Wicked Witch of the West

humanity. It is apparent through human’s actions, that life revolves around gaining power, maintaining power, and even forfeiting power. Even in the glorious land of Oz, the bonds to power are inescapable. Through the powerful female characters in Wicked, Maguire explores the challenges that those with power are faced with and the way the

Hoping that Dorothy gives her the ruby slippers, the wicked witch shows Aunt Em crying for Dorothy to come home on the crystal ball. Instead of Dorothy breaking down and giving up, this gives her strength to get the broom. This strength will be tested when her allies get trapped in the castle by the sentries, the Threshold Guardians. Fortunately her allies find a way to reach her by disguising as centries. However the Witch catches them and sets the scarecrow on fire again. Dorothy then

Kansas is shown with the color gray, the fruitful region of Munchkinland is expressed through the color blue, while towards the end of the novel, yellow is used to represent the joy of the Winkies when they are released from the grasp of the Wicked Witch of the West. Before Dorothy is whisked away to Oz she is spending her days during the Dust Bowl of the 1930’s in Kansas; nothing was growing for Dorothy and her family during this

was the democratic presidential nominee where he only lost by 95 electoral votes. Many people see the “Wizard Of Oz” as a representation of the populist movement. These similarities can be seen in the group traveling to emerald city, the Wicked Witch of the West, and in The Wizard himself. All three of these Can be tied back to the Populist movement. The first example of this representation can be seen in the group travelling to the Emerald City. All of the members in the

In the movie The Wizard of Oz, the scarecrow already had a brain, but he didn’t know it yet. First off, the scarecrow could talk, and to be able to talk, you have to have a brain. For example, the first time the scarecrow appeared in the story he talked. He was still hanging in the corn field on his stick, and he told Dorothy which way to go. She did not know who was talking because she could see no one. This alone is a big reason. It is physically impossible for someone to talk without a brain because

twentieth centuries the interpretation of “witches” or “witchcraft” has varied. Whether they are evil or magical is very harshly debated and argued. In some traditions, they are believed to be evil and dishonest devil worshippers or possessed by wicked

this image a bright shining utopia where even though the ruler is a fake and the witch lives not too far from them nothing bad ever happens. It even has little details such as being so shinning bright that you need googles to view it without it hurting your eyes. A literal beacon of perfection which serves as a stark comparison to the areas that lay next to

in Kansas with her Aunt and Uncle. She is swept away by a tornado into Munchkin County in a land called Oz. Her farm house lands on the wicked witch of the east, who was the evil ruler of Munchkin County. The good witch of the north gives Dorothy the magical slippers from the deceased evil witch of the east. Dorothy’s only desire is to get home, so the good witch tells her of the great and powerful Wizard of Oz that can help her. With a kiss on the cheek and a magical protection spell, Glinda instructs

she passes test after test. We can connect to this hero archetype because in our lives we have come across an individual who has helped or saved us from a difficult situation or problem. The devil figure in the novel was portrayed by the Wicked Witch of the West, she is shown as the most evil and conniving character in the novel. She threatens to kill Toto and Destroy Dorothy and her friends in order to obtain the silver shoes. This archetype connects to our life because everyone has an individual

having a power only Dorothy could use. Dorothy is surprised and amazed at what she sees when she steps out into the Land of Oz with all its colorfulness. Even though Dorothy is a little scared at first she is quickly greeted by the beautiful good witch dressed in white. The good