...I saw The Wiz at Bartlett Academy. My class finished the play on September fifth. This play is about a girl named Dorothy went to a place called Oz by a storm and went on this adventure with a Scarecrow, Tin-Man, and Lion. They wanted to go see the Wiz of Emerald City. All of them wanted something from the Wiz in order to do that they have to do something for the Wiz. My overall opinion this play is that it was pretty solid play because it was rehearsed enough to be good. Also, I felt like it had a had a lot of mobility. My favorite actor in this play would be Tin-Man. Tin-Man was the most realistic as in you was really meant to play the part because he moved like he was made of tin and his singing and dancing was amazing. My least favorite would be Lion. Lion didn't have a huge part to the play he really would not have done any difference if he wasn't there. I wish he did have a bigger role, but he didn't. Everyone in this play was active and ready to go. No one was slacking or being lazy. The energy made me have energy because the play was so loud. When...
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...Dorothy Gale played by Judy Garland who dreams of another life. Dorothy lives on her auntie Emily (Clara Blandick) and uncle Henry’s (Charley Grapewin) farm, and has friends named “Hunk (Ray Bolger), Zeke (Bert Lahr) and Hickory (Jack Haley). All of the mentioned friends play a vital roles as The Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), The Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr) and The Tin Man (Jack Haley)” in the film. (IMDb, n.d). At one point, Dorothy decides to run away and find a new life with her dog Toto. During a storm and trying to get back home, Dorothy finds herself in a strange place, The Land of Oz. The scene I have chosen to analyze is “The Cowardly Lion” staring Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Lion. The importance of each character in the scene is the Lion tries to seem brave, while the Tin Man and the Scare Crow are scared of him. Toto runs away from him and Dorothy saves Toto. She teaches the Lion a lesson on picking on people. That is when they learn the lion is really just a coward. The producers used a little bit darker lighting, which mad the background appear to be darker when the Lion was picking on the Tin Man and Scarecrow. The light casts shadows off of the characters, especially Toto. I feel that it helps the viewer relate to the menace the Lion is trying to portray. According to Geneseo Edu (n.d),...
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...transfer audiences from reality to a fairy tale place. Director Victor Fleming's classic film, The Wizard of Oz (1939), gave the audience an 'identity', touching on social attitude and the way people play a powerful role in their own lives through escapism and symbolism throughout the film. In 1939, MGM director Victor Fleming, in collaboration with Harold Rosson as cinematographer, released the classic blockbuster fantasy film The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland as young and innocent Dorothy Gale, a young girl from Kansas who is swept away during a tornado along with her dog Toto. During her adventure in the land of Oz she kills The Wicked Witch of the West played by Margaret Hamilton, and embarks on a journey to find the almighty and powerful Wizard played by Frank Morgan in order to find her way home. Along the way she makes new friends, Scarecrow played by Ray Bolger, Tin Man played by Jack Haley, and the Cowardly lion played by Bert Lahr. Each actor portrayed in the film offers their own unique sense and the overall effect of the film clearly shows the actors ability to take on different characters. As one of the most notable fantasy films, this...
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...Tamer Shublaq Fairytale B Mrs. Johnson 15 December 2013 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz A fairy tale is a kind of folklore or fable that has magical elements within the story, exhibited through the characters or the sequence of events. Fairytales contain magical elements that could include wizards, monsters, talking animals, or even magical helpers. Not only do fairytales contain character archetypes, but they also include situational archetypes such as quests, impossible tasks, or the triumphs of the poor. Although all fairytales have different plots, they are all extremely similar to each other due to the common motifs and archetypes that are present in all fairytale stories. To determine whether a story is a fairytale or not is incredibly easy because one can easily discover numbers of motifs and archetypes that are exhibited throughout the story. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is a story about a girl named Dorothy who is sent to fulfill arduous tasks and lengthy quests in order to find her way back home. As she tries to find her return home, she has many rough encounters with evil but is assisted by various characters and eventually returns home safely. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz would be considered a fairytale because of the common motifs and archetypes that are present and consistent throughout the story. The motifs and archetypes in the story are the hero, the trickster, the talking animals or objects, the glorified human strength of kindness, and the guardian...
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...Do you remember the delightful childhood movie The Wizard of Oz? When I was a little girl, the movie would fill living rooms across America every fall, on a Sunday night, with the magical story of the yellow brick road and the trip to Oz. I would look forward to it for weeks; we would sit down as a family with big bowls of hot buttered popcorn and watch the 2-hour adventure of a girl from Kansas unfold. Recently, my granddaughter received a pair of ruby sequined slippers. Suddenly she was tapping her feet and trying to figure out how to make the shoes transport her to another land. She became very curious about the story and wanted to learn more about Dorothy and her little dog Toto. As an adult grandparent watching the movie, and by...
