Wicked Witch of the West

the kiss from the Witch of the North gave Dorothy the appearance of power even though these objects hardly played a role in her success in the novel. Munchkins assume that she is a sorceress because of appearance and her actions. “Because you wear silver shoes and have killed the Wicked Witch. Besides, you have white in your frock, and only witches and sorceresses wear white” (Baum 23). The significance of appearance plays a role since she is automatically associated with a witch because of her white

The book Wicked written by Gregory Maguire is much like the classic story The Wizard of Oz. Instead of seeing the story through Dorothy’s perspective, it is seen through Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West’s eyes. When reading a narrative, it is important to understand many of the symbols to get a better understanding of the characters and theme. Wicked follows Elphaba’s life while she undergoes prejudices of others along with dilemmas with being different. As Maguire builds the storyline he utilizes

always indicated to me a sense of the unreal or dreamlike. Another mise en scene that is used is the costumes. Dorothy is in a blue and white gingham dress. She wears pigtails with red ribbons in them. The quintessential wholesome innocent. The Wicked Witch on the other hand is green, which is not only a color of envy, and greed, it is also the color of illness. Any sympathy one may have towards her as someone that can be perceived to be sick quickly vanishes because she is dressed in black and the

by a twister. When she landed, she was in the Land of Oz. She later finds out that she can get home just by clicking the heels of the silver shoes together, which she got from the good witch of the north. The good witch of the north and the munchkins gave the shoes to Dorothy because her house fell on the wicked witch of the east, killing her. And when she died all her munchkins and slaves were free. Dorothy could have solved her problem differently if she could have just held Toto tightly, since after

main character, Dorothy, comes to a realization that there is no place like home. Dorothy yearns to go out to see the world when she first runs away, she wants something better than she already has. After her journey in the land Oz fighting off of a Witch who is attacking her at every chance she can, she then truly realizes how blessed and wonderful her life back in Kansas really is. A good example of this in real life are lottery winners. There’s a bunch of cases where lottery winners wished that they

her laugh. After the tornado carries her to the land of Oz, all she wants to do is get home to Kansas. Dorothy compassionate to the Scarecrow and Tinman. Dorothy shows courage when the Lion tries to bite Toto. She doesn't want to kill the Wicked Witch of the West, even if it is the only way she can get home to Kansas again. The film originated from the beloved children's book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by L. Frank Baum. Whom also came up with the title by looking at the two letters printed

started to form. Dorothy was in her room and a tornado hit her house. She ended up falling and hit her head and went into a deep sleep. She wakes up in a house, with bright shining light. The house that Dorothy lands on crushes the Wicked Witch of the East. The Good Witch tells Dorothy to go to the Emerald City which is controlled by the Wizard of Oz so that he may be able to get her home. On her way to the Emerald City, Dorothy makes 3 new friends: a

to save her dog, even go on a wicked adventure. When the neighbor lady wanted to take Toto away Dorothy was not having it. She’d rather leave, but that's when a tornado hits and she tries racing back home to find her parentals. The tornado however, takes her into a whole other world. The world of oz. After getting to oz Dorothy, was instructed that the only way home was by following the path on the yellow brick road. This was told to Dorothy by Glenda the good witch. Her wise and helpful guide. “Follow

code. In contrast, The Wizard of Oz portrays the use of games for selfish reasons. At first the Wicked Witch tries to take the ruby slippers from Dorothy, only to realize she cannot take them, Dorothy must give them up. “ And Remember never let those ruby slippers off your feet for a moment or you’ll be at the mercy of the Wicked Witch of the West.” ( quoted by Annie Hollis). In the movie the Wicked witch says that with the ruby slippers her power would be the greatest in Oz. Dorothy faces the responsibility

that? Villains have been kicked in the dirt ever since they were invented. But very few people dare to imagine what it’s like for the “bad guys”. A great example of that type of person is Gregory Maguire, the author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. The book which is told in the perspective of the Witches of Oz. But was later turned into a musical created by Stephen