Wizard of Oz
Transcript: Lion, darling -- I knew you'd come! DOROTHY I -- I didn't mean to kill her....really I didn't! It's...it's just that he was on fire! TIN MAN Oh, see - I killed it. Oh, I killed that poor little honey bee! AUNT EM Now, Dorothy, dear, stop imagining things. You always get yourself into a fret over nothing. DOROTHY No -- AUNT EM Now, you just help us out today, and find yourself a place where you won't get into any trouble. I'd be brave as a blizzard -- TIN MAN It's only a man without a head who could do a thing like that. Poor little bee. V. The munchkins represent Dorothy in a smaller sense, and cheer her and her companions on as they embark on their journey. They sing in joy that the witch went down where the goblins go after Dorothy killed her, because Dorothy feels guilty and didn't mean to kill either of the witches. Down "low" represents Dorothy's unconscious where her suppressed memories are stored. Ohhh -- you cursed brat! Look what you've done! I'm melting! Melting! Oh -- what a world -- what a world! Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness!? Ohhh! Look out! Look out! I'm going. Ohhhh! Ohhhhhh.... PROFESSOR No, no -- now don't tell me. They -- they don't understand you at home. They don't appreciate you. You want to see other lands -- big cities -- big mountains -- big oceans -- DOROTHY But, how do I start for Emerald City? GLINDA It's always best to start at the beginning -- and all you do is follow the Yellow Brick Road. LION ...up! Which one of you first? I'll fight you both together if you want! I'll fight you with one paw tied behind my back. I'll fight you standing on one foot. Oh, don't worry about me. I'm all right. We must worry about Dorothy. TIN MAN I haven't got a heart But I got a palpitation. III. Dorothy's wish to leave Kansas and be sent to another world led her to lush, green kingdom of Oz, the complete opposite of her home. When her house crashed onto the evil witch and she dried up, it represented her crushing the wicked side of her Aunt. ALL That's how we laugh the day away In the Merry Old Land of Oz! Scarecrow Brain Now, let' s see -- this goes -- Oh, I wish I were better at puzzles. In another hour, I'll be King of the Forest. DOROTHY Your Majesty, if you were king You wouldn't be afraid of anything? LION Not nobody, not nohow! DOROTHY Are you gonna stand around And let 'em fill us full of horror? DOROTHY I'll be home in time for supper! SCARECROW Did you hear that? He'll announce us at once! I've as good as got my brain! TIN MAN From now on, we're on enemy ground. You should have something to protect yourself with. DOROTHY I don't like this forest! It's -- it's dark and creepy! SCARECROW Of course, I don't know, but I think it'll get darker before it gets lighter. Tin Man Heart DOROTHY Well, I -- I think that it -- that it wasn't enough just to want to see Uncle Henry and Auntie Em -- and it's that -- if I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own backyard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with! Is that right? All right, I'll go in there for Dorothy -- Wicked Witch or no Wicked Witch -- guards or no guards -- I'll tear 'em apart. (growls) I may not come out alive, but I'm going in there. There's only one thing I want you fellows to do. Who do you suppose they were? And where did they take her? A fine thing - to go to pieces at a time like this! "There's no place like home." I. Dorothy's relationship with her Aunt Em is paralleled in the dream world of Oz. Her place in Kansas leaves her unsure of her purpose, causing disparity between what her job should be and what she wants to do. A place "somewhere over the rainbow for Dorothy" would be ideal because she can have authority over her own freedom. Aunt Em tells Dorothy "You always get yourself into a fret over nothing," after she plays in the pig sty and ends up falling in. Thoughts about leaving Kansas to find a more suitable environment are foreshadowed when she visits the mystic Professor, who can sense Dorothy isn't quite fitting in at home, "they don't appreciate you. You want to see big cities, big mountains..." She literally takes her Aunt's orders to "find yourself a place where you won't get into any trouble" and leaves Kansas, if only in a dream. Even before she realizes where she has landed, her very arrival has killed the Wicked Witch of the East, signified by the celebratory songs and cheer of the munchkins. The little people of Oz symbolize the curious side of Dorothy, peeping their heads out, giggling at the sight of a foreign visitor. where the wicked witch portrays the punishing and threatening side, and the good witch represents the loving and protecting side. II. The ruby slippers depict the two dimensions of Oz; without them, she cannot get home, but they are the very thing that the evil witch wants and will do anything to get. You put up a great fight, Lion. I don't know what we'd have done