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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several times. This is one of the reasons The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and The Wizard of Oz are both considered classics. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and The Wizard of Oz are classic stories because of the remakes and spin-offs they inspired‚ how they are seen in our culture today‚ and their timeless appeal to many people. To begin‚ there is a collection of re-makes and spin-offs of Romeo and Juliet and The Wizard of Oz‚ including sequels and prequels. For Romeo and Juliet‚ there was Romeo + Juliet
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The Wizard Of Oz: The Bimetallic Standard & Populism Representations At first look‚ The Wizard Of Oz just seems to be a story about a normal Kansas girl who simply just wants to get back to her home‚ and is able to do so with the help of some new friends she meets along her journey. However‚ there seems to more to the story than just that. The author L. Frank Baum wrote the story in the late 1890s and it was published in 1900. This was right around the same time there was a huge fuss over the
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The Wizard of Oz: An Exploration of the Connections to the Populist Movement Dorothy‚ as played by Judy Garland in the movie‚ was a young teenage girl who‚ when a tornado hit her house in Kansas‚ was magically transferred to Oz with her dog‚ Toto. Dorothy was seen as the Everyman who just wanted to get back to the way things used to be. She embodies what every American wants to be: loyal‚ strong-willed‚ and resourceful. Henry Littlefield identifies her‚ “"Dorothy is Baum’s Miss Everyman. She
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The book‚ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz‚ was always thought to be a child’s tale‚ a “modernized fairy tale” until Henry M. Littlefield wrote an article about how The Wizard of Oz was actually an allegory for the Populist era. Littlefield believed that each character and significant place in the book correlated with a person or place in the Populist era. L. Frank Baum wrote this children’s book as a political allegory‚ whether he intentionally did it we are not sure. However‚ the unwavering proof that
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In what ways can Dorothy be described as a feminist hero? In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz‚ L. Frank Baum has made sure there is a feminist hero in his book. This is because everyone should see an example of a good feminist hero‚ especially around the time when this book was written; in 1900‚ it was very rare to read a book with any sort of feminism in it. Dorothy throughout the book‚ shows many heroic acts supporting the idea that she is a feminist hero. When L. Frank Baum is talking
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In the book‚ The Wizard of Oz {{Include the author}}Dorothy’s home is ripped from the grounds of Kansas and is transported to the Land of Oz by a cyclone. Dorothy’s house lands in the east region of Oz also known as Munchkin country a place depicted as having blue surroundings where everyone wore blue. As Dorothy makes her way through Oz‚ she follows the yellow brick road through different regions of Oz. In the middle of Oz and built from giant emeralds was Emerald City that required you to wear
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The Wonderful Wizard of Populism The “The Wizard of Oz” is a beloved children’s story written by L. Frank Baum in 1900 and many historians have tried to come up with arguments that compare the mystical story with the movement of populism. All of these theories have some background but none of them are able to draw any real parallels between the story and populism that are not completely speculative. These historians have done nothing that could bring any evidence or tie any parts of the plot
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used repeatedly like that‚ they are said to have an archetypal pattern (Rice). The quest on which all these heroes go on is referred to as the archetypal quest (Rice). “The Wizard of Oz” focuses on a small-town girl living in Kansas. “The Epic of Gilgamesh” focuses on an arrogant king who rules the city of Uruk. The Wizard of Oz and The Epic of Gilgamesh were written 5000 years apart‚ but they both contain the elements that make them archetypal quests. One of the stages in the hero’s quest is when
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journey that is caused by certain events that happen in their lives and causes growth‚ understanding and change in perception of themself and the world. There is obvious inner journeys that the characters in Othello‚ Thelma and Louise‚ and the Wizard of Oz. Shakespeare’s play Othello is the story of a man in the military‚ who meets the woman of his dreams and woos her over with his beautiful story telling. Othello comes across as a very smart man who respects everyone who he crosses paths with‚
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