The Color Red In The Wizard Of Oz

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Frank L. Baum uses many colors through the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the colors he uses symbolize many different thinks and people may interpret differently. The color white represents good witches and wizards. White symbolizes the purity and good nature of the good witches. The color black represents the bad witches. Black represents darkness and evil. In this story the good side always wins, this could be shown by the witches clothing. In darkness or blackness even the smallest white or light will shine through the darkness. These are just a few of the many colors used to symbolize different things in the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Throughout the story, many different colors are used. Every color in the rainbow can be seen throughout the story. One major example is the yellow brick road the Dorthy has to travel down in order to get the the Land of Oz. The color yellow is interpreted in many different ways by different people. To me the color yellow symbolizes happiness and joy. The yellow brick road is what leads Dorthy and her friends to the magical wizard, and once they reach him I am sure that they will be filled with joy and happiness. I remember that the color yellow symbolizes joy by thinking of the sun, which starts a new day and …show more content…

The slippers represent different things to different characters in the story. To Dorthy, they are her way home, and the color red represents hope. Like how the color red appears in the American flag, when US citizens see the colors of the flag, they feel hopeful for things to be okay and they feel free. However, other people feel differently about the color of our flag. If a citizen in Iraq saw our flag, they would be in fear, just like how the Wicked Witch of the West fears Dorthy and the red slippers. She tries to get the slippers from Dorthy many times. The witch would see the color red as a symbol for

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