At the beginning of this chapter, Nanny is having a conversation with Elphaba that is very similar to the one that she had, way back in part one with Melena. She is questioning Elphaba’s decision about a witch rumour. Then as if the entire book was at the beginning again, the conversation changed to politics. Up to this point in the book, politics has played a large role in making Elphaba who she is. The town she grew up in shunned her, M. Morrible has sent her on a mission that involves politics, her parents were really into politics, and now her sister and brother are involved with politics. Nessarose is now Eminent Thropp and ruler of Munchkinland.
Nanny also informs Elphaba that Glinda has cast a spell upon Nessarose’s shoes to help her stand strait. (Could these be the magical red ruby slippers?) Now Nanny does not need to be with her all the time. Which is what is allowing her to be with Elphaba at this point of the novel.
As the chapter progresses, Elphaba is thinking about the spell that M. Morrible had cast upon her, and then sent her to the Emerald City. This leads Elphaba to rethinking her political standpoint, and she decides to try to take down the Wizard again.
Elphaba gives the reader some insight as to why she does not know that Liir is her son. She of course knows that he is her son, but she does not remember giving birth to him. At the time when she was to dilever, she was in a coma, and believes that she was still in a comma when she gave birth, and that is why she cannot remember giving birth to him. (If she cannot remember giving birth, then who picked the name?)
Maguire, Gregory. Wicked . New York City: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. 406. Print. <http://books.google.com/books/feeds/volumes?q=wicked>.
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