L. Frank Baum uses colors throughout the novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Color plays a very important role in this fairy tale. Other than playing an important role, the colors allow the audience to interpret symbolism in a different way. The colors' symbolism also gives a deeper meaning to the text itself. In this novel particularly, color is used in plenty of different ways to emphasize, interpret, symbolize, etc. Baum was highly aware of color schemes and how they worked, he even wrote on
L. Frank Baum uses many colors throughout the novel The wizard of Oz, colors have a role and are symbolic in the novel. Glinda the good witch is symbolized as the United States.The land of Oz is divided into colors and regions. There is a symbolic representation of money used the the novel. Dorthory's home in Kanas is symbolic by the color grey symboling oldness. The colors of the wicked witches are also symbolic. Color is used in the novel to symbolize different things. First, in the
One interesting aspect of the use of color in Frank L. Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is that it doesn’t only symbolize one category of things or situations. Instead, Baum uses color to symbolize many different things ranging from a character’s state-of-mind to personality traits or emotions, and even whether something could possibly be a dream. By the end of the book, the reader realizes that even though home is not the most colorful place, it may be the best place after all. In the beginning
in Kansas turned out to be the wicked witch. That was one of the things that the Return to Oz carried on. In return to Oz Dorothy does not like to hang around with nurse Wilson also known as Mombi. It just so happens that nurse Wilson was the evil princess when Dorothy return to Oz. The return to Oz explains Dorothy six months after the events of the Wizard of Oz. ever since she has returned to awes she has been in deep depression. She cannot sleep and will refuse to do her chores. She tries to explain
Many people, many kids, many lives have a hard time adjusting to something new. The Devil's Arithmetic is a story about a Jewish girl who has transformed into a whole new setting then her hometown New Rochelle, she has to adjust to living in such a different place. Although some people think Hannah is starting to show appreciation for her Jewish heritage, but we all know the right side is Hannah is not showing much change and is still rejecting her Jewish heritage. Hannah does not like the
When we think about the Wizard of Oz, the first thing that comes to our mind is a children book. But could it be more than this? The Wizard of Oz is and allegory of the US’s society in the 1890’, with representation such as economics, social types or a politic movement. All the landscape’s elements in the Wizard of Oz can be related to the U. S’s economics life of the 1890’s. For a fact, Dorothy owns two accessories that represent the economy: she possesses the West witch’s silver shoes and the
Formal Research Paper “The best films are built around a statement that teaches us something.” (Petrie and Boggs). Great films often have a deeper meaning compared to what is shown simply on the screen. The Wizard of Oz is an example of a film that has multiple meanings beyond the context displayed. Through the film the main actor, Dorothy, is trying to back home and meets a series of friends who have a common goal to seek what they want most in life and they believe that the mystical wizard, Oz
In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy finds herself far from her gray and gloomy aunt and uncle’s farm. She is in a land full of munchkins and takes a journey to the great and powerful oz. along the way she picks up a few friends that complete the story. In this land it is vibrant, happy, and full of so much color. In the novel L. Frank Baum uses color to symbolize things. In the begining of the book, the color gray is the only color used to describe Dorothy's aunt and uncle’s farm. This is showing
In L. Frank Baum's story, The Wizard of Oz, there are many colors that have big roles and symbolize a lot of things. For example, there is blue yellow, white, red, green, grey, silver, and gold. Blue, yellow, white, red, and green represent the groups of people and where they live. Then there is yellow which is the color of the yellow brick road. Also there is gray. Grey is the color of the place that Dorathy is from, Kansas. The final colors are silver and gold which are a little harder to
Situational Irony In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the characters all turn out to have what they have been searching for all along (the lion was brave, the scarecrow could think, the tin man could feel, and Dorothy could have returned home at any time. The author, L Frank Baum, uses this irony thematically, with the message being that sometimes what we are looking for in life is right in front of us. Baum’s use of irony expresses his idea quite nicely. The irony, while obvious to the reader, is
