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Elphaba and Doctor Dillamond

In the novel, Wicked by Gregory Maguire, there are many relationships, between all the characters. Elphaba has a closer relationship with her father than with her mother at the beginning of the novel, and she seems to have a relationship with Turtle Heart as well. In the second part Elphaba meets Galinda and Doctor Dillamond where she begins a relationship with both. Galinda is her roommate at Shiz University, and at first they dislike eachother but then they become friends. Although at first, Galinda is ashamed to admit that she is friends with Elphaba because of her social status, and because Galinda's other friends are high-class and find Elphaba and her skin colour odd, and different. Doctor Dillamond is a Goat at Shiz University, and he is also one of Elphaba's professors, one whom she takes a liking to. This could be because he is a Goat, and she treats him like he is just a regular person, while everyone else in Oz does not like the Animals. Elphaba stands up for Doctor Dillamond when Madame Morrible or any of the other students are disrespectful to him. When he is murdered, Elphaba is upset and while other students say it was an accident, Elphaba is convinced it is a murder done by Madame Morrible.
Then Nessarose comes to Shiz University and Elphaba develops a relationship with her as well, it may not be the loving sister relationship, because they argue often about religion but readers can see that Elphaba cares about her sister. Nessarose also has a relationship with Nanny because Nanny is the one who is taking care of her while she is at Shiz because she is handicapped and Nanny is like a mother to Nessarose. In addition, later on in the novel readers can see that Nessarose has father-daughter relationship as well because, when Nessarose is Eminence Thropp Frex spends most of his elderly life with her. He cares for her very much and at one point in the novel, Elphaba admits to Galinda that Nessarose was her fathers favourite.



Fiyero and Elphaba



Elphaba then begins a relationship with one of her old classmates at Shiz University, a prince of the Arjiki tribe in the Vinkus. He had an arranged marriage when he was young, and when they are older and out of school Fiyero sees Elphaba, and they soon begin an affair. Readers are able to see that Fiyero cares for Elphaba immensley, and because of this Fiyero is murdered by the Gale Force because Elphaba is an "agent" and she was attempting to kill Madame Morrible the night that Fiyero was murdered.

After Fiyero was murdered Elphaba went to go find Samira who was Fiyero's wife so she could tell her that she was having a secret affiar with Fiyero. She never got to tell her though, but Samira and Elphaba soon began a friendship, because Elphaba was staying with Samira and her family, and in the novel Samira would sometimes confide in Elphaba. In the end, Samira and her sisters were murdered by the Wizard's army, except for Samira's daughter named Nor, she was taken as a slave.

In conclusion, throughout the book Elphaba makes and breaks some relationships with the people she has met throughout her life, and some of these people changed her outlook on life.