The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz Archetypes Everyone is unique in their own way but we are all placed under a general characterization or archetype. In the movie, The Wizard of Oz, each character is placed under a specific archetype. For example Dorothy is the maiden, Glinda the good witch of the north is the mother, the wicked witch of the west is the villain, the lion is the child, and the tin man is the father. Each character has a certain type of personality that makes them a certain archetype. Dorothy, the

In the summer of 1939, the magical movie The Wizard of Oz was released from Hollywood. The movie was remarkably popular at the time, and many impoverished Americans of the Great Depression forked out precious change to see it in theater. Perhaps, the movie’s immense popularity was due to its release at the time of the Great Depression, to viewers who were desperate for hope and empathy. Therefore, the Wizard of Oz’s popularity should be attributed to its representation of: common Americans in movies

Frank Baum uses his story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as a metaphor to compare William Jennings Bryan to the Cowardly Lion through his use of symbolism and the the striking parallel of events throughout his story to those in the populist era. Because Baum was influenced by this time period, it is logical that he would use his characters to symbolize this movement. Henry M. Littlefield explains the connections and references of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to the Populist Era. For example, The Wicked

the wizard of Oz is the main protagonist in most of the Oz novels. Frank Baum created the fictional character who has been idolized in the American movie culture because of the character she has played in most movies, books, animations, games and on TV. At first she appeared in the novel the wonderful wizard of Oz which was created in 1900 and thereafter, she was able to reappear in most of the sequels showing her importance in various adaptations, notably, in the 1939 film named the wizard of Oz

Greenberg, each costume was intended to reveal information about the character wearing it. Immense detail was put into each choice fabric, from the length of the cut to the detailed embellishments. What’s surprising is that the costumes in The Wizard of Oz are seemingly simple. They don’t come off as complex or overthought. They let the moviegoers relate seamlessly to the character, all while being distinct enough that there is no confusion. They exemplify the traits that each character had all along

The Wizard of OZomoness “There is no place like home,” Which could not be more true for the most of us, is a famous quote from The Wizard Of OZ, a movie about a girl who finds herself in a world different from hers, wishing to return to her farm in Kansas. Along the way, she discovers many things about herself that she never thought she was capable of. Although her time in the Land of OZ was just a dream, it sends powerful messages. Not only that there is no place like home, but that in our dreams

An Analysis of: The Wizard of Oz I choose the film “The Wizard of Oz,” (1939) and it’s a musical, fantasy film. The characters included: Judy Garland as Dorothy, Frank Morgan as The Wizard, Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Jack Haley as the Tin Man, Bert Lehr as the Cowardly Lion, Billie Burke as the Good Witch of the North, Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West, and Toto. The director for this film was Victor Fleming and King Vidor. The main plot of this film is about a tornado that

The Untold Wizard of Oz You may have heard of The Wizard of Oz, but what you didn’t know is that there is more. But this time the Land of Oz comes to Dorthy. Remember when Dorthy’s house landed on the Wicked Witch of the East, well it didn’t actually kill her. We all thought she died but she was just paralyzed from the neck from down, that’s why she wasn’t moving. When the Munchkins realized she wasn’t dead, they immediately called Glinda, the Good Witch of the East

authors work to put in his own. One example of this is the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and the 1995 novel Wicked by Gregory Maguire. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz goes over the adventures of a young Dorothy Gale after being swept away in a cyclone that tore open her house in Kansas. The Good Witch of the North tells Dorothy the only thing she can do is go to the Emerald City and beg for the Wizard of Oz to help her return. The only way their wishes would be granted was if the Wicked

In Henry Littlefield’s “The Wizard of Oz: Parable of Populism” he argues that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz may not be as innocent as it seems. While it does seem that it is just a fantasy story, there are actually some deep seated Populist allegory inside of it. The easiest connection to populism is set in the characters. The Tinman started off as as simple laborer, however the Witch has placed a spell on him. This spell has dehumanized him, and made it so that the faster and better he worked