Did you know that “The Wizard Of Oz” cost $46.9 million in today’s money and “The Wiz” cost $91.4 million? It may have cost a lot of money but both are classics that we have come to love. The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz was written in 1900. It featured all of the characters that we know and like. In 1939 MGM made the music classic “The Wizard Of Oz.” Then, in 1978, Motown teamed up with Universal Pictures to create “The Wiz”, a movie filled with soul infused songs and memorable faces. Both of the movies
Film Review The Wizard of Oz is a musical, fantasy, and adventure film based off the book, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” written by L. Frank Baum. The story is a Hero’s Journey which is a pattern of narrative that appears in drama, storytelling, myth, religious ritual, and psychological development which describes the typical adventure of the hero. This film is said to be a good example of a Hero’s Journey because our hero Dorothy goes through all the stages of a Hero’s Journey, but did she really
The Wizard of Oz the movie demonstrated all three stages Joseph Campbell's theory of the hero’s journey. The first stage or known as the departure of the hero. The hero in the movie is Dorothy. Dorothy’s call to depart is to run away from home to protect her dog Toto from being taken away from her inferior neighbor. While running away Dorothy comes upon Professor Marvel, a fortuneteller. Professor Marvel tells her that her Aunt Em is in danger and needs her assistance back on the farm. When returning
In L. Frank Baum's Fantasy book " The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz", The author uses colors as a role in the play to describe the mood. Throughout the book, L. Frank Baum uses color to symbolize many different scenes in the story. Baum uses the colors grey, blue and white to symbolize misery, peace and purity. The Color Grey to some people may be considered as sophisticated, elegant or maybe even soothing. Although many people find the color grey enjoyable, L. Frank Baum uses the color grey as misery
In a period of despair and depression one gleam of light shone through the midst of darkness, Frank Baum’s classic work of fiction, The Wizard of Oz. In 1900, The Wizard of Oz was published. The late nineteenth century was hard on the average American worker, especially farmers. Droughts, tariffs and deflation forced farmers in an economic depression. They relied on railroads to transport their goods to the north, so the railroad companies took advantage of this and raised the prices. Not only that
The Wizard of Oz is an award-winning film directed by Victor Fleming, which was produced in 1939. The producers were inspired by the works of Frank Baum commonly known as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz targeting children. It is a fantasy film primarily focused on music. The movie has remained as one of the adorable films in the United States of America since its inception. It is used for musical score and storytelling among other aspects. Many factors have been analysed to determine the success of the
Have your ever wondered how similar a book and a movie are? The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, -written by L. Frank Baum and the movie The Wizard of Oz, directed by Victor Fleming, is a great example. There are a lot of major differences in the movie and the film. In the book, the Land of Oz is real, Dorothy actually goes to the Land of Oz unlike the movie, where it is all a dream. One of the most interesting change in the movie is the color of the shoes. In the book the shoes are silver while in the movie
The author L. Frank Baum uses color throughout the novel The Wizard of Oz. He uses the role of color as a transition from scene to scene. L. Frank Baum also uses color to symbolize the feelings of the characters. The use of color between chapter ten through chapter fourteen demonstrate how L. Frank Baum was able to use color for this purpose. For example, in chapter ten titled The Guardian of Gates Dorothy, Toto, the Tin Woodsman, the Scarecrow and the Lion slowly awaken from the
Introduction Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz are films based on the novel of their respective film. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was originally written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) in 1865, with the film adaption being directed by Tim Burton in 2010. Likewise, L. Frank Baum initially wrote the Wizard of Oz in 1900, with the film adaption being directed by Victor Fleming in 1939. As both of the films were written in the 19th century, they both explore the character’s journey
The classic fantasy The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a story written by L. Frank Baum, who suffered from a heart condition. Since he was unable to do many things as a teen he resulted in writing, allowing him to escape the real world and live through his fantasies. Starting in Kansas and moving into the Land of Oz it is the reoccurring patterns of symbolic and situational archetypes that bring the story to life. Although originally written as a piece of children's literature, it is a story that people