Dorothy's Hidden Messages In The Wizard Of Oz

The Wizard of Oz is about a young girl named Dorothy, who realizes the value and importance of her family after ending up in a different world after a twister. Throughout the film, there was repetition of sayings and songs. There are also many hidden messages in the film that are very powerful. There is symbolism behind the personalities of the scarecrow, tin man, and the lion, which happens to portray Dorothy’s inner emotions and thoughts of herself. The film, The Wizard of Oz, has plenty of songs and sayings that are repeated. For instance, some of the very famous ones are “follow the yellow brick road” and “we’re off to see the wizard.” These two sayings will always remind the audience or take them back to the film The Wizard of Oz, regardless of how long it has been since they last watched it. Dorothy encounters three different personalities when following the yellow brick road. The scarecrow claimed that he had no brain and could not think. The tin man had no heart and believed he could not feel or love. The lion thought he had no courage and compared himself to a dandelion
The Wizard of Oz says the majority of these messages. For instance the wizard told the tin man, “A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others.” He also told the tin man, “You don’t know how lucky you are not to have one. Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.” The whole time the scarecrow believed he did not have a brain and could not think, but just because he believed that does mean he did not have one. On two occasions the scarecrow came up with brilliant ideas, one without a brain could not possibly do that. For example, when Dorothy got hungry and wanted an apple, the scarecrow taught her how to trick the trees into throwing her apples. Another one of the scarecrow’s ideas was when he had a plan to escape, when Dorothy was trapped in the witch’s