In L. Frank Baum’s second Oz novel, The Marvelous Land of Oz, he includes a prominent philosophical theme of feminism. During his novel, conflicts arise among powerful male figures, such as the Scarecrow King, and oppressed females, including those in General Jurjur’s Army, that demonstrate the inequality between the two genders. However, Baum’s incorporation of a strong sense of feminism is present to illustrate independent females longing for the establishment of an equal status quo in society
The Wizard of Oz was a technological innovation of film and changed the way movies were presented to audiences. The Wizard of Oz was the definition of high tech for its time; this film utilized the Technicolor number 4 process which gave audiences a more realistic feel and connection with the movie. The Wizard of Oz also accurately portrayed the time period of the Great Depression; this film shows the desolate Kansas and gives the feeling of how bad the United States was during this time period.
The beginning of “The Wizard of Oz” like most movies, sets up the remainder of the film. In the first couple of scenes we are introduced to everyday characters who play a role in Dorothy’s life, it is critical to note that these characters while in Kansas are just everyday people she encounters, in Emerald city the characteristic they uphold carry over as the personal insecurities Dorothy has within herself. Dorothy must take the journey to Emerald city in hopes of finding her way home, while also
despair, one ray of hope peered through the darkness when Frank Baum’s classic work of fictional adventure/fantasy, The Wizard of Oz was created. This marvelous film not only made cinema history but it grasped the heart of not only children but adults as well. The setting of The Wizard of Oz starts in a happy society in Kansas and moved its way into a breathtaking place called Oz. Dorothy grew up in Kansas with her Uncle Henry, Aunt Em, and her dog Toto. One day Dorothy was in her bedroom listening to
Frank Baum set out to create a modern fairytale intentionally or unintentionally in the American image when he wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He says his story “aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out.” But his antagonist characters and situations are not without their frightening qualities. But nonetheless he created an entertaining lasting American fairy tale. Baum in creating an American version
The Characters' Metamorphoses In Shakespeare’s Tempest-Universe In the play The Tempest, Shakespeare provides a unique and alternate universe for his characters to function in on the magical island. In this universe there are both native characters: Prospero, Miranda, Ariel, and Caliban, who have lived on the island previously, and external world characters, namely: Alonso, Ferdinand, Antonio, Sebastian, Stephano, Trinculo, and Gonzalo, who have been forced upon the island. While the different
For example, Bilbo encounter Goblins, Wargs, elves, Gollum, and Smaug the dragon in his journey to help the dwarves repossess their treasure, and he travel well beyond the hobbit- lands through Mirkwood and Misty mountains to the Lonely Mountains. He escapes the death several times, undergoes the deprivation of hunger and bad weather, and ultimately sees action in the Battle of Five Armies. All these things would have been not