Glinda Essays

A more common introduction to anthropology from the stand point of most individuals is through television programs and films, especially ethnographic films because they provide an insight into societies otherwise unknown. However, visual anthropology constitutes a much broader notion than ethnographic films. It is reflective and encompasses a much wider array of study within the context of visual systems. Societies over time have been known to make visible, certain aspects of their norms, cultural

Glinda is played by Billie Burke in the film. She lives in a palace in the land of Oz in Emerald City. Although Glinda is a witch, she wears a big pink dress with a crown, fairy wings, and wand. In Oz, she is immortal, respected, and educated. Her goal is to see the good in everyone even when they cannot see it themselves. She fights for peace and justice within Oz and therefore has a very protective and maternal instinct over the people in her land. Glinda is the witch who welcomes

At the very end of the story, Glinda the Good Witch told Dorothy that she had to figure out what “it” was for herself. However, as the audience it was a bit confusing as to what “it” actually was. When the Wizard leaves for Kansas without her, Dorothy is distraught because she believes that she’ll never be able to go back to Kansas. However, Glinda the Good Witch arrives to tell her some shocking news. The Witch said, “You don’t need to be helped any longer. You’ve always had the power to go back

wicked witch of the west) and Nessarose (the witch of the east) who are sisters. “Oh, this is my younger sister, Nessarose.” (pg.5) • Character/Role: Glinda, (witch of the North) • Elphaba born green. “Like a froggy ferny cabbage, the baby is unnaturally green!!!” (pg.4) • Relationships: Glinda was Elphaba’s friend and went to school with her. “Glinda: Well, it depends on what you mean by "friend". That is, our paths did cross... at school”(pg.4) • Place: Elphaba had to go to Shiz University to help

Witch of the West. This musical was presented by the traveling broadway performers in Milwaukee; the musical started with Elphaba living life as a social outcast and ends up being able to fly and be who she really is. Elphaba then meets her roommate, Glinda the Good, and she is self-absorbed, gets whatever she wants. With this, becomes a friendly rival that turns into a long lasting friendship. Ultimately, much of this musical's greatness is about the joys and sorrows of friendship and how these relationships

Elphaba was everything I wanted to be. She was unafraid of chasing her dreams and unapologetic in who she was. But a couple of months into being 16, I realised just how much of Glinda I actually am. Glinda is someone who has so much more lying beneath the surface. Under all the pink frills and

Glinda is the good witch and tends to bring the evil out in Elphaba because she makes her feel uncomfortable and self conscious. Therefore, Elphaba is the wicked witch of the west and very few people like her. One conflict in the book is that Elphaba thinks

producers do is they never tell her age. In the book when dorothy enters the land of oz Dorothy encounters three magical women who help her along the way. They are the unnamed Good Witch of the North, Glinda the Good Witch of the South, and the Queen of the Field Mice. In the movie she is met with Glinda the good witch of the north. The wicked witch of the west who in the movie is the plot. The Wicked Witch of the West is a minor character who appears near the end of the story in the novel version.

Don Sewers wrote, “Wicked shows the perils of turning the polarities of human nature--good and evil--into opposites--good or evil.” The musical constantly has the audience changing their view on what is good and what is evil. In the opening song Glinda poses the question, “Are people born wicked? Or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?” There is often dramatic irony in the storyline, therefore the audience’s view is meant to be quite different from that of the character. Upon analyzing the

On Tuesday, November 22,2016, I went to see the show Wicked. In the beginning the people who live in Oz are celebrating. The Wicked Witch of The West has died at Dorothy's hand. Glinda the Good comes down in a bubble to say a speech to the people of Oz. Then one of them asks her if The Wicked witch was her friend, and goes into the past, when she met Elphaba. This is a story about friendship and that those who are called wicked are not always wicked. Firstly I would like to talk about What Is This

Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s in Wonderland describes the adventure of a little girl named Alice who, after her unabating curiosity leads her on a pursuit of a fashionable White Rabbit, finds herself transported to a fantastical world. Once there, Alice interacts with characters like the Caterpillar, the Mad Hatter, and the Queen of Hearts during her efforts to return home. In L. Frank Baum’s The Marvelous Land of Oz, a young boy named Tip lives as the disgruntled servant of Mombi, an evil sorceress living

