief poem, uplifting in nature. It pairs a sequence of thirteen short lines with a concluding, unrythyming apothegm. The reward of the poem is in the revealing contrast between rhyming argument and concluding remark. Sometimes they may not contradict each other, but always they illuminate and, like all poetry, sanctify life.” (Maguire 83) this Quell has to deal with power and how power controls society. The final line of the poem is in italics. “Bear down on the rod and foil the child.” (Maguire 84) the second poem has to deal with the ongoing problem of social status. This is the issue between the Animals wanting more freedoms within the land of Oz. the final line of this poem is italicized as well. “Animals should be seen and not heard.” This could not necessarily be apart of the Quell, but more of an opinion piece. After the line was stated, Doctor Dillamond was quite upset. Elphaba found Galinda and wanted to discuss the recent affairs with her, but Galinda did not wan to be seen in public with her. The reader is then introduced to a new character. A munchkinlander named Boq. This is quite ironic because there is another chapter that is named the same name. Hmm… Irony? Elphaba has a problem with him, remembering him from her past. She does not want to reveal anything from her past yet. At the end of this chapter, Elphaba went to ask M. Morrible what she meant at the poetry meeting, but she is denied an answer.