Although adversity may reveal ones fate or fortune; a friend would show his true side in the time to come. In the movie the "Oz: The Great and Powerful" downfall and redemption play a major role in the development of each character. At the beginning of Oz the great and poweful it seems as Oscar is at rock bottem. During Oscars magic show things dont go as expected when a paralized girl asks him to make her walk instead of telling her that he is a illusion a fake he lets her cry and just leaves
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Political interpretations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz include treatments of the modern fairy tale (written by L. Frank Baum and first published in 1900) as an allegory or metaphor for the political‚ economic and social events of America in the 1890s. Scholars have examined four quite different versions of Oz: the novel of 1900‚ the Broadway play of 1901‚the Hollywood film of 1939‚ and the numerous follow-up Oz novels written after 1900 by Baum and others. The political interpretations focus on
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Wizard of Oz Interpretation The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a story about a girl named Dorothy who experiences a cyclone that takes her to a magical land of good and bad. When she is in this land she encounters a Scarecrow‚ Tin Man‚ and a Lion. These 3 characters are with her throughout the story and they go through different tough situations together. In the end they make their way to the Oz who grants their wishes and Dorothy goes back home. People say that this story is based off of populism‚ money
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Influence is the capacity or power of persons to produce an effect on the actions of others. Victor Flemming‚ the director of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz‚ depicts a message that revolves around the reversal of power and gender roles. Moreover‚ Dorothy is a child in her physical presence but lives the role of a hero as she leads the scarecrow‚ lion‚ and tin man to the Wizard himself. Through the archetypes such as the hero being a women‚ Cultural values‚ and the stages of the journey‚ Flemming
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In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz‚ the author‚ L. Frank Baum uses colors to symbolize a variety of things. When he wrote his story he probably had a specific plan in regards to what color was going to symbolize what. Colors can be used to symbolize a variety of things like the mood of the story‚ a character’s feelings‚ the temperature in the story‚ or even be symbolic of something in the real world. It would be left up to the reader’s interpretation of the story to see if they were able to uncover what
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a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.’ ‘I shall take the heart’ returned the Tin Woodman; ‘for brains do not make one happy‚ and happiness is the best thing in the world.’” – Excerpt from “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum A Woodman of tin‚ a man stuffed with straw Each with a human-like question and flaw Where’s the importance‚ in the head or the heart? Subtle opinions‚ but the question still sparks Small one caught in the middle of things But
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The Wizard of Oz Review by Harvey Karten Copyright © 1998 Harvey Karten I’d like five bucks for every time someone called out to me‚ “Hey‚ Toto!” when I walk my cairn terrier around the neighborhood. “Is that really Toto?” adults would stop and ask me‚ and I’d of course reply‚ “Sure it is; I’ve had him for sixty-three years now.” As for the kids‚ well‚ surprisingly enough some of them never saw “The Wizard of Oz” so the best they can do is say‚ “Ma‚ Ma‚ look at the dog!” Pretty soon
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Tiffini Bates ENGL 387.010 Introduction to Film Analysis Final Exam The Wizard of Oz Film Form (Form and Narrative Form) The Wizard of Oz uses film form by using similarity and repetition. With Dorothy being the main character‚ she is always reappearing in the film. As well as all of the characters‚ The Tin Man‚ The Lion‚ and The Scarecrow‚ have similarities to Dorothy. Each of them need something‚ Dorothy needs to go back home‚ The Tin Man needs a brain‚ The Scarecrow needs a heart‚ and
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The Wizard of Oz: Bringing the book to life The wizard of Oz has been a beloved story that has had an impact way beyond being a children’s fairy tale. Numerous papers in sociology and the humanities have been written analyzing the allegories contained in the story. The song “Over the Rainbow” is such an inspirational song that it has survived over the years‚ being covered by numerous artists and featuring even in movies today‚ like the movie “Australia”. This article however will focus
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The wizard of Oz Mythical elements in the Wizard of Oz * Flying of house * Dorothy goes to the munchkins country * Munchkins * Good witch of north * Bad witch of east * Bad witch of west * Lion’s talking * Friendship among scare- crow lion Dorothy and Tin-woodman * Scare crow was dancing‚ moving etc * Tin wood man was dancing‚ moving‚ talking etc * In animate objects were asking for animate qualities * Trees talking‚ throwing apples. Animate qualities
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