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...The function and purpose of the hero’s journey is to draw the hero out of their accustomed and to be aware of their purpose in life. Campbell describes the hero’s journey as “the heroic self seeks an exacting spiritual countenance that is, a higher way of holding and conducting oneself” (Campbell xxiv). Through the journey heroes will prevail over the challenges that are unfamiliar. However, the challenges pose a as a rite of passage for the hero to leave behind the old aspects of themselves and take the experience they underwent to become a new refined version of themselves. By way of illustration, Campbell includes this tale “I saw that my friend, Fraulein Elsa, was within; she wanted to reach me her hand, over the gate. But the watchman...
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...She is our otherworldly side looking for satisfaction. Her yearning for a superior world leads her far from her ordinary presence to a mystical spot in which hide concealed threats. The Scarecrow speaks to our judgment, for he needs a cerebrum. Without knowledge or the ability to reason, we are undoubtedly men of straw; well-suited to be pushed around by others. The Tin Man speaks to our feelings, for he seriously needs a heart. Without the tenderness of adoration in our lives we turn out to be hard and resolute; a state of mind splendidly symbolized by a man of metal. The fearful Lion speaks to our physical nature, and our will to make due in the material world. He looks for strength with the goal that he can be solid and defensive - a ruler in his own particular...
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...According to Fodness 1994, basic motivation theory suggests a dynamic process of internal psychological factors (needs, wants and goals), causing an uncomfortable level of tension within individuals’ minds and bodies, resulting in actions aimed at releasing that tension and satisfying these needs. Based on this theory, lets take a look about two destination that have been choose for the range of market segments that might be motivated to visit this type of attraction and potential future motivations to visit the attraction, based on current trends. This two destination is under one attraction which is Ecotourism but difference examples. The two places that had been choose is Kelam Caves at Perlis and Batu Caves at Selangor. Gua Kelam is one of limestone's cave in the Setul Formation in Nakawan Range and was maintained by Perlis Forestry Department since 1997. Gua Kelam are also located in Wang Mu Reserve Forest with area coverage of 2000 hectares and was gazetted as a part of Perlis State Park in 3 July 2008 under the Section 10(1) State Forestry Enactment (Application) 1987. Kaki Bukit town is nearest town which is 500 metres from the cave. It's a 370-metre long limestone cave called Gua Kelam (Cave of Darkness). It located about 33 km north of Kangar, the state capital. The only path to the cave is via an eight-foot wide wooden suspension bridge. This bridge links Kaki Bukit to the Wan Tangga Valley, a valley on the opposite end of Gua Kelam. Kelam Cave Management...
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...unlikely friendship between Huck and Jim he shows that people aren’t really different from each other and they’re really all the same. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain satirizes slavery, society, and religion. In the novel Twain satirizes slavery through Huck’s early belief in them and the...
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...volunteered to fight for Britain and my mother country and Australia. Double the amount of troops Prime Minister Fischer promised Britain earlier this year. This we are told will be the war to end all wars! He said: “Australia will stand behind our mother country to help defend her to our last man and our last shilling!” I told Mum I’d be home for Christmas (and her famous lamb roast)...poor Mum she’s worried sick about me. At first, Mum was reluctant as she’d already been dealt a tough blow with Father’s passing away last summer, but she knew my motivation and was proud nevertheless of my commitment. “Fight the good fight...soldier!” A soldier, I’m a real soldier! Surely it won’t be all that difficult to defeat the enemy nations fighting alongside our allies! August 10th marked the day I made the terrific decision to enlist in the army, after seeing the huge posters reading: “Your country needs you! Will you answer the call? ENLIST NOW and enjoy the army life you have been dreaming about!” I’ve always wanted a life full of adventure and travel! Quite like the stories I’ve read about in books of far way and exotic places, and now here’s a jolly good chance at freedom. The dream of my big adventure along with my best mate Tommy...I can hardly contain my excitement! Bad form the recruitment officer said, that’s what it would be, almost a sin to turn your back, ignoring the call for help and defend democracy! The Australian headline read: “Britain Battles to Maintain Control over the...
