Aunt Em is the wife of Uncle Henry. Both she and her husband are the foster parents of Dorothy Gale. Dorothy is presented as an orphan in the Oz book series by Lyman Frank Baum [May 15, 1856-May 6, 1919]. In the book, it isn't specified to which of her foster parents Dorothy is related. But later on in the series, readers may be given the idea that the blood ties are with Uncle Henry. For example, he tells Dorothy that like mother like daughter, Dorothy is a dreamer.
Aunt Em is Medusa. In Greek mythology, Medusa was a Gorgon with the ability to turn anyone who looked directly at her into stone.
She is called Auntie Em, short for Emily.
She was in the cellar of the house.
From the description by author and Oz series originator Lyman Frank Baum [May 15, 1856-May 5, 1919], Aunt Em seemed to fade into the overall gray drabness of the great prairies of Kansas. She was as gaunt and thin as the sunburned blades of grass, as dull and humorless as the sunblistered paint on the family farmhouse. Were the main sounds in such a depressed place the background sighings of disappointments, regrets, and sacrifices? So one might assume. For Aunt Em came to life in response to two sounds: that of Dorothy's merry laughter, and that of the cyclone's deafeningly high winds. In response to both, Aunt Em would scream. In the case of the former, it was at the thought that anyone could find anything to laugh at in such a harsh, precarious world. In the case of the latter, Baum described Aunt Em as becoming particularly frightened. And Aunt Em's terror over the deathly, destructive powers of cylones might have been best explained by reference to the fear, as expressed in the Bible, that those who had almost nothing would lose even that.
"And oh, Aunt Em! I'm so glad to be at home again!"
Aunt Em was created in 1900.
Aunt Em is Percy Jackson's loving and caring maternal aunt in "The Lightning Thief." She takes care of Percy while his mother, Sally, is away working in the book.
Aunt Em is Medusa. In Greek mythology, Medusa was a Gorgon with the ability to turn anyone who looked directly at her into stone.
Aunt Em maybe short for Emily.
She is called Auntie Em, short for Emily.
She was in the cellar of the house.
Youth versus old age, spontaneity versus reserve, and daydreaming versus practicality are comparisons of Dorothy to Aunt Em in "The Wizard of Oz."Specifically, Dorothy is heading toward her teen years whereas Aunt Em is old and even older than her years what with all the hard work and worry of working and holding onto a farm. Dorothy does not yet have experience in controlling her emotions whereas Aunt Em knows the heartbreak of the harsh life on the Kansas prairies and is used to few words and even fewer emotions. Dorothy therefore can laugh with her cheery pet dog Toto whereas Aunt Em is all about keeping family and farm together. But despite their differences, the two are alike in their courage, loyalty, persistence and straightforwardness, and that most likely is why Dorothy misses Aunt Em so much during the visit to the colorful, magical lands of Oz.
Margaret Hamilton [December 9, 1902-May 16, 1985] did the voice of Aunt Em in the cartoon special 'Return to Oz'. Hamilton had played the Wicked Witch of the West in the beloved 1939 film version of 'The Wizard of Oz'. In the 1985 film version of 'Return to Oz', the role of Aunt Em was played by Rosetta Jacbos ka Piper Laurie [b. January 22, 1932].
"And oh, Aunt Em! I'm so glad to be at home again!"
nothing Dorothy sang somewhere over the rainbow
From the description by author and Oz series originator Lyman Frank Baum [May 15, 1856-May 5, 1919], Aunt Em seemed to fade into the overall gray drabness of the great prairies of Kansas. She was as gaunt and thin as the sunburned blades of grass, as dull and humorless as the sunblistered paint on the family farmhouse. Were the main sounds in such a depressed place the background sighings of disappointments, regrets, and sacrifices? So one might assume. For Aunt Em came to life in response to two sounds: that of Dorothy's merry laughter, and that of the cyclone's deafeningly high winds. In response to both, Aunt Em would scream. In the case of the former, it was at the thought that anyone could find anything to laugh at in such a harsh, precarious world. In the case of the latter, Baum described Aunt Em as becoming particularly frightened. And Aunt Em's terror over the deathly, destructive powers of cylones might have been best explained by reference to the fear, as expressed in the Bible, that those who had almost nothing would lose even that.
In the original 1900 book edition of 'The Wizard of Oz', the first two characters that the reader meets are Dorothy Galeand Uncle Henry. The two are mentioned in the first line of the book. In that same sentence, Aunt Em is mentioned third.In the beloved 1939 film version, the first two characters are Dorothy and Aunt Em. Dorothy interrupts Aunt Em in the middle of farmyard chores. That interaction quickly brings in Uncle Henry too.