Winkies‚ and Quadlings. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz remains as one of the most famous children’s stories of all time because of its fantastical setting‚ the triumph of good over evil and the positive portrayal of a powerful young girl. The protagonist Dorothy is young girl from rural Kansas‚ a dull and gray land where melancholy prevails and laughter is almost nonexistent. Baum created a loveable character who is able to
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William and Dorothy Wordsworth Compared: As Brother and Sister and as Writers. There is no doubt that there are strong similarities between Dorothy Wordsworth’s “Grasmere Journal” and William Wordsworth’s poem “I wandered lonely as a cloud”. The relationship between these two pieces is clearly illuminated by Frances Wilson and his critical take upon events highlighted in Dorothy’s Journal. As well as Wilson‚ Susan M. Levin also takes a theoretical look at the relationship‚ suggesting that Dorothy’s
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heroine of the story is Dorothy. Dorothy is the heroine because she put her friends’ happiness before her own and helped them reach their goals. In the story Dorothy goal was to return home to her aunt and uncle in Kansas and while she was trying to get home she made friends‚ a Lion who wanted courage‚ a Scarecrow who wanted brains‚ the Tin woodman wanted a heart. They started their journey together to help her but she really helped them reach their goals. When Dorothy and her friends
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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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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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the unfulfilled love due to societal and race differences between a 15 –year old socialite‚ Dorothy Sambrooke‚ the daughter of a U.S. senator Jeremy Sambrooke and Stephen Knight (also referred as to “Steve” throughout most of the story) a 20‐year old boy Hawaii native. The story is set in in Hawaii in the early 1900’s‚ a time where the relationship between different races was very troublesome. Dorothy‚ a plain and unexperienced girl‚ arrived to Hawaii alongside her father and a commission of other U
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both the novel and the film have the same theme‚ the audience would notice that these differences would make the novel more exciting and powerful adventures than the film. Those difference would be the back up stories‚ the shape that Oz took when Dorothy and her friends ask for their wishes and the journey to the castle of the Wicked Witch of the west. On the novel and the film the Scarecrow would ask Oz for a brain‚ Tin Woodsman would ask Oz for a heart‚ and the Cowardly Lion would ask Oz
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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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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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