Tin Essays

Oz, the Tin Man wants a heart, but in reality, he already has what he wants. As the Wizard says, “Back where I come from, there are men who do nothing all day but good deeds. They are called phila-, er, er, philanth-er, good-deed doers! And their hearts are no bigger than yours.” The Tin Man does not need a heart to be a kind, generous, and compassionate person. He is already kind, generous, and compassionate. This is shown when Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and him meet the Cowardly Lion. The Tin Man recognizes

On a Hot Tin Roof explores the mendacity that arises from the wealth and greed of the Pollitt family in the 1950s as well as the damage it causes to the relationship between husband and wife and father and son. The damaged relationships and mendacity by wealth are reflected throughout the adaptations of the play, particularly in the film directed by Richard Brooks. In exploring how the meaning of a texts changes when the form of a text changes, it is worth mentioning how Cat On a Hot Tin Roof meaning

On February 8th, 2018 I had the opportunity to view Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams and director, Leah Fletcher at the Stage Center Theatre in Bryan, Texas. Before I watched the play, I had the mindset of it involving Cat Characters since the title incorporated the word Cat. However, the title goes more in depth with the play since the characters have many Cat like characteristics. Throughout the play I realized the genre fell into the southern gothic category considering they embraced

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) depicts the relationship of Margaret "Maggie/Maggie the Cat" Pollitt and Brick Pollitt, who is depicted having a substance use disorder. Throughout the film there are several scenes depicting Brick’s alcoholism and the couple’s dissatisfaction within their marriage. Furthermore, the film highlights that Brick has dissented into alcoholism since the death of his friend Skipper, causing him to be even less affectionate with his wife and her further dissatisfaction with

Through the Classical and Hellenistic period of Greek art and culture, many artists began to attempt at making art in which used organic shapes and human bodies. The Boxer at Rest is one of many sculptures created during the Hellenistic period by Apollonius. The sculpture is made of bronze and has carved in copper to shown the facial detail. This sculpture displays an ancient Greek boxer post boxing fight. You can tell the boxer just had a boxing match because of the damage he has received in his

Henry Bailey suffered from bronchial troubles. He would cough and cough until his narrow face turned scarlet, and his light blue, derisive eyes filled up with tears; then he took the lid off the stove, and, standing well back, shot out a great clot of phlegm – hss – straight into the heart of the flames. We admired his for this performance and for his ability to make his stomach growl at will, and for his laughter, which was full of high whistlings and gurglings and involved the whole faulty machinery

Character Archetypes In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy was accompanied by a hunting group of companions on her journey to the Emerald City. Her companions consisted of Tin Man, Scarecrow, and Cowardly Lion, who were loyal and willing to face hardships and ordeals in order to stay together. All wanting seemingly unattainable things, they came along to meet the Wizard of Oz. Dorothy did not take on this dangerous journey alone. Throughout the story, her group of companions helped her through many obstacles

The Wizard of Oz has many different characters each unique and searching for something, the thing is they all have what they are looking for. A prime example of this is then Tin Man. All he was looking for was a heart so he could love and feel emotions, however he had them all along he just didn’t know. The first prime example of this is when he starts singing, about if he only had a heart so he could love and be loved. However during this song he shows longing which is an emotion you feel from the

The Scarecrow desires a brain, the Tin Man wishes for a heart, and the Cowardly Lion seeks courage. Each of these characters represents a particular aspect of human nature that can help them with their journey. Dorothy's kindness is evident in how she interacts with these characters. She