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...Book Report: The Glass Menagerie The Glass Menagerie is a play written in 1945 by Tennessee Williams. Tennessee Williams was a major American playwright and one of the greatest playwriters in the twentieth century. Tennessee Williams was born in Columbus, Mississippi, on March 26, 1911. The name "Tennessee" was a name given to him by college friends because of his southern accent and his father's background in Tennessee. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948 and for Cat On a Hot Tin Roof in 1955. In addition to those two plays, he also won award for The Glass Menagerie in 1945. The Glass Menagerie is a touching play about the dreams of a southern family and their struggle to escape reality. The play is set in an apartment in St. Louis in 1937. Tom Wingfield serves as the narrator as well as a character in the play. Tom is determined and hard working man who works in the Continental Shoemaker’s factory. Tom lives with his Southern mother, Amanda, who is proud and confident woman and his shy and crippled sister, Laura. Another character is Jim O’Conner who is a friend of tom from the factory who tom invites to dinner and Laura’s first gentleman caller. The main action of the play is about Amanda's search to find Laura a gentleman caller. The Glass Menagerie's plot is parallel to the actual events in the author's life. The central theme of the play is escape from reality and many symbols in the story support this theme. Tennessee Williams...
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...Summary: Chapter 29 The real Harvey Wilks, in an authentic English accent, explains the reasons he and his brother, William, were delayed: their luggage was misdirected, and his mute brother broke his arm, leaving him unable to communicate by signs. Doctor Robinson again declares the duke and the dauphin to be frauds and has the crowd bring the real and the fraudulent Wilks brothers to a tavern for examination. The frauds draw suspicion when they fail to produce the $6,000 from the Wilks inheritance. A lawyer friend of the deceased then asks the duke, the dauphin, and the real Harvey to sign a piece of paper. When the lawyer compares the writing samples to letters he has from the real Harvey, the frauds are exposed. The dauphin, however, refuses to give up and claims that the duke is playing a joke on everyone by disguising his handwriting. Because the real William serves as scribe for the real Harvey and cannot write due to his broken arm, the crowd cannot prove that the real Wilkses are indeed who they say they are. To put an end to the situation, the real Harvey declares he knows of a tattoo on his brother’s chest, asking the undertaker who dressed the body to back him up. But after the dauphin and Harvey each offer a different version of the tattoo’s appearance, the undertaker surprises everyone by telling the crowd he saw no tattoo. The mob cries out for the blood of all four men, but the lawyer instead sends them out to exhume the body and check for the tattoo themselves...
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...The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain Download free eBooks of classic literature, books and novels at Planet eBook. Subscribe to our free eBooks blog and email newsletter. NOTICE P ERSONS attempting to find a motive in this narra- tive will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR, Per G.G., Chief of Ordnance. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn EXPLANATORY I N this book a number of dialects are used, to wit: the Missouri negro dialect; the extremest form of the backwoods Southwestern dialect; the ordinary ‘Pike County’ dialect; and four modified varieties of this last. The shadings have not been done in a hap- hazard fashion, or by guesswork; but painstakingly, and with the trustworthy guidance and support of personal familiarity with these several forms of speech. I make this explanation for the reason that without it many readers would suppose that all these characters were trying to talk alike and not succeeding. THE AUTHOR. Free eBooks at Planet eBook.com The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Scene: The Mississippi Valley Time: Forty to fifty years ago The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapter I Y OU don’t know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain’t no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told...
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...many different character traits that depict heroism, however, they have many different approaches to achieving their goal of going home. Dorothy and Odysseus share some similarities of heroism. For example, they both are depicted as brave, loyal, and determined. Dorothy is brave because she stands up to the witch in the part when she is trapped in her castle (Fleming). Dorothy is loyal to her dog, the lion, the scarecrow, and the tin man because she always comes back to them and fights for them. This can be seen in the part where she is locked in the witch's castle and fights to get Todo, her dog, back (Fleming). She is determined because she keeps on pushing forward until she gets home and helps her friend, for example when the wizard tells them to bring him the witch's broom she does not give up, she goes to her castle and does just that (Fleming). Odysseus is brave because he stands up to many obstacles like the cyclops, poseidon’s storms, scylla, and charybdis. He is loyal especially to his wife Penelope because he embarks on a tough adventure home from Tory to try and save her from the suitors. He is also loyal to his crew, because he sticks with them and helps them when they are in need, for example he helps them get past the lotus-eaters and helps them off the island after they have been drugged(IX.106-112). Odysseus is also determined because he does not give up on his journey until he reaches Ithaka after almost 15 years. During this journey he also has to fight through...
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...Compassion is sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. However, there are innumerable people who are mercilessness and don’t know how to commiserate for others. There are myriad of authors who try to teach us to show compassion towards others. They make a valuable point to remember to keep an open mind and not be judgmental when showing compassion in, To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee, and Mark Twain in, The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn. The authors use compassion in different ways by using compassion in different plots and presenting their opinion of compassion throughout their novels. We often find ourselves chasing after the ‘American Dream’, and lose our morals by doing so, such as compassion. Compassion comes from the heart, because compassion is supposed to be an emotion felt within ourselves. Our society has been caviling others about the clothes they wear, how much they weigh, how much money you...
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