The Wizard Of Oz Movie Vs Play

Imagine being taken away in tornado not knowing what’s going to happen next .Well imagine what Dorothy felt like as she was being picked up by the gigantic storm. If you don’t know what I’m talking about I’ll give you a hint, The Wizard of Oz! By viewing the play it helped me enhance my understanding of the written version of The Wizard of Oz in three ways the first way is the setting. the setting starts off in Kansas, a dry, gray looking and feeling place. That’s with the play helping you to understand the scenery in real life instead of you having to imagine something in your head. In the story you could have thought that they were just talking about their clothes being gray, but in the play it brought the images to life and you could actually see how the color changes from a sulky looking gray into a bunch of wondrous colors to help brighten the mood and give the characters hope. The story might be more descriptive and better at explaining things, but it’s just something about a play that helps the readers understand it in a whole different …show more content…
The characters are the main section of any type of story, play or movie. The characters grow. They give the story a meaning. The Wizard of Oz gives amazing examples in both the play and the story to how the characters should grow and to fulfill the meaning. The play helps you understand how the characters are feeling more than the story because you can see the characters facial expression and emotions, while in the story you are described the emotions and expressions in words. The characters are always made up to help express the theme or lesson learned in a story or play. Viewing the play of The Wizard of Oz helped me see how scared Dorothy might have actually been and how she reacted so it would help you out with seeing the emotions if you’re bad at understanding them in the text. You can see what the characters look like in a play and their characteristics better than you would would in a story as