Wicked Witch of the West

Dorothy’s lived on her family’s farm. Once the cyclone storm uproots her home and Dorothy’s house lands in Munchkin land, colors become bright. For example, landing on top of the Wicked Witch of the East and crushing her, Dorothy’s surroundings become rich in blue, which the Munchkin people who live there wear. The Good Witch of the North, who watches over the Munchkins, wears white. Seemingly in respect of both friends, Dorothy unknowingly wears a “Gingham” dress which is a mix of blue and white checked

in the storm cellar, she cannot get in so she goes to the house when the tornado takes it into the sky. It seems that this is where her dream begins since she see many things that are not physically likely; Gulch riding a bicycle and turning into a witch, two men rowing a boat, a older lady in a rocking chair knitting, and several farm animals. She lands in Muhchkinland in Oz where she opens the door and sees the land in color. She begins her quest to return home, directed by the Muhckins to take

qualities and pushes them on Dorothy as well. The Wicked Witch of the West is the exact opposite of being unattractive and unwelcoming to Dorothy. This poses two type of women in the 30s and 40s: one that appeases men and stays in the home, and one that goes against the formalities of what defines a woman, resulting in hatred towards her. Dorothy chooses the type of women she wants to be minute she gets to the land of Oz by crushing the other Wicked Witch. Dorothy adheres to stereotypes and chooses to

sympathy for the Populists or Bryan”. By Dorothy, representing the American people, wears silver shoes. This symbolizes the silver standard in America. There are other references throughout the story that refer to money. For example, the Witch of the West summons her minions with a silver whistle and a golden cap. USAGold.com stated, “The references to gold and silver echo the prominence of monetary

starts. As a tornado strikes Kansas (the place where Dorothy lives along with her aunt and uncle), Dorothy, her dog, and their house blows away and lands on top of the Wicked Witch of the East in Munchkin Country. Not knowing in what world she is, Dorothy only has one wish: to go back to her house. Later, Dorothy meets Glinda, the Good Witch of the South who gives Dorothy a pair of silver slippers and tells her to go to the Land of Oz by the way of the Yellow Bridge to see the Wizard of Oz to have her

her friends’ journey from east to west represents America’s colonial beginnings on the east coast, to their expansion to California and beyond. When Dorothy arrives in the land of Oz she kills the Wicked Witch of the East inadvertently, and is congratulated by the Munchkins as a savior. This is similar to how early American colonists accidentally spread diseases which were disastrous to the population of Native Americans. Dorothy’s conquering of the first Wicked Witch sets the tone for the rest of story

“There is no place like home” (Dorothy Wizard of Oz). This thought explains that Dorothy has been through alot in Oz- flying monkeys, the Wicked Witch of the West, etc.-and she just wants to go home. In the movie, The Wizard of Oz, the four main characters already had what they were looking for, before they met the Wizard. The Scarecrow had a brain, Tin Woodsman had a heart, the Lion had courage, and Dorothy was already home. First, the Scarecrow shows throughout the movie that he already had a

The Wizard of Oz is a well known children’s novel written by Frank Baum in 1899. It later then became a movie in 1939 and still to this day is very popular. But what many people do not know is that behind both the movie and novel there lays a hidden message about the economic problems during the early 20th century. Baum was knowledgeable about what was going on in the 1990’s and put them into his work for a purpose. Over the years both the movie and the novel have stirred up multiple theories behind

evil are main emotion that are portrayed in the book Wicked. These emotions are clear in Gregory Maguire's famous novel, Wicked, which was published in 1995 and takes place in the Land of Oz. This novel is one of Maguire’s bestselling books and in 2003 they decided to turn it into a musical and to this day it still gets performed to this day. Now Wicked is based on Oz therefor in the book there are many things that tie together the two books. Wicked is supposed to be a better version of The Wizard of

technicolor called Oz. She is greeted by hundreds of munchkins, who are residents of “Munchkin Land”. They congratulate her on killing The Wicked Witch of the East with her falling house. Her sister, The Wicked Witch of the West shows up to claim her sister’s ruby slippers. Glinda The Good Witch gives Dorothy the pair of Ruby Slippers instead. The West Witch swears revenge and vanishes. Dorothy’s only concern is that she wants to go home, to which everyone tells her to just follow the yellow brick