Leadership Theory in the Wizard of Oz The movie The Wizard of Oz based on the story by L. Frank Baum has been used by many as a lesson in leadership. There are several emerging leaders in the story from Dorothy up to the Wizard of Oz himself each with their own leadership and motivational style. Let’s examine this classic film as it relates to 2 popular theories: the Path-Goal Theory and the Expectancy Theory of Motivation. I. The Path-Goal Theory The Path-Goal Theory is a leadership model that
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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 Wonderful Wizard of Populism The “The Wizard of Oz” is a beloved children’s story written by L. Frank Baum in 1900 and many historians have tried to come up with arguments that compare the mystical story with the movement of populism. All of these theories have some background but none of them are able to draw any real parallels between the story and populism that are not completely speculative. These historians have done nothing that could bring any evidence or tie any parts of the plot
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used repeatedly like that‚ they are said to have an archetypal pattern (Rice). The quest on which all these heroes go on is referred to as the archetypal quest (Rice). “The Wizard of Oz” focuses on a small-town girl living in Kansas. “The Epic of Gilgamesh” focuses on an arrogant king who rules the city of Uruk. The Wizard of Oz and The Epic of Gilgamesh were written 5000 years apart‚ but they both contain the elements that make them archetypal quests. One of the stages in the hero’s quest is when
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allies and enemies the come across 7) Approach to the Inmost cave 8) ordeal 9) reward 10) the road back 110 Resurrection and finally 12) Return with Elixir. These timeless patterns have alson helped create the ideas for the most classic movies. The Wizard of Oz has been drastically influence by the major theme of the monomyth in a circular narrative. In Campbell’s discovery the ideas of the story is just part of the endless variation of an example of the Heroes Journey. The story begins in the world
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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 telling. Othello comes across as a very smart man who respects everyone who he crosses paths with‚
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The view of Kansas changed greatly between the Kansas and Nebraska Act and the time the Wizard of Oz was written. In 1854‚ after Kansas was made a territory open to settlement‚ many people flocked to it to claim the new land available as it seemed like a beautiful place to live as well as a place full of opportunity. People were attracted to Kansas as the fertile soil‚ plentiful land‚ and heavy rainfall led farmers to becoming successful at growing crops. Eventually‚ life in Kansas would prove dull
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Traits of Fantasy. The identifying traits of fantasy are the inclusion of fantastic elements in a self-coherent setting. Within such a structure‚ any location of the fantastical element is possible: it may be hidden in‚ or leak into the apparently real world setting‚ it may draw the characters into a world with such elements‚ or it may occur entirely in a fantasy world setting‚ where such elements are part of the world. Within a given work‚ the elements must not only obey rules‚ but for plot reasons
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Detailed Look at Underlying Themes The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a novel published originally in 1900‚ and written by L. Frank Baum‚ who also wrote thirteen to seventeen other books centering around the magical land of Oz. This children’s book spawned a Broadway Musical in 1902 and a film adaptation in 1939. It has also been the basic building block for plenty of other films‚ musicals and novels having to do with this imaginative world‚ such as Wicked; Oz the Great and Powerful; and The Wiz. These spin-offs
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Fantasy Rhetoric: Summary and Analysis of Katherine Fowkes’s Fantasy Films A Rhetoric Analysis consists of a multitude of attributes some larger than others and some not specifically require. Among those are certain attributes that are what provides the foundation of any Rhetoric work‚ Logos‚ Pathos‚ and Ethos or persuasive appeal. My job is to show you the other attributes consisting of the context of the argument‚ the authors’ attitude‚ and the tone of the overall work. So first I will have
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