Wicked, the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the East is a fantasy book by Gregory Maguire. It follows the life of the Wicked Witch, the character from the Wizard of Oz, from her birth to her death, or her pseudo-death. It also explores the question the nature of good and evil. The main character is, of course, the Wicked Witch, Elphaba. She is born green, with really sharp teeth, and afraid of water. When she gets near water, she just gets really scared, and when she cries or a couple drops
Cowardly lion while trying to get to the Emerald City hoping that the Great Oz can help her return home. Oz advises Dorothy and her new friends to destroy the Wicked Witch of the West in order to find a way home. Over the years, the story has countless reinventions like the film Wizard of Oz 1939 and Oz the great and Powerful 2013. The Wicked Witch of the West is represented differently in books and films, established how the writers and actor in the Movie depicted her. The
of Oz,” although the superficial presence of Munchkin Land was a beautiful, well-kept community, the internal conflicts of the Munchkin people were so oppressed that despite this superficial layer of luxury they resided in, they hated the Wicked Witch of the East. “There was once a Munchkin girl in my life who was so kind and beautiful that I soon grew to love her with all my heart. She, on her part, promised to marry me as soon as I could earn enough money to build a better house for her; so I set
part of Dorothy’s feelings in regards to her identity. These experiences in Kansas were stored in her memory and now in the emerald city she must face similar experiences through her journey to see the Great Wizard of Oz. Dorothy by defeating the wicked witch of the west manages to make it home while also teaching her friends the scarecrow, tin man and lion that they never lacked the ability to love, be intelligent or have courage they had those traits all along inside of themselves. Once Dorothy returns
Blue often indicates sadness or misery, and the munchkins were certainly miserable while the Wicked Witch of the East ruled over them. Blue can also indicate happiness, peace, and serenity; something that is possible for the munchkins when Dorathy's house lands upon the Wicked Witch of the East. With the wicked witch no more they celebrate and look forward to peace without her
Glenda starts to sing and invites all the munchkins to come out and meet Dorothy, who has save them from their shadow, the wicket witch of the east. Glenda, after welcoming Dorothy, points to an area that has caused excitement in this new land; Dorothy’s house has landed on and killed a figure whose feet can be seen from beneath the house. This was the wicked witch of the east, who has terrorized the land, the shadow, the villain, the evil one, and she is now dead. The Shadow archetype is a negative
had also landed on top of the Wicked Witch of the East, killing her. Dorothy simply wanting to get back home encounters the Good Witch of the North, who she suggests that Dorothy find her way to the Emerald City, following the yellow brick road, to speak with the Great and Powerful Oz and ask for his help to get back home. On her journey she encounters three characters, the Scarecrow, the Tin man, and the Cowardly Lion. As well as defending herself from the Wicked Witch of the West, attempting to
The plains indians attacked the midwest similar to how the monkeys followed the witch of the west. Similar to when the Witch of the West told the monkeys in the forest to attack Dorothy and bring her to the castle. Emerald City: They escape from the winged monkeys,the Wicked Witch of the East’s castle, at the end of the yellow brick road, are finally reach Emerald City. Washington DC is equivalent to Emerald City because they
story. The book and the movie have some pretty huge differences from each other including: the silver shoes, the wicked witch of the west, and how Dorothy actually went home from the land of Oz. Throughout the book the slippers are silver, the wicked witch shows up in the book one time and has one eye, and Dorothy really goes to the land of Oz. In the film the shoes are ruby, the wicked witch has both eyes and appears three, and Dorothy doesn't go to the land of oz, it was all just a dream. These are
After Dorothys house lands on the wicked witch of the East and she passes away, all the "slaves" that the witch of the west kept hostage are finally released and are described as " Blue Munchinks." According to The story, The munchkins are not harmful and they do not want any problems but to live in their rounded house peacefully and calmly. The little blue munchkins respect Dorothy because she helped release the munchkins from hostage from the wicked witch of East as described in this quote." Once
life, but when the cyclone transports her to a magical place, all she thinks about is going home. She mysteriously landed in an unknown land and her house accidently landed on top of the Wicked Witch of the East. The witch dies, but she leaves something miraculous behind. The story states, “[t]he feet of the dead witch had disappeared entirely and nothing was left but the silver shoes” (Baum, 9). The silver shoes are the most important objects in the Wonderful Wizard of Oz because not only were they
and eventually falls asleep in her bed. When she wakes up, the house has been placed in a strange land, apparently called the “Land of Oz”, as Dorothy is told by local residents called munchkins and the Witch of the North. The witch tells them that the house had landed on the wicked witch of the east and killed her, freeing all munchkins from their slavery by her. Horrified that she had killed someone, she still accepted a gift of silver slippers as reward for her good deed. She asks the
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children’s novel that was published in 1900 and written by L. Frank Baum and because of its great success, it lead to the creation of the Oz series of thirteen additional books. Over the years, thousands of adaptations have been made of Baum’s novel. The most successful adaptation is The Wizard of Oz (1939) directed by Victor Fleming and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). The film and the novel are both very similar, however there are many differences pertaining
the Wicked Witch of the East and killed her. As a reward of her action, she received ruby red slippers. People within the town started to dance and celebrate the death of the wicked witch of the east. The whole time the town members were celebrating, Dorothy only
They were Ruby red slippers. The Wicked Witch of the East represents the bondage of the Economic Burden. Both slippers are different in the book and novel and was both given to her differently. The special glasses on the other hand were needed in the novel enable to enter the Emerald City.
Once upon a time, there were four sisters. Glinda, but you may know her as the Good Witch of the South, Elphaba, or the Wicked Witch of the West, Nessarose, or the Wicked Witch of the East, and Locasta, or the Good Witch of the North. Out of all the sisters, Glinda and Locasta were the favorites. Their mother gave them all the attention, and gifts. There was never anything left for poor Elphaba and Nessarose. Besides being the favorites, Glinda and Locasta also inherited the good looks, brains and
this journey to seek what they desire most in life. After the long adventure, they come into contact with the Wizard in Emerald City. He tells them that before he would grant their requests, they need to execute the Wicked Witch of the West. Dorothy and her friends set off to kill the Witch and after many vigorous tasks, they do so. The
Starting in the 1870’s - 1880’s the United States experienced a depression that cut the prices of agricultural related good and led to the eviction of many farmers. Since farmers were at the bottom of the totem pole socioeconomically they were faced with high railroad fees and unsurmountable debt due to the fact that they had to take out loans to be pay for their crop harvesting and planting. This was partially due to the sharecropping system which would ignite a system of perpetual debt for poor
Glinda, the good Witch of the North and the wicked Witch of the West. The wicked Witch of the West is the main villain and is constantly out to get Dorothy and her dog throughout her time in Oz. In the movie Dorothy wears ruby shoes. Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion do not have to wear special glasses before entering Emerald City like they had to do in the book. In the book the Land of Oz is real. Dorothy also comes across three women along the way. The good Witch of the North
primary lands of Munchkins, Winkie, and Quadlings are represented by the primary colors Blue, Yellow and Red respectively (Baum 18). Munchkins is located in the East, Winkie in the West, and Quadlings in the South. This is quite symbolic, as the regions are located similarly to the standard color wheel, where blue is located to the right (east), yellow to the left (west), and red at the bottom (south). The colors were not chosen arbitrarily, since Baum had knowledge of the color theory since he has