After all, what happened to Elphaba’s mother?

Last month, the first part of the long-awaited film “Wicked” arrived in world cinemas, an adaptation of the renowned Broadway musical that presents the story of the unexpected friendship between Glinda, the Good Witch of the North (Ariana Grande) and Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West (Cynthia Erivo).

The film was divided into two parts to follow the plot of the musical, which also has two acts. The production begins with the residents of Munchkinland celebrating Elphaba’s death and awaiting the arrival of Glinda who, upon arrival, is questioned about her relationship with the deceased witch.

In response, the Good Witch states that the two, in fact, were once friends when they studied together at Shiz University, and begins to present a little more about Elphaba’s life story during the song “No One Mourns the Wicked ”.

At the beginning, we discover a little more about the family composition of the character played by Cynthia Erivoin addition to being revealed that her curious greenish skin tone came about thanks to a betrayal by her mother, who had relations with a mysterious man outside of her marriage after ingesting a green elixir.

Despite being an important character in the plot, Elphaba’s mother did not appear throughout the film, raising a question among many fans: after all, what happened to her?

The fate of Elphaba’s mother

With the birth of Elphaba, the relationship between Melena Thropp (Courtney-Mae Briggs) and the governor of Munchkinland, Frexspar Thropp (Andy Nyman), his parents, became even more conflicted, causing the man to take out all his dissatisfactions on his first-born daughter over the years.

Years later, Melena becomes pregnant again with her second daughter: Nessarose (Marissa Bode). Afraid that the new child would also be born with green skin, Frexspar forced his wife to chew milk flowers during pregnancy, so that the girl would have white skin.

However, Melena ends up going into labor prematurely, facing complications and passing away while giving birth to the baby. Because she was born prematurely, Nessarose was also diagnosed with paralysis from the waist down.

Elphaba, who was just a young girl, has felt guilty about her mother’s death ever since. In conversation with Glinda, the future Wicked Witch of the West shares with her friend that, if she hadn’t been born with green skin, her father wouldn’t have hated her, and wouldn’t have forced Melena to eat milk flowers to prevent the same thing from happening to her. the youngest.