Can Elphaba see the future? What evil references to the witch’s powers

Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers for Wicked: Part 1.Through EvilThere are clues to Elphaba’s true powers as a witch, including her ability to possibly see the future. Adaptation of the award-winning Broadway musical Evil depicts the life of Elphaba Thropp and explores the events in her life before she transforms into the Wicked Witch of the West, the main antagonist of The Wizard of Oz. Over the course of the film, Elphaba discovers her true magical abilities and forms an unlikely friendship with Galinda, who is destined to become Glinda, the Good Witch.

In one of several changes made to the Evil As a Broadway musical, the film tells the backstory of Elphaba’s childhood and shows the true extent of her powers. As a baby she levitates objects and as a small child she shoots rocks at bullies who target her and her younger sister Nessarose. The film adaptation of Evil allows Elphaba’s magic to fully emerge and unleash her full potential as the future Wicked Witch of the West. Throughout the film, Elphaba is shown to have various powers, including her ability to see visions of the future.

Wicked uses “The Wizard and I” to tease Elphaba that he can see the future

Elphaba sees blurry visions of her future during the song

Upon arriving at Shiz University, after accidentally causing the furniture to levitate, Elphaba attracts the attention of Madame Morrible, who offers to give her private lessons to further channel her powers. Madame Morrible sees potential in Elphaba and explains that, with practice, her magic may allow her to work with the wizard in the future. Like everywhere else, it’s the first time in their lives that someone has seen something good in Elphaba Evilshe is judged harshly because of her green skin; Madame Morrible’s offer allows Elphaba to dream of better things in her life, leading to the song:The magician and me.”

Throughout the song, Elphaba reflects on this positive interaction with Madame Morrible and her desire to be accepted by society and valued by her family. “The magician and me” is also used to give Elphaba a glimpse of what she believes is her future. When she looks into the stained glass, she sees a blurry vision of a crowd having a celebration. The vision is not entirely clear, but Elphaba sees this as a sign that one day there will be a big celebration for her in Ozwhen she works with the magician.

While Elphaba sees this as a positive vision for her future, This vision actually foreshadows the celebration of her death. As depicted in the opening song:Nobody mourns the wicked,“The Munchkins celebrate the defeat of the evil witch, which includes burning an effigy. As mentioned in “The magician and me“, the vision of the celebration is blurred, but it’s a teasing depiction of the scorn Elphaba will one day receive from Oz as the Wicked Witch of the West.

Elphaba sees the future again with a vision of Dillamond

Elphaba sees Dillamond’s fate after he is arrested during class

During her time at Shiz, Elphaba makes contact with the university’s only animal professor, Doctor Dillamond. Elphaba finds out that Dr. Dillamond and other animals are oppressed and at risk of losing their ability to speak. While many animals flee Oz in hopes of avoiding capture, Doctor Dillamond chooses to stay and fight back. Doctor Dillamond’s decision to stay leads to his arrest during one of his classesshocked the students and destroyed Elphaba. His arrest reaffirms their promise to find a solution to protect animals and their rights across Oz.

After his arrest, Elphaba sees a vision of Doctor Dillamond’s ultimate fate. In her vision, Elphaba sees Doctor Dillamond locked in a cage and unable to communicate. This vision frightens Elphaba and strengthens her decision to travel to the Emerald City and ask the wizard for help. During the song “Something bad“Elphaba expresses to Doctor Dillamond her belief that the wizard will make sure everything will be okay. Unfortunately, as Elphaba later finds out, this turns out not to be the case, and her vision of Doctor Dillamond’s fate turns out to be correct in the musical where she finds him in a cage.

What Elphaba would mean for Wicked 2 if he sees the future

Elphaba’s visions reveal the true extent of her powers

The end of Evil: Part 1 sees Elphaba reject the wizard and flee the Emerald City, determined to fight back against their cruelty to animals. The second part of Evilscheduled for release in 2025, will cover many iconic moments from the second half of the musicalincluding the true origins of Elphaba’s powers. The film’s depiction of Elphaba’s magic and visions of the future could bring some changes to the proceedings Wicked: Part Two. While the musical can only hint at Elphaba’s magic, her powers are fully showcased through the film’s special effects.

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In the second act of the musical, when Elphaba is reunited with Fiyero, she has premonitions about her family. One of them is that her sister Nessarose is in danger. Instead of a premonition, the film adaptation of Evil: Part 2 could represent how Elphaba had a vision of the death of Nessarose. As Doctor Dillamond’s fate shows, her visions have proven to be accurate. The visions Elphaba has seen throughout Evil, give a hint at her true powers and could be an excellent addition to the second part, which shows her using her magic to its full potential as the Wicked Witch of the West.

Wicked adapts the Broadway musical into a two-part film that explores the unlikely friendship between green-skinned Elphaba and Glinda, a popular aristocrat in the land of Oz. As they follow their different paths, they evolve into Glinda, the good one, and the Wicked Witch of the West.

director

Jon M. Chu

Release date

November 22, 2024

Studio(s)

Marc Platt Productions

Sales partner

Universal images

writer

Gregory Maguire, Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox, L. Frank Baum

Pour

Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James, Keala Settle, Peter Dinklage, Aaron Teoh, Grecia De la Paz, Colin Michael Carmichael, Adam James, Andy Nyman , Courtney Mae-Briggs , Sharon D Clarke , Jenna Boyd

Duration

160 minutes

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