Really die is what the witch does do in "The Wizard of Oz" but does not do in "Wicked."
Specifically, author and Oz series originator Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 - May 6, 1919) indicates that the Wicked Witch of the West melts into a brown sugar-like mass that Dorothy washes and sweeps out the door. So the witch really dies in the original 1900 book edition and the beloved 1939 movie classic. In contrast, she does not die, but indeed fakes her death by escaping through a trap door in "Wicked," which is a back story or prequel to "The Wizard of Oz."
The book and movie versions of the Wizard of Oz only refer to her as the Wicked Witch of the East. In Wicked, Gregory Maguire names her Nessarose.
The Wicked Witch of the East, the sister of the Wicked Witch of the West whom Dorothy melts.
the sister is the sister of the wicked witch of the west, the wicked witch of the east.
The Wicked Witch of the East died first when Dorothy's house fell on her.
Her broom.
The wicked witch of the west was in the tornado.
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The wicked witch of the East
The book and movie versions of the Wizard of Oz only refer to her as the Wicked Witch of the East. In Wicked, Gregory Maguire names her Nessarose.
The Wicked Witch of the East, the sister of the Wicked Witch of the West whom Dorothy melts.
the sister is the sister of the wicked witch of the west, the wicked witch of the east.
The Wicked Witch of the East died first when Dorothy's house fell on her.
Her broom.
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the wicked witch of the west
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