Elizabeth Davis 3rd hour 12/11/14 OZ theme Wizard of Oz Imagine a deep enchanted sleep, everyone involved in your life has transformed and represents something in this dream. How crazy would that be? Well, in the Wwizard of Oz it strongly demonstrates the search for identity archetype. This is shown through aAppearance, aAbilities, and Dorothy’s attitude. To begin with, the authors begin revealing the theme with Dorothy's appearance. Dorothy dresses in a long white and blue plaid dress
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The Wizard of Oz The Wizard of Oz is a classic American film interpreted from L. Frank Baum’s book published in 1900. We have all seen the film as a child and enjoy it equally as adults. It is a film we watch repeatedly to experience the wonders of our imaginations. There are many key elements that have made this film a notorious childhood memory as well as an American classic that we have treasured for generations. How could we forget the magical characters, the music, and the outstanding
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In the Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, the main protagonist, Dorothy, is portrayed as a selfless, kind girl, but if you begin to read between lines, it will become more clear that Dorothy only helps others to conquer her personal fears, she unintentionally improves the land of Oz and while her friends go out of their way to help her she only helps them a scarce amount of times in meaningless ways. To begin with, Dorothy realises that she has to make her journey alone, she is fearful. In land of
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fictitious Land of Oz. Here she meets some memorable friends and enemies in her pursuit to meet the Wizard of Oz who everybody says can help her return home and perhaps award her new friends their goals of a brain, heart and courage. This 1939 adaptation utilizes several of Harold Rosson’s cinematographic elements which highlight the explicit meaning of the film: in her mundane black and white life Dorothy dreams to escape her troubles, however while in the colorful land of Oz she attempts to find
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Many people have read or seen the movie “The Wizard of Oz”, but how many people can say that they know why it was created. People see this as a cute children’s story that teaches them that it is fine to be different and that each person has their own special quality that makes them who they are. However, the story was written by Frank L. Baum, to show how life was defining Populism. The three characters Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion help to define it. The Tin Woodman in the
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my way to see the Wizard of Oz. I am asking for a new heart so I can love again. I found a yellow brick road that would most likely lead to the great Wizard of oz’s castle. I found some friends on the way to the castle. The trip was long and hard but we made it there after what felt like years. When I saw the wizard I was in awe he had a great throne. I was very nervous and a little excited. I was about to back out and go home but my friends encouraged me to stay. The wizard asked me what I needed
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The Wizard of Oz-Expository #4 Throughout The Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum Dorothy is looking for a way to get back to Kansas but she doesn’t realize that she’s had the power to all along. At first the characters are confused as to why Glinda didn’t just tell Dorothy that she was capable of getting back all on her own. Glinda makes the comment “She had to learn it for herself.” What she meant was that Dorothy had to learn that there truly is no place like home and that she has everything
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Magical creatures in magical lands offer a story like no other. The epic poem The Odyssey by Homer and the film The Wizard of Oz by Victor Fleming, both focus on a heroic main character struggling to get home. The Wizard of Oz presents Dorothy Gale as the savior for her new friends and local residents of Oz. The Odyssey does the same, illustrating Odysseus as the savior for his crew, as well as his family in Ithaca. Dorothy and Odysseus share many different character traits that depict heroism, however
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Devin Latham AP US History Taray 16 March 2016 Wizard of Oz The book Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is a fictional novel about a young lady named Dorothy who lives with her aunt Em and uncle Henry on a farm in Kansas. On this said farm, one day a tornado comes through, destroying everything and picking up the house with Toto (Dorothy's dog) and Dorothy inside, while Dorothy tries to stay calm, as she falls asleep in the process. This slumber took her into a fantasy involving good witches and bad
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The author of this article, Quentin P.Taylor believes that “The Wizard of Oz” was simply a story to entertain and not teach. She believes that the story is not a pro-populist fable or an anti-populist fable, instead she thinks that the story is a way to mock the populist movement and the politics. L. Frank Baum wrote that Oz was written just for the pleasure of the children of today's world,but no one really seems to believe that, for one fourth of a century no one seemed to think the story had a
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