Look at what she says about living with her aunt and uncle on that Kansas farm in the story’s Act One set-up: DOROTHY Nobody cares about me at home. Where she begins her transformation-journey is a place of alienation, an orphaned child living among adults, dreaming of a place “over the rainbow” where she could feel a sense of belonging. DOROTHY Tomorrow? Oh, but I want to go home now.īut as we noted in the previous post, Dorothy needs to feel like her home in Kansas is her home. I'm locked up in the Witch's castle.and I'm trying to get home to you, Auntie Em! Oh, Auntie Em, don't go away! I'm frightened! Come back! Come back! DOROTHY Oh - and I was so happy! I thought I was on my way home! SCARECROW Looks like we came a long way for nothing. SCARECROW Did you hear that? He'll announce us at once! I've as good as got my brain! TIN MAN I can fairly hear my heart beating! DOROTHY I'll be home in time for supper! Dorothy’s goal is tied to the idea of home: In the External World (Plotline), she wants to get back home - she states that over and over again once she gets to Oz: DOROTHY Oh, I'd give anything to get out of Oz altogether - but which is the way back to Kansas? In The Wizard of Oz, as in virtually every movie, the Themeline is tied to the Protagonist’s transformation.
But what about the Themeline, the emotional and psychological arc of the story’s Internal World? So we see the myriad of instances in which each of these primary characters - in the External World through actions and words - impact the Plotline in ways concurrent with their respective narrative functions.
Scarecrow uses Tin Man’s axe to chop down a candelabra which lands on a group of the Witch’s guards.Tin Man uses his axe to chop through the door in the room where Dorothy is trapped.When Dorothy is kidnapped, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion dress as the Witch’s guards and sneak their way into the Witch’s castle.They give comfort to each other when facing an angry Wizard of Oz.When Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion fall asleep in the field of poison poppies, Scarecrow and Tin Man’s yells for help alert Glinda, who causes it to snow, which wakes up Dorothy and Cowardly Lion.Tin Man puts out the fire ball the Witch shoots at Scarecrow.Scarecrow connives apples from the trees to feed a hungry Dorothy.Scarecrow agrees to accompany Dorothy to see the Wizard, even when Dorothy warns him about the Witch being mad at her (“Witch? Huh! I’m not afraid of a witch!”).Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion provide Dorothy with emotional as well as tactical support: She chases Dorothy and the others in the Witch’s castle when Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion sneak in to rescue Dorothy.She sets a ‘ticking clock’ (hour glass) to determine the time when the Witch will kill Dorothy so the Witch can finally get the ruby slippers.She threatens to throw Toto into the river to drown in a vain attempt to get the ruby slippers from Dorothy.She commands her winged monkeys to kidnap Dorothy in the Haunted Forest.She writes “Surrender Dorothy or die!” in the sky over the Emerald City.She creates a field of poison poppies causing Dorothy the Cowardly Lion to fall asleep.She threatens Dorothy when Dorothy has met up with Scarecrow and Tin Man, flinging a fireball (“Here, Scarecrow! Want to play ball?”).The Wicked Witch of the West provides persistent opposition to Dorothy: In the External World (Plotline) of the story, once Dorothy reaches Oz, we can see how each of these characters plays their ‘role’ in relation to Dorothy’s Protagonist.
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