A closer look at the characters in The Wizard of Oz By Mary Ann Monjeau-Warner HUMA 205 Film Critique #1 Instructor: Dr. Tomory March 15‚ 2013 “Transported to a surreal landscape‚ a young girl kills the first woman she meets‚ and then teams up with three complete strangers to kill again.”(Polito) You would think this is a horror flick coming up. It’s
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civilization. The well-known theorem is named after the Greek mathematician and philosopher‚ Pythagoras. In the Wizard of Oz‚ after the Scarecrow gets a brain‚ he states the Pythagorean theorem. However‚ he mistakenly says it applies to an isosceles triangle when it applies to a right triangle. He not only says the wrong triangle‚ he also gets the equation wrong. The Scarecrow says‚ “The sum of the square root of two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the third side.” The correct
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family and a dog that she recently found named Toto. A tornado hits Kansas and causes Dorothy to become unconscious. When she wakes up she finds herself in the Land of Oz In the time that she is their she makes three friends‚ the Tin Man‚ The Scarecrow‚ and the Lion that help her fight the Wicked Witch of the West‚ get to the Emerald city‚ and finally home. In their journey to Emerald city to get to the wizard they
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the scariest people can be scares. For example when Falcone (a gangster who controls Gotham’s underworld) was threatening Crane’s bosses operation‚ Crane put on his mask and used a special toxin‚ which scared Falcone so much he went insane. “Scarecrow‚ Scarecrow.” Camera angles were important to see fear and understand people’s expressions when they experienced it. For example in a scene where Batman rescues Rachel‚ Batman scares the truth out of Crane. We can see how scared Crane is with a close
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meaning because 9. The forest is significant because 10. The eyes represent The barbed wire represents The dress represents The withered cotton field represents The scarecrow represents The trees silver in their dead leaves represent 11. The point Welty is making about human nature through Phoenix’s encounter with the scarecrow is 12. Welty does not give the man a name because He represents Welty is proving that 13. The nickel is significant because 14. Natchez represents Its oak trees
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a strong male‚ but she is quite the opposite: She saves the Scarecrow and the Tinman (both who are male) from their states of confinement‚ and when she herself is captured by the Wicked Witch of the West‚ she finds a means to defeat her enemy and sets a whole people free as a side effect….” (We’ve All Come a Long Way). While Dorothy was on her expedition to the Land of Oz she befriends three characters: The Lion‚ Tinman‚ and Scarecrow. Before Dorothy met these characters they were stuck both physically
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its Relations in Populism The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has caused quite a stir of controversy since it was first published in 1900. Written by L. Frank Baum‚ it was initially thought of to be only a magical story for children; but as it was later examined‚ there seemed to be more behind the well thought out novel than meets the eye. It appeared that Baum wrote an entire book as a metaphor relating to the populism of the 1890s. From the characters to the settings to
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Analyzing “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty 1. The theme of the story is: Racism is an issue that never seems to disappear no matter how much people say it does. 2. The title is significant because it explains Phoenix’s journeys. If a pair of shoes are worn everyday‚ eventually they will become worn out. Phoenix took that path all the time to get medicine for her grandson. The fact that she always took that path wore it out and is considered a worn path. 3. The story takes place in the south after
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Forever Hold Your Peace Grandma Phoenix has to travel a long way to get her destination. She has to get through trees‚ animals and dangerous hunters. This story takes place in the winter. She has to endure the physical trails of going on this journey‚ because it’s hard for an old woman to travel in the snow. Especially in December. Phoenix pays no mind to the snow. She has to travel from her home‚ into the woods‚ and into town. She also used her obstacles to be her motivation in a way. The readers
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asylum is also known as the Scarecrow. He uses his harmful drugs to fight batman. There are a few archetypes in Batman Begins. Archetypes are universally understood symbols‚ statements‚ or patterns of behavior. Archetypes are often used in myths and storytelling across different cultures. The archetypes used in Batman Begins are the hero‚ Bruce Wayne; the mentor‚ Alfred and Ra’s Al Ghul; shapeshifter‚ also Ra’s Al Ghul; guardian‚ Falcone; and the shadow‚ the Scarecrow. Alfred raised Bruce after
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