What were the conflict in the wizard of oz?

Answer 1

The conflicts in 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' were the equivalents of struggle, with actions and reactions on both sides. For example, Dorothy Gale, her pet dog Toto, and their three friends the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion were chased by the Kalidahs. The Tin Woodman cut down a tree so that the five friends could cross over a deep ditch. Once on the other side, he severed the tree from the bank. The Kalidahs therefore fell to their deaths below. Another conflict played out at the time of the deadly poppy field, between the Queen of the Field Mice and the wildcat, and between the wildcat and the Tin Woodman. The great, yellow wildcat was chasing the Queen. The Tin Woodman ended the struggle by beheading the wildcat. More conflicts took place in the Yellow Winkieland of the East. The Wicked Witch saw the five friends in her country. Wolves were called to tear them to pieces. But the Tin Woodman beheaded all of the wolves. Wild crows were called to blind the five friends and tear them to pieces. But the Scarecrow wrung all of the crows' necks. Black bees were called to sting the five friends to death. But the Tin Woodman broke the stingers with his all-metal body. Enslaved Winkies were called to spear the five friends to death. But the Cowardly Lion scared all of the Winkies away with his ferocious appearance and roar. It was only with the Winged Monkeys that the Witch appeared to have won the battle against the five friends. But the tide turned inside her Yellow Castle. The Witch made Dorothy trip, and grabbed one of the girl's magic Slippers. But Dorothy threw a bucket of water on the Witch, who promptly melted into nothingness. Other conflicts took place in the land of the Fighting Trees, and the Hill of the Hammer-Heads. The Tin Woodman won the fight against the trees by chopping off branches. Dorothy won the fight against the Hammer-Heads by calling in the Winged Monkeys for safe transport into the Red Quadling Country of Glinda the Good Witch. Some might see conflict in the great, old forest against the Giant Spider. But that was one-sided. The Cowardly Lion killed the sleeping spider. So there was an action, but no defense or reaction possible from the vulnerable victim. Others might see conflict in the sense of an internal struggle. An example of this mental kind of struggle was within the mind of the Wizard of Oz. The Wizard decided that the problems of the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Woodman could be solved through his imagination. But he concluded that imagination wouldn't get Dorothy's problem solved. He tossed and turned the challenge over and over in his mind until he finally came up with the solution of a hot-air balloon ride back to Kansas and Nebraska.