Bending the conventional good witch/bad witch role this gives the opportunity for some middle ground that the movie doesn’t cover. My subject has green
discuss The Wizard of Oz and the elements that make it a fantasy genre film and specific scenes that really expound on those elements. The Wizard of Oz tells the story of a young girl named Dorothy. She gets caught in a storm and her home is picked up and thrust into this world known as the Land of Oz. It is here she meets the people of the town known as munchkins. She also meets the Wicked Witch of the West and learns that her home has fallen atop of the witch’s sister. Glinda, the Good Witch of the…
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This passage The Humbug is from the book the Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. The quote is when Dorothy and her friends realized that great Oz is not a real wizard, he is only a cheater. The great Oz lied for many years to all the people in the Emerald City, and all the time he changed his face to make people believe he was a wizard. The passage is asking me, my impression of the wizard. I think the people who are lied to won't…
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Athena, the Greatest Wizard of Oz One may think that Athena is the greatest of all of the gods and better than many people, including Glinda the good witch from the wizard of Oz, maybe even the great Zeus himself! Well, if you thought this, then you are right! Glinda the good witch is a is a fictional character in the Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum.Literature is everywhere with many great heroes and villains, but some rule over others. A great example is Athena, from the Odyssey…
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“THE WIZARD OF OZ” The Wizard of Oz was released in the year 1939, which means it is an old film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film has many interesting things which people really appreciated and gave positive regards and reviews regarding it but it was observed that the movie at beginning could not earn much in the box office and was going in a loss in its early period of time (Rudolph). Kansas was a city which was said to be very old and dry, it was seen in black and white color…
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I will be comparing The Wizard of Oz and Alice Through the Looking Glass. The story elements I will be comparing are Characters,and setting. The reason I chose the Wizard of oz to compare to alice through the looking glass. Is because in both stories the main protagonist goes to a make believe land.Then shortly after that,they meet many make believe characters. Another reason why I chose to compare these to movies is because I think they are both very good movies. Now on with the essay. The characters…
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movies. For instance, in “The Wizard of Oz”, fantasy describes this film however, this classic has been categorized as a musical as well. Fantasy films are films that are made up with make believe situations that seem dreamlike, ridiculous characters, or settings, and often cusp into other genres (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2014). Horror and Comedy are just to name a few genres that Fantasy allows border with (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2014). In fact, in “The Wizard of Oz”, humor is seen throughout the…
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Additional Text thingy – The Kite Runner and The Wizard of Oz (Film) Taken from a positive perspective, there is a case to be made that "The Wizard of Oz" is very inspiring piece of work. There are many scenes where a series of epiphanies unfolds for each of the four main characters: The Scarecrow, The Tin Man, The Cowardly Lion and Dorothy. These epiphanies centre on their perception of self and who and what they really are, at the very core of their inner beings. Most notable is the scene where…
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goddesses like Zeus, Odysseus, or Aphrodite. Greek themes can be found on any bookshelf and even in movies that do not exactly state anything about Greek mythology. The classic American movie The Wizard of Oz follows Greek themes by the heroic initiation that Dorothy Gale embarks on her journey in the world of Oz that relates to a classic Greek myth, The Odyssey. Dorothy’s “Departure” begins with “Refusal” as a tornado comes into her homeland of Kansas. She is torn away from everything she knows. She…
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A time-honored classic, “The Wizard of Oz” film excited and still excites the imagination and emotion of young audiences everywhere. The adventures of Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion entertain children’s wildest dreams, but older audiences have begun to look deeper into the meaning of the film. Dorothy, the main character, clearly goes on an adventure, and her adventure through Oz causes a development in her personality. How she develops, though, is a matter of debate…
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Final Paper In the story the “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” there are various themes and use of symbolism. Childhood is one of the major themes. Dorothy is the essential child protagonist, for she is unassuming, open-minded, simple, and frank. Independence and believe in one’s self is also very important theme in the story because all the major characters in the story think they lack something which they had all along. I believe that the importance of friendship is also an important theme for this…
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