The Wizard of Oz is a musical fantasy and centers around a young‚ imaginative girl from Kansas. Dorothy’s hometown is suddenly hit by a raging tornado. Dorothy is knocked unconscious by a loose window while trying to take cover inside her small farm house that she shares with her loving Aunt‚ Uncle and three helpful farm hands. After being swept away in the tornado‚ Dorothy lands in a fantasy land called Oz. In order to get back home to Kansas‚ Dorothy has to make the long journey to Emerald City
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20 January 2013 I recently learned the true meaning of one of my all time favorite childhood movies‚ The Wizard of Oz. The book turned screenplay originally written by L. Frank Baum is not a mere children’s story but a hidden tale of populism and government. The story is and its characters are packed with symbolism. The main character Dorothy Gale gets swept away in a twister along with her house‚ and lands in munchkin land. Dorothy’s last name “Gale” is supposed to represent her being the winds
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of speculative fiction. History of the wicked witch of the west and Oz The land of Oz is a fictional country that consists of four vast quadrants‚ the North‚ South‚ East and West‚ each of which has its own ruler‚ sometimes a witch or sorcerer. However‚ the realm itself has always been ruled by one official dominant monarch‚ who represents the entire country as a whole. Emerald City is the capital city of the fictional Land of Oz located in the centre of the four quadrants. Emerald City is at the
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was a mixture of happiness‚ sadness‚ and‚ most importantly‚ beneficial life lessons. Despite the obstacles imposed throughout the play‚ the characters had overcome them by realizing that they possessed the resources and skills all along. Overcoming obstacles was present throughout the play by Dorothy being African American‚ the lion finding his courage‚ and the use of technology in place of special effects. Being that the Wizard of Oz was a play‚ special effects cannot
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The Wizard of Oz follows the story of a young Dorothy who lives in rural Kansas. She grows tired of the life she was living since she was feeling unappreciated. In her attempts to run away‚ she ends up in the middle of a tornado‚ locked out of her family’s panic shelter. Once the tornado hits her house‚ she is knocked out by an imploded window. The house rises in the tornado and is cast far away; it lands in a mystical land called Oz. Dorothy realizes that the house landed on and killed a wicked
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the 1890’s‚ crusaded by Bryan and the Populist party. The Witch of the West beseeches her henchmen with the help of her silver whistle and golden cap‚ the Tin Man receives a new ax made of gold and silver and new oil. The pretext of Oz‚ to describe the Great Wizard of Oz‚ is a pun for ounces of gold and silver. Green‚ in compilation with gold is repeated in the story‚ sprinkled with the irony that paper money is green. The Greenback Party‚ a forerunner of the Populist movement‚ urged the expansion
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Freud’s Oz: Freudian Views in The Wizard of Oz The film The Wizard of Oz is definitely about the concept of returning home. This is made clear throughout the film. Dorothy’s entire time in Oz is spent trying to get back home to Kansas. Then when she gets back home she tells Aunt Em that "all I kept saying to everybody was I want to go home.’" This fits perfectly with the time‚ 1939‚ that The Wizard of Oz was produced. One reason was that due to the depression‚ many people were forced away
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L. Frank Baum uses three main symbols that creates an allegory and represents the political circumstances during the late 19th century. Baum did not intentionally do this but as you read the novel you will see the connections throughout. During the final years of the 1800s‚ industrial cities‚ with all the problems brought on by rapid population growth and lack of infrastructure to support the growth‚ occupied a special place in U.S. history. For all the problems‚ and there were many‚ the cities
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This is from The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy‚ the Scarecrow‚ the Tin Man are trying to reach the Emerald City to see the Wizard of Oz. During their trip‚ they come across a scary forest‚ where they start contemplating all of the possible bad situations that can occur. The scenery is darkened and gloomy‚ as opposed to the rest of the movie. The group of friends go from skipping and being hopeful‚ to apprehensive and a dawdling pace. The mood is anxious and daunting. The music in this scene is enchanting
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Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is a classic tale filled with political ties and hidden messages. These massages have been passed throughout history and preserved in the book. The movie has managed to keep these themes in tact‚ not only that but enhance the symbolism. The conflict in this book‚ whether it be the actual political conflicts at the time or the imaginary focus that happens to be the climax of the book are very complex and deep. The focus in the story may seem as easy as Dorothy vs. the
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