The Wicked Witch of the West is the primary villain of the Wizard of Oz book and film. Dorothy and company are sent by the Wizard to defeat her, and she imprisons them before Dorothy accidentally melts her with a bucket of water. Under the name Elphaba, she is the protagonist of the novel and musical Wicked. She is played by Margaret Hamilton in the film.
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Famous quotes containing the words wicked, witch and/or west:
““There is no God,” the wicked saith,
“And truly it’s a blessing,
For what he might have done with us
It’s better only guessing.””
—Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861)
“Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead.”
—E.Y. Harburg (1898–1981)
“In trying to understand the appeal of best-sellers, it is well to remember that whistles can be made sounding certain notes which are clearly audible to dogs and other of the lower animals, though man is incapable of hearing them.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)