ENGLISH 3Y03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Aunt Em
7 Mar 2018
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Existential or psychological interpretations to be is to seem . Reality, appearances, and illusion pay no attention to that man behind the screen . Oz as new jerusalem (heavenly city, shining city on a hill, etc. ) Is baum creating the story with a cosmology that strange things can just happen? (you can go to strange worlds and return) The wizard fears the witch"s power; all he can do is make himself scarier than he actually is. Is it possible that dorothy"s companions only have what they think they are lacking because. Dorothy, like her companions, has what she seeks all along: the power to return home; recognize who you already are, not what you need to become. Final sentence: i"m so glad to be at home again; no mention if kansas is still gray; dorothy realizes that home is with aunt em and uncle henry, not just the small house.
