Good Witch of the North Essays

  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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    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

  • Examples Of Atheism In The Wizard Of Oz

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    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

  • Compare And Contrast Essay On The Wizard Of Oz

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    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

  • The Zen Of Oz

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    Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, a Zen master? The Tin Man an enlightenment seeker? “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” a mantra? Joey Green’s, The Zen of Oz, is a witty, whimsical, and surprisingly insightful introduction to Eastern Philosophy via one of the world’s most beloved movies. It delivers universal truths in a charming, non-preachy, fashion allowing you to explore Dorothy’s yellow brick road, as well as your own. Along the way, you will discover original song lyrics, your favorite dialogue

  • Witchcraft in North America between 17th and 21st century

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    very controversial topic in North America during (seventeenth) 17th century. Many People believe that witchcraft implies the ability to injure or using supernatural power to harm others. People believed that a witch represents dark side of female present and were more likely to embrace witchcraft than men. There are still real witches among us in the Utah whom believe that witchcraft is the oldest religion dealing with the occult. However the popular conception of a witch has not changed at least since

  • Scar From 'The Wizard Of Oz' By Frank Baum

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    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

  • Wizard Of Oz Comparison

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    represented by the use of sepia tones. Aunt Em (Clara Blandick) and Uncle Henry (Charley Grapewin) are both given characterization in the film that is not present in the novel. The reason for this being is because film as a visual medium may not be very good at introducing characters as great as novels, so it will only make sense to dwell a bit more in the Kansas scene and create a story to really help introduce the characters well for the audience. Dorothy in the Mohammed 2 novel seems to be quite content

  • Cultural Revolution Are Inhumane

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    Nanxi Ai Ms. Dickey English 2 2 March 2015 Cultural Revolution--Another Kind of Witch Hunt By human nature, people are greedy and selfish. Rulers around the world try to control their citizens as much as possible, even under different social settings and cultural backgrounds. In a “witch hunt,” leaders do not want unknown people taking over their power. In beginning, people just focused on searching for capitalist officers and leaders

  • Friendship In Dorothy's The Wizard Of Oz

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    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

  • Irony In George Orwell's Wizard Of Oz

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    she meets the good witch and the Good witch gives her a kiss that will protect her from any evil. While she’s on her way to see the Wizard of Oz she meets Scarecrow, Tin man and the Cowardly lion. When Oz was about to take her back to Kansas she goes to find Todo and doesn’t get on the balloon in time. In the end she finds her way back to Kansas and her family. Scarecrow- Dorothy meets the Scarecrow first and saves him. While they’re on their way to Oz the Wicked Witch of the North sends crows and

  • The Usefulness of Structuralism as an Analytical Tool for Uncovering How Meaning is Generated in The Wizard of Oz

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    In the words of Michael O’Shaughnessy, ‘narratives, or stories, are a basic way of making sense of our experience’ (1999: 266). As a society and a culture, we use stories to comprehend and share our experiences, typically by constructing them with a beginning, middle and an end. In fact, the order that a narrative is structured will directly impact the way it is understood, particularly across cultures. This idea originated through Claude Lévi-Strauss’s concept of structuralism in anthropology which

  • Indentured Servitude In The 1600s

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    seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; the routes sold rum, slaves, sugar, tobacco, molasses, and manufactured goods among other things. The trade passages were rather complex and not a simple triangle as the name implies. As a result, an unmistakable merchant class arose in society. These men and women had security from foreign competition and access to the market in England for American goods (due to the British Navigation Acts). Still, many of these merchants sold to other countries (which was illegal)

  • Differences Between Good And Evil In The Wizard Of Oz

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    differences between the good and evil characters in “The wizard of Oz”. I explained who was good and evil and showed examples from the movie. Also what they did that was good or bad. I used dark colors for evil like the evil witch who wore a black dress and lighter colors such as a light blue for good like the color of Dorothy’s dress. My map showed good vs evil in the film “The Wizard of Oz”. The witches of the West and East were evil. The witches of the North and South are good. Then there are the

  • The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

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    Marsh-wiggle named Puddleglum, who helps guide the children as they do not know this knew world well. Prince Rilian disappeared when riding his horse in the woods about 10 years ago. The Queen of Underland is an evil witch that later becomes the ‘White witch' and, as usual, is up to no good. This story starts out at the children's school, else wise called The Experiment House, where Jill and Eustace meet each other. They are both unpopular children who were hiding behind the gym from the other kids

  • An Analysis of Setting and Tone of the The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

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    story. The message is that we all have good qualities in us, but it is up to us to use them. The story starts off when a cyclone that hits the one bedroom farmhouse where Dorothy lives with Uncle Henry and Aunt Em. Dorothy and her dog Toto was carried away with the house by the cyclone. Then, the cyclone drops the house in the Land of Oz on top of the Wicked Witch of the East. The Munchkins give the Witch's Silver Shoes to Dorothy. The Good Witch of the North suggests that the Wizard of Oz may be

  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

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    meaning. They both contribute to the same problem where Dorothy and her dog Toto was took up by a tornado and carried into the Land of Oz; also Dorothy was chased by the Wicked Witch of the West who wants to harm her. In other words, both the novel and the film it talks about how Dorothy was chased by a cruel and wicked witch for some sort of revenge. Works Cited Wizard of Oz, The Movie. Director Victor Fleming, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, 1939.Film Youtube Feb 12th . 2014. Retrieved March 1st. 2014. Baum

  • The Case of Anne Gunter

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    uproar. Hysteria runs rampant through the community and the poor women are harshly punished – the formulaic story plays out similarly throughout popular media, must notably in Arthur Millers’ ‘The Crucible’. Yet in the case of young Anne Gunter from North Moreton, there is a deviation from the “standard plot” of a witchcraft trial – the women are acquitted and Miss Gunter’s subterfuge is revealed. The fact that the allegations are not only proven to be false, but a confession of such is given by Anne

  • Summary of the Film The Wizard of Oz

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    whirling cyclone landed her house on a witch in Oz; she started her journey to the Emerald City to ask the Wizard of Oz how to help her return to her hometown of Kansas. Dorothy was really nice and kind and she had many traditional moral values. She didn’t worry about the past events; she somehow made the best out of thing that was happening in the present. Her goal was to return home despite the difficulties she encountered in the magic city of Oz. The wicked witch of the east was killed when Dorothy's

  • Witch Way To The Sukuma Tribe

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    Karlene Candia Richard, Nunez English 122-608 24 Sept. 2015 Witch Way to the Sukuma Tribe In early 1300 A.D. one of over 120 ethnic groups of Tanzania settled in the north-western region. The Balongo tribe is where the Basukuma originated from, it was only after 1504 the tribe became known as Sukuma. Since their establishment, the Sukuma tribe has grown to 5.5 million, making it the largest ethnic group of Tanzania. The Sukuma are a Bantu speaking people who practice mixed farming such as cattle

  • The Crucible Wiccaphobia

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    Salem, Massachusetts, one of the most disgraceful events in American history took place. 20 innocent people were sentenced to death on charges of witchcraft (Kortuem). At the time there was a witch scare sweeping across the North East of America in a time we know today as the Salem Witch Trials. The witch trials was one of the most shameful events in American history. In fact, it was compared to another event by a man named Arthur Miller. Arthur Miller was a playwright from New York who wrote many