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In this paper I will look at the movie “The Wizard of Oz” through the Musical/ Fantasy/ adventure genre lens. The film is about a young girl who is whisked off into a magical place. A place that is full of witches, munchkins, flying monkeys and actual magic. It is a place of perilous adventure and colorful and interesting personalities. The Wizard of Oz was a 1939 musical/ fantasy/ family/ adventure film based on L. Frank Baum’s book of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The film was directed by Victor

and The Wizard and Dorothy build a hot air balloon to return to Kansas. Before Dorothy can get into the balloon, Toto runs into the crowd. While chasing him, the rope holding the balloon flies away and the balloon takes off without Dorothy and Toto. Glinda the good witch tells Dorothy to click the heels of the silver shoes together. And Dorothy finally arrives

The crowd gazed at the green-skinned woman in silent horror. She had already gone around terrorizing everyone in the square. Vella and Shay heard Oz whisper something to Glinda. The woman whipped around and looked at him. “Don’t you recognize me, Wizard?” the woman asked. “Have I changed so much?” “Theodora?” Oz almost whispered the name, not sure if he wanted to believe it. “Is that really Theodora?” Vella whispered, looking at Shay. A few facial similarities were there, but this woman before

appears that he may have wanted to specifically make references to the United States in his book as well. “When the meet Glinda, she is described in the colors of the national flag, as a woman with “rich red” hair, a dress of “pure white,” and blue eyes.” 1 It appears as if the association of Glinda with the colors of red, white, and blue was not a mere coincidence. Glinda plays an important role in the story, and while she is a witch, she is a “good” and powerful witch. She also plays an important

friends with Galinda, soon to be Glinda. It also shows you her journey to Oz and her interactions with the Wizard. She leaves Oz and Glinda and struggles to maintain her values and her beliefs. In the play Wicked by Winnie Holzman and Stephen Schwartz, Holzman and Schwartz illustrate the theme of love by looking at relationships, family, and mentors. There were many examples of relationships in the play Wicked. One of the examples is the relationship between Glinda and Fiyero. Though they think they

Wicked Witch of the East. Glinda the Good Witch of the North appears and welcomes Dorothy to Munchkin Land. Glinda calls out to the munchkins with a song called “Come Out.” The munchkins welcome Dorothy and her dog Toto with "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead"; "We Welcome You to Munchkin Land.” Glinda awards Dorothy with the magic ruby slippers that belong to the Wicked Witch of the East. Then the Wicked Witch of the West comes on scene and is enraged about her sister 's death. Glinda told Dorothy that The

Allyson Magallanes Period 5 Character Analysis Essay Wicked, created by Winnie Holzman, is a musical is centered around a story of a misunderstood outcast Elphaba Thropp, as told by her frenemy G(a)linda Upland. The story begins with an affair that Elphaba’s mother has with a “green” man who forces her to drink a green elixir. Later the elixir is revealed to be the reason why Elphaba’s skin is green. Elphaba is nearsighted and a bit of a nerd in terms of appearance but even more so with her intelligence

gender. However, Elphaba combines her masculinity and her femininity to define her character. She is still considered as a woman and has feminine characteristics that are mostly directed to women. She is emotional when she learned that Glinda gave away the silver

According to Dictionary.com, an archetype is an original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based. In other words, it is a prototype. Due to this definition, there is a broad amount of archetypes. An archetype could be a character, symbol, or even situation. They are present in many stories. It does not even have to be in a story in order for it to be an archetype. They are also present in many movies, songs, and television shows. They are also

city. The first color that appears in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is blue, which represents the Munchkins. The tornado drops Dorothy's house on the Wicked Witch of the East, killing her. Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, gives Dorothy the dead witch's enchanted Ruby Slippers, and the slippers protect her. Glinda and the Munchkins advise Dorothy that if she wants to get home to Kansas, she should seek the aid of the Wizard of Oz, who lives in the Emerald City. To get there, Dorothy sets off down