Examples Of Deceit In The Wizard Of Oz

“Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want to get something out of them, otherwise you'll come home to me with a full belly and an empty purse.” Piertro Aretino In the movie Wizard of oz this can be shown in the case where the “Wizard” tells them to go retrieve the Broom of which belonged to the Witch of the west in the thought that they would never come back. Not only is deceit shown here but it is shown in many other cases which will be shown later in the essay. You will also read why he did this and how he convinced them it was the truth The “Wizard” that is. This said I will lead onto the next paragraph giving one example of many where Oz uses deceit.

Getting close to the mid way point in the movie Wizard of oz Dorothy, Tinman, Scarecrow and the lion reach the castle of which the wizard lives and after being granted entry in his home he told them they must bring the broom from the wicked witch of the west to have their wishes granted. In the idea that they wouldn't be able to pull it off as he wasn't really a wizard just an intelligent fellow. This is an
So instead he told the scarecrow that it didn't take a brain he was just as good as us but he just needed to go to school so the wizard in turn presented him with a diploma. Making the scarecrow feel smart and after he received it he recited “The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side” Scarecrow. So in a way it was a placebo effect where he thought he was smart but he really wasn't as all he was given was a piece of paper. So no his wish wasn't granted but the wizard made him believe it was. Additionally the next paragraph will state how the lion was given something but it wasn't his wish