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Psychoanalysis of Dorothy

Psychoanalysis of Dorothy. Ashley Escobar Marybell Regalado 29 July 2013. thesis. The Wonderful Wizard of O z is a ubiquitous literary text which opens up numerous interpretations of Dorothy's psyche and her suffering of childhood trauma. Feminism History Politics. FEMINISM.

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Psychoanalysis of Dorothy

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  1. Psychoanalysis of Dorothy Ashley Escobar MarybellRegalado 29 July 2013

  2. thesis • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a ubiquitous literary text which opens up numerous interpretations of Dorothy's psyche and her suffering of childhood trauma. • Feminism • History • Politics

  3. FEMINISM “like the real children of her day, Dorothy accepts the empirical reality of what she experiences, knows what she wants, and sets about doing what needs to be done to achieve it” (13).

  4. HISTORY “She saw there was not much bread left in the basket, and the girl was thankful the Scarecrow did not have to eat anything, for there was scarcely enough for herself and Toto for the day” (89).

  5. Dust Bowl 1930s

  6. POLITICS “Once,”[…] “we were a free people, living happily in the great forest, flying from tree to tree, eating nuts and fruit, and doing just as we pleased without calling anybody master”(248).

  7. Psychology and Home “No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, with people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home” (44-45).

  8. Works cited • Hearn, Michael P. ed. The Annotated Wizard of Oz: Centennial ed New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2000. Print Geer, John G. , Thomas R. Rochon. “William Jennings Bryan on the Yellow Brick Road.” Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Journal of American Culture 16.4(1993): 59-64. Web. 3 July 2013 www.wisegeek.org/what-were-the-effects-on-the-children-of -the-great-depression.htm www.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwwmh/equal.htm www.english.illnois.edu/maps/depression/dustbowl.htm

  9. Appendix • http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=uWShESAXt8aOpM&tbnid=q23IW_nYdPnvFM:&ved=0CAQQjB0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3AThe_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz%2C_015.png&ei=L5btUbPnArOgyQGO4oDgDg&bvm=bv.49478099,d.aWc&psig=AFQjCNEFR_B-s-A-yEOlgevt-gd7crkLdQ&ust=1374611366797863 • www.weru.ksu.edu • http://bygosh.com/wizardofoz/images/oz01-01.jpg • https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=XIeX2oUl076cxM&tbnid=QpiNxTHSz-4wYM:&ved=0CAQQjB0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fredeemingfeminism.wordpress.com%2Fabout%2F&ei=f9fyUbznBcrHigK60oGQAQ&bvm=bv.49784469,d.cGE&psig=AFQjCNE0NF_NhaxzxCauJGF1Lj8Duzi3Mg&ust=1374955692887034 • https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=FHBydqol2I4VrM&tbnid=85mSsrG_QiKTtM:&ved=0CAQQjB0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.dulcedahlia.com%2F2012%2F03%2Fsweet-little-dorothy.html&ei=uOXyUeffLYOCiwLu0IDYDA&bvm=bv.49784469,d.cGE&psig=AFQjCNFesyu4cCGo7bVQaHPBcg-70fWiDA&ust=1374959179874588 • www.weru.ksu.edu • http://search.comcast.net/?q=pictures+of+the+feminist+movement+of+the+1800%27s&cat=images

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