Compare And Contrast Wizard Of Oz

The Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum tells the tale of a young girl Dorothy as she wanders through the land of Oz. In the original movie adaptation, Dorothy kills the Wicked Witch of the East causing the Wicked Witch of the West to avenge her sister by making Dorothy pay. The Wicked Witch of the West has become a common archetype for the definition of a “wicked witch” with her long nose, green skin, and black hat. Both the novel and movie portray the witch as an evil relentless character to be disliked by the readers and viewers. However, Holzman and Schwartz's Wicked, creates a different portrayal of the witch as a poor girl whose struggle with relationships and friends led her to a life of anger and caused her to become the figure described in Baum's
Wicked justifies the Wicked Witch’s actions and explains that that her seemingly evil appearances and action in The Wizard of Oz. In the novel Great Expectations, Dickens originally portrays Miss Havisham as the “wicked witch” of the story with her harsh actions and attitude towards Pip. However Havisham’s relentless attitude towards Pip and his broken heart are explained by her background and bad experience with men. While Pip and Havisham each possess unique situations with love, Havisham is the only character Pip may relate too, but also provides a contrast in how both deal with broken hearts and maturity.

In Great Expectations, Miss Havisham never directly reveals to Pip her personal background about her experience with love. He only learns of it through Herbert’s retelling, in which he a man who “pursued Miss Havisham closely, and professed to be devoted to her. I believe she had