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Age and build

Skinny feet

“put it on her own skinny foot” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Face and hair

One powerful eye like a telescope

“the Wicked Witch of the West had but one eye, yet that was as powerful as a telescope, and could see everywhere” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Tears hair in rage

“she stamped her foot and tore her hair and gnashed her teeth” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Dress

Carries an umbrella

“the Witch threatened to beat her with the same old umbrella she always carried in her hand” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Wears a Golden Cap with diamonds and rubies

“a Golden Cap, with a circle of diamonds and rubies running round it” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Wears a silver whistle around her neck

“she blew upon a silver whistle that hung around her neck” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Voice and speech

Speaks harshly and severely

“Then she said to Dorothy, harshly and severely” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Wailing and despairing voice when dying

“asked the Witch, in a wailing, despairing voice” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Signature words

Commands with imperatives

“Go to those people,” said the Witch, “and tear them to pieces” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Uses 'I will not' in defiance

“I will not,” retorted the Witch, “for it is now my shoe, and not yours” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Laughs at her victims

“said the Witch, laughing at her” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Speaks through bars when afraid

“said the Witch to the Lion, speaking through the bars of the gate” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Gait and mannerisms

Stands on left foot to invoke charm

“she stood upon her left foot and said, slowly” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Watches Dorothy carefully for opportunities

“She watched Dorothy carefully, to see if she ever took off her shoes” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Strengths

Powerful magical abilities

“she was a powerful Witch, as well as a wicked one” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Commands Winged Monkeys through Golden Cap

“Whoever owned it could call three times upon the Winged Monkeys, who would obey any order they were given” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Controls enslaved Winkies

“she called a dozen of her slaves, who were the Winkies, and gave them sharp spears” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Cunning and strategic thinking

“the wicked creature was very cunning, and she finally thought of a trick that would give her what she wanted” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Flaws

Extreme fear of water

“her dread of water was greater than her fear of the dark, so she never came near when Dorothy was bathing. Indeed, the old Witch never touched water, nor ever let water touch her in any way” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Underestimates Dorothy's power

“she happened to look into the child’s eyes and saw how simple the soul behind them was, and that the little girl did not know of the wonderful power the Silver Shoes gave her” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Wicked blood has dried up

“The Witch did not bleed where she was bitten, for she was so wicked that the blood in her had dried up many years before” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Afraid of the dark

“The Witch was too much afraid of the dark to dare go in Dorothy’s room at night” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Traits

Tremendously wicked

“Remember that the Witch is Wicked—tremendously Wicked—and ought to be killed” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 11)

Cruel to her slaves

“When they returned to the castle the Wicked Witch beat them well with a strap” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Greedy for power and possessions

“the Wicked Witch had a great longing to have for her own the Silver Shoes which the girl always wore” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Easily angered

“This made her angrier than before, and she blew her silver whistle twice” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Lines in their own words

Commanding the Winged Monkeys

“Go to the strangers who are within my land and destroy them all except the Lion” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Refusing to return the shoe

“I will not,” retorted the Witch, “for it is now my shoe, and not yours” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Threatening starvation

“If I cannot harness you,” said the Witch to the Lion, speaking through the bars of the gate, “I can starve you” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Laughing at Dorothy's anger

“I shall keep it, just the same,” said the Witch, laughing at her, “and someday I shall get the other one from you, too” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)

Despairing as she melts

“Didn’t you know water would be the end of me?” asked the Witch, in a wailing, despairing voice” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 12)