Oz Philosophy
What is the philosophy behind the Wizard of Oz?
It has been posed on another question that the Wizard of Oz is a metaphor for finding truth and the meaning of life. Perhaps I am being particulary dense but would someone please care to clarify the ideas and underlying theme?
Shades of Alice and Wonderland, and Plato’s Republic abound.
Well, Dorothy is a simple little kid with a dog, gentle but completely mindless.
Auntie Em tells here “Now, Dorothy, dear, stop imagining things. You always get yourself into a fret over nothing.”
Dorothy goes and gets herself picked up right out of the world by a whirlwind tornado and says; “Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore!”
“Where do you want to be oiled first?” (to the Tin Man)
“It’s bad enough picking on a straw man, but when you go around picking on poor little dogs…”
“My goodness, what a fuss you’re making. Well, naturally, when you go around picking on things weaker than you are — why, you’re nothing but a great big coward!”
OK here I go… The Plato Triad: The Tinman is Spirited, The Lion is Desire, and the Strawman is Reason. Remember, in the end we realize that they had it all along.
“If you were really great and powerful, you’d keep your promises!”
Indeed, Who is that man behind the curtain… Agathon? God??
“I am Oz, the Great and Powerful! Who are you? WHO- ARE- YOU?”
in Plato’s Allegory of The Cave, you can’t go back once you know the truth… once you have been enlightened with wisdom, you are also bound by this knowledge to share it.
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