The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

upon their vicious nature if given the chance.” Authors use allegory and symbolism in their writing to get a hidden point across and leave it up to the reader’s interpretation. In the playwright The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, and the short story, “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner depict the themes of good versus evil. Arthur Miller, William Faulkner, and L. Frank Baum used allegory and symbolism to portray that…

and relatability, is the 1978 musical play, “The Wiz”. “The Wiz” is a recreated version of L. Frank Baum’s story “The Wonderful Wizard of OZ”. The play was written by William F. Brown and was directed by Sidney Lumet. The play is about a kindergarten teacher, named Dorothy, who is not satisfied with her job nor in life. She ventures through the streets of New York, also known as Oz, and determines that life is not what it seems and quickly realizes that it is better to be at home after all. I…

citizens of OZ saying that she is dead; the person they are referring to is the “Wicked Witch” who the whole musical is about. Then the song tells us how she came into the world and that her skin colour is green. The citizens of OZ and Galinda sing it, it is the opening of the musical and gives the viewer some background information about the lead character. It is the “I am song” but is not the character singing who is describing herself but it is her from the point of view of the citizens of OZ…

What if we can travel through time just to experience weird events? The novel that Kurt Vonnegut wrote, Slaughterhouse five, has some questionable logic. Based on the characters that appear, Vonnegut seems to have a whacky imagination. Especially when in Vonnegut’s novel, includes aliens and a pornstars. This novel is a postmodern because of the Awareness of Intertextuality, Time Concept, and Magic Realism. Vonnegut’s novel, Slaughterhouse Five, often mentions other works within his novel.…

I am writing on behalf of the 8th Grade Class at Monticello Trails Middle School. Our purpose is to get Kansas, our home state, published in your wonderful series. Kansas is very important to us, and we feel that a lot of people undermine its importance. People need to learn about the amazing things life offers in Kansas. There is so many beautiful features and significant people who lived and are living in Kansas. The following passages have all the reasons that Kansas should be in your…

country,” in reference to its green colour, a metaphor for the price mankind has to pay for modernisation, and a reminder that this dream is as empty and full of deception as the magic of technology in Oz. The fact that it is “emerald country” instead of the “Emerald City” in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz implies the wrongness of technology’s existence in the country. The “emerald country” of nature is “ours” – the poet introduces the first-person perspective, which suggests that all this is…

“Now, Where Have I Seen Her Before?” (Ch. 4) 1. What’s the difference between a symbol and an allegory? Though a symbol is used when creating an allegory, they are not the same. An allegory is a narrative in which it uses symbols to create a hidden meaning beyond the literal text, while a symbol is anything or anyone that is used to represent something beyond what it is on a literal level. Another difference is that allegories stand for only one thing while a symbol can represent a number of…

From there, everything turns out to be weird and without any sense. Her adventures are patched together with strange dream logic and fantastic vivid wordplay. She returns to the real world and finds herself in another adventure behind the mirror in a sequel called “Through the Looking Glass.” After she finishes her journeys she feels like she has grown up a bit through her strange adventures. Apart from Carroll’s strange way of balancing the darkness against mad, whimsical humor, this story…

next building the people below look in awe and in an astonishment, with a light breath they whisper “ she is so courageous.” Courage is something that just slips out of peple mouth without realizing what true courage means. L.Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; states that, "There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid". What this refers is that when you are being afraid is ok and not cowardly but as well as not…

Well if his statements what I think it means then I supposed I agree painting a picture is more important than selling one. When artists paints a picture I supposed it is important they express themselves in a artistic way.It should mean something emotionally. I do not know much about paintings though so to ramble about that would be useless. Making a movie is like painting a picture to me it’s the best way I can describe it. It has to have a complete look to it in terms of its look. Walt Disney…