Nessarose

Nessarose
First appearance	Wicked (1995)
Last appearance	Wicked (musical) (2003)
Created by	Gregory Maguire
Information
Nickname(s)	Nessie (in the novel) Nessa (in the musical)
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Occupation	Ruler of Munchkinland
Title	Eminent Thropp Eminence of the East Wicked Witch of the East
Family	Melena Thropp (mother) Frexspar (father) Elphaba (half-sister) Shell (brother)
Nationality	Munchkinlander

Nessarose Thropp is the name of the woman who becomes the Wicked Witch of the East in Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, as well as in the Broadway adaptation, Wicked. She is the beautiful but physically handicapped younger sister of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West.

In both Maguire's novel and the musical version, the character is portrayed in a much less negative light than L. Frank Baum's original Wicked Witch of the East. Nessarose possesses sympathetic and admirable qualities, but these are ultimately overshadowed by her increasingly uncompromising and self-righteous nature. She earns her infamous title upon becoming the Ruler of Munchkinland, on account of her harsh measures and for the use of sorcery to control her subjects.

She meets her demise when Dorothy's house lands on top of her, leaving only her enchanted shoes intact.

In Gregory Maguire's novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Nessarose is an exceedingly pious and religious character. She was born without arms, but is a beautiful and dainty girl nevertheless, and her sister Elphaba is often expected to put Nessarose's needs before her own. Raised in the Quadling Country, Nessarose is constantly aided by her Nanny because, without arms, she lacks proper balance.

Having extreme pious and religious convictions (linking absolutely everything she sees to religion and morality), Nessarose is often close-minded and vain, in keeping with Maguire's cynicism throughout the novel towards religion in general. In fact, the extent of her Unionist religious dedication causes even her father, the intensely jealous Frexspar, to worry that she may be "too devout". Unlike in the musical version, however, Nessarose is not infatuated with Boq, the Munchkin boy, or anyone for that matter, and lives a solitary life.

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