Victor Flemming‚ the director of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz‚ depicts a message that revolves around the reversal of power and gender roles. Moreover‚ Dorothy is a child in her physical presence but lives the role of a hero as she leads the scarecrow‚ lion‚ and tin man to the Wizard himself. Through the archetypes such as the hero being a women‚ Cultural values‚ and the stages of the journey‚ Flemming raises the argument that in this case those who don ’t have much influence in society are very
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addition to this‚ people seem to be showing a tendency to love to be afraid. The regularity with which public consciousness creates new and new global scarecrows‚ like annual deadly pandemics and ends of the world‚ global warming‚ and so on‚ shows that humankind is simply bored and wants to create distractions. While not being an actual scarecrow‚ horror movies serve as an excellent short-span adrenaline stimulator‚ so it is no surprise so many people are love them. All in all‚ horror movies seem
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Max Lang 2/27/12 History 11 The Wizard of Oz: Parable on Populism When Lyman Frank Baum first publicized The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900‚ it had been very popular from the start. The Wizard of Oz is filled with musical comedy and is a warm and touching production. This production was such a hit that it had been turned into three movies and there were a number of plays on it. The Wizard of Oz was not written for the purpose of a sequel‚ but it was so popular that there had been many demands
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The 1939 film the Wizard of Oz is directed by Victor Fleming. Throughout this film the idea of dystopia is shown. Dystopia is a very unpleasant imaginary world in which ominous tendencies of our present social‚ political and technological order are projected into a disastrous future elimination. Dystopia is shown throughout this film as in a dystopian society people must believe they are happy and then discover they are not. Dorothy discovers she is unhappy in the film. This idea of dystopia is
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Land of Oz‚ where her home falls on the Wicked Witch of the East. She learns from the munchkins (citizens) that to return home‚ she needs to travel to the Emerald City‚ where Oz the Great and Powerful will help her. On her journey she meets the Scarecrow‚ the Tin Woodman‚ and The Cowardly Lion; the three accompany her due to their desire to also receive gifts from Oz. After enduring many dangerous encounters with traveling troubles and defeating the Wicked Witch of the West with Oz’s instruction
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without color” to symbolize the souls that men are missing. Shade can’t truly exist without color just like men can’t truly exist without meaning. Imagery here further emphasizes the empty and hollow shells men truly are. Man is compared to a scarecrow whose head is “filled with straw” and whose dried voices are “quiet and meaningless.” Much like the first stanza‚ the second stanza also utilizes strong imagery that continues to emphasize the meaningless existence of humanity. Eliot begins
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on in the story she really starts to blow me to the moon when she comes to see the scarecrow and she thinks it’s a ghost and she would then speaking out of context again saying “Ghost‚ she said sharply‚ who you be the ghost of ? For I have heard of nary death close by” (3). This is definitely someone who has gone off the deep end or is very near. She then haves the audacity to tell the scarecrow “Dance‚ old scarecrow‚ while I dancing with you” (3)‚
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shiva then overpowers catwoman who has been sent to rescue talia‚ but is then knocked by talia who then aids catwoman who is being attacked by the huntress. batman knocks her out and then is able to discover that the scarecrow is the cause of huntress’ attack. He knocks the scarecrow out but then discovers that the current robin‚ tim drake‚ has been captured by the
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Additionally‚ Dorothy achieved a greater will to defeat Miss Gulch in her quest for her evil motives. In the movie‚ the Wicked Witch of the West attempts to throw Dorothy off course during various parts of the journey. After Dorothy and The Scarecrow
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Leadership Theory in the Wizard of Oz The movie The Wizard of Oz based on the story by L. Frank Baum has been used by many as a lesson in leadership. There are several emerging leaders in the story from Dorothy up to the Wizard of Oz himself each with their own leadership and motivational style. Let’s examine this classic film as it relates to 2 popular theories: the Path-Goal Theory and the Expectancy Theory of Motivation. I. The Path-Goal Theory The Path-Goal Theory is a leadership model that
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