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    Wizard of Oz

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    imagery‚ particularly in the second to last scene where Dorothy is at the point of going back to Kansas. This scene is distinctly significant in terms of mise en scène and sound as it concludes the film and highlights the themes that have been revealed throughout‚ giving a clearer message to the film’s audience. The mise en scène is used to describe what it is the frame and why it is there. The scene near the end of the film where Dorothy is saying goodbye to the fantasy characters before leaving

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    a individual that is not afraid too risk his/her life for a friend‚ family member‚ and etc. The wizard of Oz told Dorothy the scarecrow‚ the tin woodman and the lion to go on a mission. Dorothy wanted to go back to Kansas and the Lion wanted to have courage‚ the tin wood man wanted to have a heart and the scarecrow wanted to have a brain. Without a doubt the Wizard of Oz told Dorothy‚ the lion‚ Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow to destroy The wizard of the west so that the wizard of Oz will be the only

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    this existing research and references to the movie and the book will be used. Plot Summary Franks Baum’s novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was adapted by Victor Fleming into a musical “The Wizard of Oz”. It is a story of a young girl named Dorothy who lived in Kansas. She lived with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry and her pet dog Toto on a farm. One day a tornado struck and she was transported to a place known as the Land of Oz where she met many strange characters. While on her journey to meet

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    young lives. Dorothy‚ the protagonist‚ is having difficulty finding happiness and fun out of her home. The gray prairies of Kansas seem to suck the life out of those who live there. “When Aunt Em came there to live she was a young‚ pretty wife. The sun and wind had changed her‚ too. They had taken the sparkle from her eyes ad left them a sober gray; they had taken the red from her cheeks and lips‚ and they were gray also. She was thin and gaunt and never smiled now” (Baum‚ 1). Dorothy never outwardly

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    commonly known as Frank L. Baum‚ novel The Wonderful wizard of Oz Baum describes a story in which a young girl Dorothy and her dog‚ Toto go on a magical journey from the dull‚ gray land of Kansas to the colorful‚ magical land of Oz. This girl and her dog meet three companions‚ a Cowardly Lion‚ a Brainless Scarecrow‚ and a Heartless Tin Man and have adventure in the Land of Oz and untimely help Dorothy get home. In Baum’s allegorical The Wonderful Wizard of Oz he uses satire and symbols‚ such as the regions

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    LETTER TO MYSELF EXAMPLE

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    mom’s oh-so-hot boyfriend stories. They have taught me great life lessons that I will never forget. They are my heroes and I couldn’t ask for any better. In life‚ we all have role models‚ id like to thank my role model‚ Miss Stephanie Dandridge for influencing me to have fun‚ stay safe‚ and most of all

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    grayness of Kansas‚ Dorothy’s home‚ Baum is symbolizing the dullness of reality and Dorothy’s feelings toward this reality. Dorothy believes nothing in the world is special‚ and that there is no magic because her Aunt Em told her so: “‘But‚’ said Dorothy‚ after a moment’s thought‚ ‘Aunt Em has told me that the witches were all dead -- years and years ago’” (14). This gives Dorothy blinders to the beauty of reality‚ and everything is gray and barren. Once she sees the beauty of Oz Dorothy’s growth begins

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    poems lies in the pages of Dorothy Wordsworth’s journal. Quite frequently‚ Dorothy describes an incident in her journal‚ and William writes a poem about the same incident‚ often around two years later.’ It is a common observation that whilst Dorothy is a recorder – ‘her face was excessively brown’ – William is a transformer – ‘Her skin was of Egyptian brown’ . The intertextuality between The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals and ‘I wandered lonely as a Cloud’ allows both Dorothy and William to write about

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    as well as extensive reasoning‚ behind much of what Dorothy Wordsworth writes in The Grasmere Journals and evidence of this was discovered after searching the Internet. An article by Jill Angelino‚ titled “Writing Against‚ Writing Through: 
Subjectivity‚ Vocation and Authorship in the Work of Dorothy Wordsworth”‚ describes many of these in great detail. The theme Angelino discusses in greatest detail however‚ albeit the main reason for Dorothy keeping the journals in the first place‚ is Dorothy’s

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    Assignment 1 – Narrative Report Story and Plot In a narrative film‚ a plot is considered all visible and audible elements present in a film‚ in essence the film in its entirety including nondiegetic images. In The Wizard of Oz‚ the plot begins with Dorothy (Judy Garland)‚ a young farm girl from Kansas who dreams of escaping to ‘somewhere over the rainbow’ without troubles and torment for her dog Toto from a horrible neighbour Miss Gulch (Margaret Hamilton). During a tornado she is hit on the head and

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