Racial Prejudice in WICKED: How is the theme of racial prejudice explored in Act One of the musical WICKED? The musical Wicked: The Untold Stories of the Witches of Oz was first performed on 10th June 2003 in New York City on Broadway. It was adapted, by Winnie Holzman and Steven Schwartz, from the 1995 book by Gregory Maguire (WICKED: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West), and follows the story of Elphaba a green-skinned girl who eventually becomes better known as the Wicked Witch

way although I have never seen the movie the novel was enough for me I can't picture every conversation and journey the characters are going through in my head everything from Dorothy getting caught up in the cyclone to the good witch of the south Glinda being killed everything in the novel I could see in vivid colors although I haven't seen the movie the novel seem to have more better impact to me when it comes to color especially for me because I have never read this novel until now in my program

The Comparison between Dante’s Inferno and The Wizard of Oz Everyone, at a point in their life, has endured a challenging journey that seemed to drag on forever. Whether it be the journey of completing a complicated project for school, trying to get in better shape, or even getting back home/ to reality. Dante’s Inferno is the story of a man’s journey through Hell and the hardships he faced along the way. Throughout the literary work of Dante’s Inferno, Dante is able to obtain a better sense

coming. A window breaks out and hits her head. Unconscious, she dreams her home fell in a magical land called Oz. She imagines Ms. Gulch as a witch who seeks to harm her. She's protected by mystical ruby slippers, given to her by Glinda, the Good Witch (Billie Burke). Glinda says that Oz's Wizard could help her return home. To reach the Wizard's castle, Dorothy must follow a long yellow brick

caught in a tornado, thrown around, and wakes up to find herself in a foreign land.  After realizing she “isn’t in Kansas anymore”, she and her little dog Toto meet Glinda.  Glinda is a kind, sweet, caring, and compassionate Witch...unlike the Wicked Witch of the West who tries her best to make Dorothy’s journey very difficult.  Glinda the Good Witch of the North  is there to help Dorothy on her journey back home.  Despite just having  met her, Dorothy recognizes this kindness and takes her advice

their constant desire for power. The Wicked Witch of the West tried to destroy Dorothy and her friends numerous times on their quest to see the Great Oz. The Good Witches, however, provide guidance and counsel them along their catastrophic journey. Glinda portrays good through her wisdom and, by showing Dorothy the way home; helping the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion realize they always had the traits they once believed were absent, they just needed a little wisdom from the

L. Frank Baum described his novel, The Wizard of Oz, as a modernized fairy tale. It is a story that expresses the theme of finding belonging and identity through a set of journeys and adversity. While with Aunt Em and Uncle Henry farm in Kansas a tornado sends the farmhouse with Dorothy and Toto hiding inside to the wonderful Land of Oz Upon landed in Oz, Dorothy kills the Wicked Witch of the East with her house, freeing the blue Munchkins, but the Munchkins or the Wicked Witch of the North could

has eyes for Glinda. However, during the reprise, Fiyero had run away from Glinda in order to be with Elphaba. Elphaba sang ‘I’m Not That Girl’ the first time, and the reprise was sung by Glinda.This shows how Elphaba’s former feelings of longing and helplessness were now felt by Glinda, creating a parallel between the two characters and emphasizing on the reversal of feelings and power the characters have. This also provides the cause to the future event of Nessarose’s death, as Glinda acts on her

Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) is a teenager who lives on a Kansas farm with her Auntie Em (Clara Blandick) and Uncle Henry (Charley Grapewin). She reveries about going "somewhere over the rainbow" after the mean Miss Gulch (Margaret Hamilton), a her hateful neighbor, strikes Dorothy's dog Toto (Terry) on the back with a rake, as a result, Toto to bit her. Miss Gulch shows up with a command to take Toto to the sheriff to be put to sleep, but Toto jumps out of the basket on the back of Miss Gulch's bicycle