people or scenarios. When I was a young child‚ I watched the “The Wizard of Oz‚” all the time; but when we watched it together in my U.S. History Class‚ I realized that the meaning is much deeper than it seems. Many of the characters and significant places or things in the movie can represent people‚ places‚ things and ideas from American history. There are many ways to connect “The Wizard of Oz‚” to history. In “The Wizard of Oz” Dorothy is a simple girl who gets caught up in a huge scenario involving
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Childhood vs Adulthood The change in setting from Kansas to Oz is synonymous and also symbolic of Dorothy’s transition from childhood to adulthood. I will be drawing on specific examples from the movie where it is evident that Dorothy’s behavior in Oz reflects a more mature adult-like tone whereas similar situations in Kansas illuminate childishness. The most prominent example in Kansas where Dorothy demonstrates her child-like behavior is when Ms Gulch comes to take Toto away. Dorothy’s expression
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Mise-en-scène The placement of a prop or altering the way the light shines on a scene‚ however insignificant they may seem‚ are ways that the director can select and control meaning in a film. Such is in The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming‚ 1939)‚ specifically during the scene where Dorothy (Judy Galand) has been locked in the Wicked Witch of the West’s (Margaret Hamilton) castle room by herself; many aspects of mise-en-scene are noticeable. Many of the elements of the scene she is in contribute to
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Oz and the Tin Man In the classic film‚ “The Wizard of Oz”‚ Dorothy meets a tin woodsman. The solemn Tin Man tells Dorothy that he wasn’t given a heart. He then sings his hit single‚ “If I Only Had a Heart”‚ and through song and choreographed dance‚ the Tin Man shares his dream. He would be “friends with the sparrows and the boy that shoots the arrows”. He would be kind‚ he would be gentle‚ and he’d be “awful sentimental”‚ if he only had a heart. He believes that professional help is
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz In the story of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum utilized colors which played a very important role throughout the story. The colors represent the region‚ which Dorothy and her friends are in. While following the yellow brick road they cross the blue Munchkins‚ the yellow Winkies‚ and the green Emerald City. Each of the color schemes symbolizes an important region in Dorothy’s journey. While facing many problems and obstacles they manage to get to their ultimate
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Essay Question #2 The Travelling Companions In most coming-of-age stories the hero is usually accompanied by friends that help him accomplish his journey. In Baum‚ L. Frank “The Wizard of Oz”‚ Dorothy meets three characters that help her find the wizard‚ defeat the wicked witch and return home. In this journey‚ every character helps her to grow up and understand why she needs a brain‚ a heart and courage. The journey would not have been possible without her three companions. The intelligence
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L. Frank Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz more than 115 years ago‚ but it still remains one of the most beloved and well known children’s stories of all time. Baum weaved together a fantastical tale of a young girl being transported to a faraway magical land with witches and wizards and other mythical creatures such as Munchkins‚ 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
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The Wizard of Oz: An Exploration of the Connections to the Populist Movement Dorothy‚ as played by Judy Garland in the movie‚ was a young teenage girl who‚ when a tornado hit her house in Kansas‚ was magically transferred to Oz with her dog‚ Toto. Dorothy was seen as the Everyman who just wanted to get back to the way things used to be. She embodies what every American wants to be: loyal‚ strong-willed‚ and resourceful. Henry Littlefield identifies her‚ “"Dorothy is Baum’s Miss Everyman. She
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In the book‚ The Wizard of Oz {{Include the author}}Dorothy’s home is ripped from the grounds of Kansas and is transported to the Land of Oz by a cyclone. Dorothy’s house lands in the east region of Oz also known as Munchkin country a place depicted as having blue surroundings where everyone wore blue. As Dorothy makes her way through Oz‚ she follows the yellow brick road through different regions of Oz. In the middle of Oz and built from giant emeralds was Emerald City that required you to wear
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The Wizard Of Oz: The Bimetallic Standard & Populism Representations At first look‚ The Wizard Of Oz just seems to be a story about a normal Kansas girl who simply just wants to get back to her home‚ and is able to do so with the help of some new friends she meets along her journey. However‚ there seems to more to the story than just that. The author L. Frank Baum wrote the story in the late 1890s and it was published in 1900. This was right around the same time there was a huge fuss over the
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