Nature vs. Nurture

Start at around 3:15 if you don't want to listen to the whole song..

Then at 3:35 is the question.

"Are people born wicked? Or do they have wickedness thurst upon them?"

Now listen to the end. (If you don't already know how it goes..)

If you still don't know what's going on, Elphaba was born green.. I'd say (in this case) it was completely nurture that made her that way. You heard the way people instantly reacted to her. Throughout the whole musical, knowing her, you don't get a sense of evil. It's the way people saw her from the start. Then by the song "Defying Gravity," you see her letting go (haha, letting go.. Let it Go.. Idina Menzel.. haha...) of trying to not be what people say she is.  

Then to what most people only know as the Wicked Witch of the West.. wicked.

sigh..

I love this musical so SO much..

 (shh, I haven't seen the actual musical.. *cries*) I've only read the book and memorized most of the songs..