Gender Quotes in Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Elphaba's composite, hybrid character pops up yet again: she basically considers her gender an "accident" and a "choice." We'd love to sit Elphaba down with some transgender people and listen to their conversation.

Why exactly did Elphaba shock herself here? We'd suggest that it was because her "martial status" reveals just how committed she is to her political cause, and how much that cause dominates her life.

Fitting in with her "unbecoming" quest, Elphaba seems a second a way from arguing that she doesn't really exist and is just a trick of the light or an optical illusion.