In the book version of 'Wicked', Elphaba and Fiyero die. Fiyero is killed. Elphaba Thropp, who also is called the Wicked Witch of the West, also dies. But the book includes the information that a witch never dies a true death. Elphaba is a witch, and therefore she will be back.
In the musical version of 'Wicked', Elphaba and Figyero only appear to die. Fiyero is changed into a Scarecrow and therefore survives the torture of the Wizard of Oz's guards. Everyone is led to believe that water destroys Elphaba. So Dorothy Gale throws water on Elphaba, who appears to melt. Elphaba actually makes a successful escape through a trap door. She and Fiyero then leave the lands of Oz, for a fresh start elsewhere.
Answer #1 Fiyero becomes the Scarecrow due to Elphaba's protective spell. Answer #2 Fiyero is the Munchkin Prince who falls in love with Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West. Elphaba is passionate about animal rights and welfare in the land of Oz. That gets her in trouble with the Wizard of Oz. Fiyero becomes Elphaba's defender in this and other matters. The Wizard's guards manage to ambush Fiyero. Elphaba turns Fiyero into the Scarecrow before the guards can torture him to death.
The play takes certain liberties with the source material. The book 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' is more closely paired with the movie 'The Wizard of Oz' than the musical is. In the musical 'Wicked' Fiyero becomes the Scarecrow when Elphaba cast a spell for him to never die. In the book, Fiyero does not become the Scarecrow. I the movie, the Scarecrow has no connection to the witch prior to his travels with Dorothy.
No, Elphaba wasn't in love with the Wizard. She took advantage of an opportunity to spend some time away from Shiz University. Once in the Emerald City, she became aware of unlikeable aspects of the Wizard's personality. For example, he had her give caged monkeys the ability to fly. Elphaba learned after her spell worked that the Wizard was planning to use them as spies. In contrast, Elphaba was a passionate advocate of animal rights and well-being.
No one is Elphaba Thropp's husband in either the book or the stage versions of 'Wicked'. She's in love with Prince Fiyero. In the original book version by Gregory Maguire [b. June 9, 1954], Fiyero is married unhappily to Sarima. But in the musical, he isn't married.
Okay... So lets start from act 2. Fiyero is now a gaurd for Oz and has just helped Elphaba escape, to protect her because he loves her and not glinda. The other gaurds that were trying to kill her take Fiyero to a field and "demand to tell them where the witch went". Knowing that Fiyero will die Elphaba casts a spell in "no good deed" hoping to save him. She thinks that the spell did not work, but at the end of the musical, we see Fiyero survived and has become the scarecrow.
Answer #1 Fiyero becomes the Scarecrow due to Elphaba's protective spell. Answer #2 Fiyero is the Munchkin Prince who falls in love with Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West. Elphaba is passionate about animal rights and welfare in the land of Oz. That gets her in trouble with the Wizard of Oz. Fiyero becomes Elphaba's defender in this and other matters. The Wizard's guards manage to ambush Fiyero. Elphaba turns Fiyero into the Scarecrow before the guards can torture him to death.
The play takes certain liberties with the source material. The book 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' is more closely paired with the movie 'The Wizard of Oz' than the musical is. In the musical 'Wicked' Fiyero becomes the Scarecrow when Elphaba cast a spell for him to never die. In the book, Fiyero does not become the Scarecrow. I the movie, the Scarecrow has no connection to the witch prior to his travels with Dorothy.
No, Elphaba wasn't in love with the Wizard. She took advantage of an opportunity to spend some time away from Shiz University. Once in the Emerald City, she became aware of unlikeable aspects of the Wizard's personality. For example, he had her give caged monkeys the ability to fly. Elphaba learned after her spell worked that the Wizard was planning to use them as spies. In contrast, Elphaba was a passionate advocate of animal rights and well-being.
No one is Elphaba Thropp's husband in either the book or the stage versions of 'Wicked'. She's in love with Prince Fiyero. In the original book version by Gregory Maguire [b. June 9, 1954], Fiyero is married unhappily to Sarima. But in the musical, he isn't married.
Okay... So lets start from act 2. Fiyero is now a gaurd for Oz and has just helped Elphaba escape, to protect her because he loves her and not glinda. The other gaurds that were trying to kill her take Fiyero to a field and "demand to tell them where the witch went". Knowing that Fiyero will die Elphaba casts a spell in "no good deed" hoping to save him. She thinks that the spell did not work, but at the end of the musical, we see Fiyero survived and has become the scarecrow.
Well, actually, I think you are a little mixed up. A better way of phrasing that question would be this: In the book Wickedby Gregory Maguire, did Elphaba kill Fiyero? Elphaba didn't kill Fiyero, but he did die because of her. It's a fine line. Elphaba is on a mission. Fiyero finds out about the mission and she beggs him not to. Fiyero is killed in the cross fire.While Elphaba didn't kill Fiyero she blamed herself for his death until the day that she died.
That he lives because of her spell, that it is better for others not to know of his survival and that he has plans for the two of them are what Fiyero's letter says to Elphaba in "Wicked."Specifically, the letter is an incident in the musical version, not the original book edition, of "Wicked." It is a prop whose contents are not read word for word onstage. The audience gets the gist of the contents through Elphaba reading it to herself and summarizing its contents out loud.
Spoilers. Fiyero does not die. Fiyero becomes the Scarecrow, and he and Elphaba are reunited by the end of the musical.
No. The Scarecrow is only a scarecrow. In the book Wicked, Elphaba believes her lover Fiyero has disguised himself as a scarecrow until she sees him empty the straw from his clothing. In the play Wicked, however, Fiyero does become the Scarecrow, but this is the only version where he is anything other than a stuffed old suit.
Fiyero aka the Scarecrow
Elphaba Thropp (the "Wicked" Witch of the West) Galinda Upland (later Glinda the Good [the Good Witch of the North]) Fiyero Tiggular (a Winkie Prince) The Wizard Madame Morrible Nessarose "Nessa" Thropp (the Wicked Witch of the East) Dr. Dillamond Boq Chistery (a Flying Monkey)
No he is not. Fiyero was a character created in the book "Wicked". And in the stage production of "Wicked" Fiyero becomes the Scarecrow.