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    Macbeth is Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy and tells the story of immoral pursuits of power and the effects that it casts onto Macbeth and his wife. Dark ambition is the downfall of Macbeth and his wife and the people who give them the idea are none other than a trio of pot-stirring witches. At the beginning of the story, the witches act as prophets, telling Macbeth that he is destined to be the King of Scotland. Once he takes the throne, they return to him with prophecies of his downfall. Their actions

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    that he may have needed to explicitly make references to the United States in his book too. "At the point when the meet Glinda, she is portrayed in the shades of the national banner, as a lady with "rich red" hair, a dress of "unadulterated white," and blue eyes." It shows up as though the relationship of Glinda with the shades of red, white, and blue was not a minor occurrence. Glinda assumes an essential part in the story, keeping in mind she is a witch, she is a "decent" and intense witch. She likewise

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    The Wizard of Oz is a film whom plot is based on a sad and lonely Kansas farm girl, whose name is Dorothy. Dorothy is unhappy and dreams of a better place without hatred toward her dog Toto from a hateful neighbor spinster, so in that case Dorothy plans to run away to escape the unhappy life she lives. During her plan to run away a terrifying tornado strikes her town and Dorothy is struck on the head and transported to a falsity land called “beyond the rainbow” where she interacts with people that

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    There are only three witches in the movie: The Good Witch of the North, The Wicked Witch of the East and The Wicked Witch of the West. In the movie Glinda is the name of The Good Witch of the North. Whereas in the book The Good Witch of the South has the name Glinda and The Good Witch of the North has no name. As the book goes on they reach Oz and he asks them to kill The Wicked Witch of the West. The Wicked Witch is not seen or heard from until the end

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    Have you ever seen or been to a musical before? There are so many musicals out there I don’t know if it is possible to see them all. The music and storylines of the musicals are all so unique to one another, but at the same time can be similar to one another in various ways. Two musicals I have seen include some of the same characters, but tell two different stories because of the point of view. One of the musicals I just mentioned is Wizard of Oz and the other one is Wicked. The three areas of comparison

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    of Oz. They are traveling to the Emerald City to meet the Oz because they believe that he can give them what they want. The Oz gives all of them except Dorothy what they want even though they already had what they wanted. Dorothy finds Glinda the Good Witch and Glinda tells Dorothy that she already has the means to get home; the shoes. In the end, everyone gets what they want. The Scarecrow, Tinman, Lion, and Dorothy are all searching for someone to help them with a problem that they already have a

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    The children’s book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”, which was published in 1900 by L. Frank Baum is conceded as a classic story that many people love. The book gained so much popularity and that led to the release of the film adaptation, “The Wizard of Oz” in 1939. Even though the film adaptation was very similar to the original book, there were some changes in the main character (Dorothy) and the roles of the witches, which were ineffective and effective respectively. First, I will talk about Dorothy’s

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    The characters: Dorothy, The Witches, The Tin Man, The Scarecrow, The Lion, and The Wizard. There is a very large age difference between the Dorothy in the movie and the Dorothy in the book. In the book it describes Dorothy as being no more than ten years old, but in the movie she’s in early adulthood. Even so, Dorothy seems much more helpless in the movie mainly relying on others, and in the book she does what she can and only cries when she needs to, but still keeps a sense of naivety about her

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    been my favorite. Dorothy, a farm-girl who escapes her abnormally gray town, Kansas, is guided by the amiable Professor Marvel back home just in time for her to take a tornado ride to a colorful, magical land of buoyant little people. The good witch, Glinda, appears and advises her to make her way to the Emerald City, where the mysterious Wizard of Oz can send her back home. The Yellow Brick Road leads her on an unforgettable journey where she meets The Scarecrow, in search of a brain, the Tin Man, in

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    Friendships are tested when struggles come into play. The play of Wicked brings in fantastic moral lessons for the readers to ponder. It provides issues that are relevant to today’s society and it can help one be aware of some tricky situations that they may encounter throughout an individual’s life. The characters in the play may not go about the matters exceedingly well, but that does not mean that someone cannot learn from the mistakes of how the situations were handled. The struggles that

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