The movie had to deal with its own problems and issues during the shooting of the movie. The characters of Dorothy and her friends, however have become forever linked with the actors who created the roles of the movie. W.C. Fields was the first choice to play the Wizard, but a disagreement between the studio and comic actor eliminated his name from the list. Actress Gale Sondergaard, that same year being famous as the Empress Eugenie in Juarez, was auditioned for the Wicked Witch role (Turner Movie Classics). Sondergaard was an accomplished actress, whose career was halted for 20 years thanks to the Hollywood Blacklist, but her exotic beauty was in favor of Margaret Hamilton's more traditionally "witchy" look (Turner Movie Classics).
The woman rudely responded with, “What do you want, grandma?” It was Christmas time so I think that was the reason why she tied Phoenix’s shoe. Phoenix still doesn’t let this bring her down. Lastly, Phoenix arrives at her destination and is greeted rudely. She thinks that she has seen Phoenix before and demanded Phoenix to speak up and give her personal information. She asked Phoenix was she deaf as she took a moment to respond and the nurse identifies Phoenix as “Old aunt Phoenix.” The nurse also gets frustrated with Phoenix and her memory loss.
So when the proceedings of the witch trials come to town the Putnam s take that as a way to take Rebecca down. They accuse her of killing their babies be conjuring up her spirit and killing them before they come out of the womb. Unfortunately for Rebecca she fall victim to the mass hysteria in Salem, and is thrown I jail because of it. So being the good Christian she is when Judge Danforth asks her to confess she does not. Rebecca Nurse one of the kind and innocent people in the Crucible fall from power do to the happening of the Salem Witch
Around this time the ruler of Munchkinland, Nessarose, who is also a Witch, is killed by Dorothy's house when it falls out of the sky during a tornado. Elphaba attends the funeral and has a brief reuniting with Glinda who is now a Witch. The two quarrel about politics and Nessa's shoes, which Glinda has given to Dorothy. Elphaba and Glinda part ways on bad terms. During a meeting with the Wizard, Elphaba discovers he is from another world.
Meanwhile, Alanna and Roger have a vicious encounter where they renew their old hatred, and Alanna suspects that Lady Delia and others, including her old rival Alex of Tirragen, are plotting to overthrow Jonathan and put Roger in his place. On the eve of the Coronation, Alanna meets the Great Mother Goddess, who warns her that the Coronation will be a "crossroad in time." Sure enough, during the ceremony, insurgents wearing Tirragen and Eldorne colors storm the palace and Alanna and her friends fight to protect Jonathan. Thom dies, drained of his life-force energy by Roger's dark spell, and Alanna's magical cat Faithful is also killed. In a sheer rage, Alanna kills Alex when he tries to detain her from reaching Roger, and she confronts her archenemy, who uses her magical mystical sword - part Lightning, part the Bazhir shaman's sword - to bring her to him.
Summary The film opens as Francine Hughes is being played by Farrah Fawcett. She, along with her three children are seen escaping from her house that was in engulfed in flames in March 1982. Shortly afterward, Francine Hughes is charged with murder. Her court-appointed attorney, Aryon Greydanus who is played by Richard Mauser meets with her but finds her stunned and unresponsive. He pleads with her to cooperate, and she finally begins to express her story.
Rarely was that world projected as full of anger at racism, struggles for justice, or revolutions of the body and spirit. It's better to be cute than political, individual than collective-minded, and you should pray to be compared with Like Water for Chocolate. Now come the new books by Julia Alvarez and Demetria Martinez, both with radical themes that include criticism of U.S. policy and Anglo values. They have had flattering reviews, but profound political or social questions raised in each book go ignored: most critics seem happier with the romancing. Julia Alvarez's book is a fictionalized biography that moves its characters forward in the shadow of impending doom, yet never victimizes, never negates human complexity.
Emma Baird Dr. Meredith McCarroll English 232 25 September 2010 The Death of Edna Pontellier: A Rebellious Defeat Even from its first publication, Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening has caused controversy. While today The Awakening is praised for its feminist undertones, the piece was first criticized for its lack of representation of American values. Instead of depicting a main character that embodied the Victorian ideal of a woman fulfilling the role as an “Angel in the House” which was the norm for American women during this particular historical period, Edna was a rebellious wife and an adulteress, whose desires and yearning for independence lead her to make many radical decisions throughout the course of the novel¾ from inwardly
You are an ogre. Let me go, or I will tell my papa." (Shelley 127) When the creature approaches William he screams and runs away in terror. This makes the monster feel very alone and he becomes enraged and eventually ends up strangling William to death. He then takes a picture of Caroline Frankenstein that the boy has been holding and places it in the folds of the dress of a girl sleeping in a barn—Justine Moritz, who is later executed for William’s murder.
Beowulf even at his age goes out to fight the all mighty strong dragon that is in rage after someone has stolen a cup from him and that made him to go out and search for it in the town by destroying it. The dragon then goes out in the town and burns it down but beowulf confronts him and kills him but Beowulf gets injured bad and dies of his wounds being to severe. On Macbeth he fights two army’s and deafeat’s them in one day and after that Macbeth and Banquo learn about their future from three witches. The witches say that macbeth will be The Than of cawdor and then will become king and then tell banquo’s future of his sons will be kings. Macbeth learns part of his prophecy is true and goes to the king and tells him that he is The Than of Cawdor(what the witches told him).