How many climaxes are there in 'The Wizard of Oz'?

Answer 1

There are two. Dorothy's clapping her heels together and saying, "Take me home to Aunt Em," is the final climax. For it's the final resolution to the original challenge, conflict, crisis, dilemma, problem: what to do to get back home? The Shakespearean climax is a high point that's midway through the story. In The Wizard of Oz, midway most likely is Dorothy's interview with the Wizard, and his instructions to kill the Wicked Witch of the West in exchange for his services. But the Shakespearean climax may be seen as actually occurring close to that point, but some pages later, when Dorothy melts the Wicked Witch of the West with a bucket of water. As a consequence, Dorothy and her friends lose their way, and that makes the other half of the story possible.