about a young‚ girl from Kansas named Dorothy Gale played by Judy Garland who dreams of another life. Dorothy lives on her auntie Emily (Clara Blandick) and uncle Henry’s (Charley Grapewin) farm‚ and has friends named “Hunk (Ray Bolger)‚ Zeke (Bert Lahr) and Hickory (Jack Haley). All of the mentioned friends play a vital roles as The Scarecrow (Ray Bolger)‚ The Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr) and The Tin Man (Jack Haley)” in the film. (IMDb‚ n.d). At one point‚ Dorothy decides to run away and find a new
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the things he was supposed to learn. So when Mrs. Dorothy called for the first graders to submit there answers Thomas crept to the front of the class. Mrs. Dorothy asked him what K-N-O-W spelt and Thomas just looked at her blankly. Mrs. Dorothy has him stick his hands out‚ She takes her ruler and smacks his hands as hard as she could as everyone just starred with fear then Lexi jumps up and screams "He’s only three how horrid you be!" Mrs. Dorothy turns around And glares at Lexi she tells her "You’d
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incorporate female empowerment as the theme in the film‚ it backfired on them. Dorothy is supposed to be an icon of female power that should be respected and imitated; however her “mannish” quirks defeat any positive influence. For example‚ Sandy‚ Michael’s “girlfriend” is not given the part of Emily because she is a woman in power and power‚ according to Ron the director of the soap opera‚ makes women ugly. Seeing as how Dorothy is really a man and not exactly attractive “she” fits the part. This also
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between gold and silver which correlates with the rich of the northeast and the common folk is expressed in Baum’s book. Dorothy represents the common folk and once she is taken by the cyclone from Kansas to Oz‚ which places her in a fantastic place compared to gloomy Kansas. The process of being carried by the tornado shows the victory of silver being primarily used and once Dorothy defeats the Wicked Witch of the East who symbolizes the Eastern rich who favor gold‚ she allows the munchkins‚ the common
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Gershon. King Alfred drove the nicest car and had the biggest castle. He was a handsome man who was married to a gorgeous Queen name Dorothy. It seemed clear that Dorothy did not love Alfred‚ only his money and power. King Alfred is a rude‚ self-centered man who has never had to work for anything in his life. On a beautiful afternoon in Gershon‚ King Alfred and Queen Dorothy decided to take a drive around to show off their new convertible. Alfred was driving the car at an extremely fast speed when all
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The Message We Are Supposed to Get Genesis 22:1-19 Introduction: There are passages in the Scripture whose meaning is not immediately obvious‚ whose message is not immediately clear. They disrupt our simple formulas and predictable solutions which we seek force the Bible. We forget that there are strange things. And none is stranger than what is asked of Abraham in Genesis 22—to sacrifice his son Isaac. For example‚ how many of us have thought the message of the Bible was primarily moral instruction
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what the president says. This further makes the house of congress seem like puppets on the larger scale. The monkeys also did not like the witch and they were excited when Dorothy melted her. This is analogous for the way the US is never pleased with the Government. The Witch did not defend herself substantially‚ allowing Dorothy to kill her easily‚ which could be symbolic of the way that the US government doesn’t have a strong handle on all of the issues in the US. During the Gilded age‚ urbanization
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SLAMS Workshop October 2013 Problems and Suggested Answers PROBLEM 1 Jim drove his wife‚ Betty‚ to Southern Cross Station‚ so that she could catch the Melbourne-Sydney express‚ a special service operated by InterUrban. She was planning to spend a week in Sydney visiting friends. Having arrived at the station‚ Jim carried Betty’s luggage on board the train. They had just stepped into the carriage‚ when the train driver announced over the intercom that the Melbourne-Sydney express would
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Dorothy’s coincidental meet at the airport. However Jerry gets in trouble later in the film and is fired by the company he works at. Because of Dorothy’s admiration‚ she decides to accompany Jerry and leaves her job with him. In the airport scene‚ Dorothy loses her son and somehow Jerry helps to look for her. The director’s intension of putting Dorothy’s son (Ray) in the scene with a middle shot may be creating a connection of the characters. Ray is probably the key who links the two main characters
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Inner journeys An inner journey is the challenge of self reflection. Everybody has their own inner journey that is caused by certain events that happen in their lives and causes growth‚ understanding and change in perception of themself and the world. There is obvious inner journeys that the characters in Othello‚ Thelma and Louise‚ and the Wizard of Oz. Shakespeare’s play Othello is the story of a man in the military‚ who meets the woman of his dreams and woos her over with his beautiful story
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