The Wizard of Oz was released August 25‚ 1939. In this story Dorothy‚ her little dog Toto‚ a Man of tin‚ a Scarecrow‚ and a cowardly lion all travel down a “yellow brick” road (a symbol for gold and a value to our currency) to find the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz. After a long journey‚ they finally get to him and find out that he is nothing more than a man behind a curtain speaking through a microphone and operating levers‚ knobs and switches to keep the illusion alive. Frank Baum‚ the writer
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spupported Dorothy the entire journey. Threshold Guardians are characters who serve to challenge or obstruct the Hero’s progress from one stage of the Journey to another. They stand at the gateways to new experiences; their role is to keep the unworthy from continuing on the Journey. The Hero must prove his or her worthiness in some way‚ often by defeating and killing the Threshold Guardian or by passing some test. The Wicked West of the East is the Threshold Guardain because when Dorothy Killed Her
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had courage once he had came out from hiding to threaten Dorothy and her friends‚ which takes courage to do in the first place‚ even though he had scared himself while doing it. After he had scared them‚ the lion decided to follow the trail with Dorothy‚ even though he had not known what was going to happen. This part of the movie shows that the lion has courage‚ even though he doesn’t know it yet‚ because of the fact he had scared Dorothy and her friends and put his trust into them‚ even though
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Tin Pan Alley The 1920s was the beginning of a decade of change in the American arts. Jazz‚ along with such inventions as the phonograph‚ radio and sound movies‚ transformed the music industry. By the end of the decade‚ 40% of all Americans had radios in their homes. Not surprisingly‚ 58% of households in New York City owned a radio. New York became the center of the music world‚ and at the center of New York was a small area called Tin Pan Alley. Radios initially provided the young century’s second
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friends presents a video of messages from past loved ones‚ who all agree that Jerry Maguire is incapable of being alone. When he breaks up with his fiancée‚ Avery‚ her first reaction is disbelief because she‚ too‚ knows that he cannot be alone. Dorothy‚ in fact‚ uses his fear of the word to convince him to invite her out on their first dinner
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means that the women would care her children by either educating them or feeding them until they were all grown up‚ then society would take them and grant them opportunities according to their gender. The life of the women can be clearly depicted by Dorothy Hartman‚ a historian‚ article on the Conner Prairie website when she argues‚ “Women’s popular literature of the period is full of advice about encouragement for
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For those of you somehow unfamiliar with the tale‚ here are the Spark Notes: Dorothy is a small-town Kansas girl who dreamed of life somewhere over the rainbow. She gets swept up in a tornado and dropped into a strange yet wonderful land called Oz. How did the author come up with the name Oz anyway? Baum said it came to him one day when he was staring – probably asking that question Ian shared concerning the ending time of class – at a set of filing drawers labeled A-G‚ H-N and O-Z. As a result
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different‚ they were as close as sisters. Bea Arthur played the sarcastic and wry Dorothy Zbornak‚ who spoke with a deep voice and stood at a staggering 5 foot 10. She always had a smart remark to say about anything and anyone. Betty White played Rose Nylund‚ the carefree blonde from St. Olaf with a heart of gold. Rose‚ to put it bluntly‚ wasn’t exactly the sharpest tool in the shed and you had better believe Dorothy had lots to say about that! Also‚ there was Sophia Petrillo‚ played by Estelle
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“Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey‚” by William Wordsworth‚ is a romantic poem that uses natural landscapes to induce an individual’s sublime emotional states. Sublime‚ according to Edmund Burke‚ is a profound emotional state experienced when someone is close to wild or dangerous events‚ but not directly in the path of danger. Carl Grosse‚ however‚ criticizes this definition and argues that danger only paralyzes the emotions and blocks sublime from emerging. By juxtaposing society with
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“helpers” paired with Dorothy‚ their coming of age is more based on them finding their true selves‚ and the life skills that they three all obtain. Of each of the characters I will be focusing on; the Tin Woodman‚ the Cowardly Lion‚ and the Scarecrow‚ they all have a more advanced coming of age; for they are already at the peak of adolescence but still have to mastery that maturity and confidence needed to reach their journeys in adulthood. The Scarecrow is the first character Dorothy meets as she begins
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