A complex set of dialogue of languages is provided in The Tin Drum through a first-person narrator, where elements of the grotesque tale and myth, and the stories of the secondary characters are engaged in a serious dialogue with the patriarchal and orthodox states. Every concrete utterance of a speaking subject is a dialogized intersection of centrifugal and centripetal forces. Bakhtin considers it as “a contradiction-ridden, tension-filled unity of two embattled tendencies in the life of language”

him come with her to Emerald City so he could ask the wizard for a brain. The scarecrow was very good with directions and he knew a lot of things. He helped Dorothy get to Emerald City because he knew his way there. Along the way they ran into the tin man who wanted a heart and a lion who wanted courage, Dorothy and the scarecrow picked up those two as the continued their mission to Emerald City. The scarecrow

the reader think the wizard will solve their problems, but in the end they figured them out themselves. Dorthy, Tin Man, Lion, and the Scarecrow all went on a journey to find the great Wizard of Oz and on their journey there were many difficulties along the way. One of the characters in the story is the Lion, and he's a coward. He seeks after the wizard of oz to find courage. The tin man thinks he has a heart disease but it probably is not.“but that doesn’t make me any braver, and as long as I

multicultural society that we cherish today. During the time of the Industrial Revolution many things affected the farmers, factory workers, and William Jennings Bryan. Three symbols stand out and create an allegory. The Scarecrow, The Lion, and the Tin Woodman represents three symbols that intertwine together to represent the political era during the 19th century. The first symbol in the The Wizard of Oz represents the Scarecrow. The Scarecrow hung on a post in a great big cornfield. The Scarecrow

goes to The Land of Oz; however, in the film she doesn't. Even though in the book Dorothy purposely throws water at the Wicked Witch she does it because she is angry, yet in the film they make it an accident so she doesn't seem malevolent. Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly lion get what they want physically; however, in the film they get it literately. For over a hundred years, the film and book are still enjoyable and entertaining, regardless of the many differences about the incredible story of

released, suffered. He said he wanted to mind and go with him to visit the shaman told him if asked. She happily agreed and two colleagues (and full) continued with the yellow brick road to Oz. They had rusted in the forest while cutting down a tree, the Tin Woodman, helped save. A heart - he hopes his dearest wish is to ask the Wizard, joined them. He also loudly roaring after them, and then he admitted he had no courage to animals can be a real king admitted that he wanted to give the cowardly lion of

chloride down the side) 2. Pour 100 milliliters of copper chloride into the graduated cylinder to measure it 3. Pour the copper chloride into the beaker or leave it in the graduated cylinder (whichever you want to conduct the experiment in) 4. Fold the tin foil in half the long way so that you have 1 centimeter by 15 centimeter strip of aluminum foil 5. Curl it into a coil/spring 6. Place the aluminum foil strip into the copper

This quote is said by the Tin Woodsman in chapter six of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum. The Tin Woodsman is explain to the others why he is so forlorn after her accidentally stepping and killing the beetle. This quote is significant to the text as a whole for two main reasons; it is a very ironic quote, the Tin Woodsman is one of the most compassionate, selfless, and loving or all the characters in the novel (he even cries when he accidentally steps on a beetle) and yet he claims

has what he wishes to have. Because he does not know himself, he cannot realize that he can do all the things that a man with a brain do. Speaking of The Tin Woodman, he believes that he does not have a heart to feel. However, he senses emotions and he acts as a tenderhearted character from the very beginning. Due to his whole body made of tin, he does not trust himself and his deficiency makes him needy. As for the Cowardly Lion, he is a brave animal in spite of his belief. He shows signs

The Wicked Witch of the West sees them coming and sends out wolves, crows, bees and monkeys to destroy them. The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman were broken into pieces. Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion were captured and taken to her palace. Dorothy was to be a slave in the palace. Being meek and not knowing the power of the Silver Slippers she did what the Witch commanded. The Yellow

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was written by L. Frank Baum. In the book he utilizes color to signify the regions of The Land Oz. Baum applied yellow to represent The Yellow Brick Road. Green was used to Identify The Emerald City and blue was chosen for The Munchkins Country. These colors are significant to the regions of The Land of Oz. The first color yellow represents The Yellow Brick Road. The Yellow Brick Road leads Dorothy thru the Land of Oz and finally the Emerald city where Dorothy thinks