What is the conflict of the movie wizard of oz?

Answer 1

Dorothy wants to go home. she follows the yellow brick road that will lead her to the wizard of oz. on the way, she meets the scarecrow, tin man and a lion. they travel together to find the wizard of oz.the wizard tells them he will grant them their wishes if they kill the witch of the west. when they did, the wizard gave all the fellows all their wishes, but he says Dorothy's wish is impossibe. but of course Dorothy geta to go home with the help of her magical shoes she got when she arrived and her house landed on an evil witch.

So the conflict is Dorothy vs the witch of the west

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Are you talking about Dorothy's conflict in the film version or in the book, as there could be differences. I read the book, but it has been a VERY long time, so I don't really recall much of it.

I've watched the movie almost religiously since I was a kid, though, SO the conflict...

I'm afraid I have to disagree with the first answer. The real conflict is not that between Dorothy and the Wicked Witch, but of Dorothy discovering that the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the rainbow. Her idea that somewhere far away from the home she is used to (which is portrayed as plain, drab, and altogether boring, where her flights of fancy aren't appreciated, and she seems to always be in some sort of trouble with her aunt or Miss Gulch)- would be much better than staying where she is. However, once she finds herself in Oz, Dorothy lands herself in the worst trouble she has ever been in and needs to find a way home. The thing she faces is that she must learn that there really is no place like home before she can actually return to Kansas. She needs smarts, heart, and courage (taking the form of her three friends, the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion) in order to get there.

(Also, in the film, the Man Behind the Curtain- or the Wizard- posing as the Great and Terrible Oz DOES offer Dorothy a way home in his balloon. However, it takes off without her due to a mishap, leaving Dorothy stranded. This is when Glinda reappears and tells Dorothy she has had the power to return home the entire time because the slippers she wears have the magical ability to send her back to Kansas. All she has to do is click her heels 3 times and say "there's no place like home" )

Answer 2

The conflicts with the wildcat and witch as well as those with the Kalidahs, Fighting Trees andHammer-Heads are the major conflicts in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."

Specifically, the conflict with the wildcat ends with Tin Woodman cutting off the predator's head and with the Queen of the Field Mice's promise to help whenever necessary. It impacts Dorothy because the Queen and her mice save the Lion from eternal sleep in the deadly poppy fields and thereby allow the five friends to continue their quest. The same may be said of the conflict with the witch in that her destruction allows the five friends to head back to the Emerald City to have the Wizard grant their dreams. The same also may be said of the conflicts with the Kalidahs, Fighting Trees and Hammer-Heads. But additionally, the former solidifies the friendship of the five traveling companions through teamship. The latter turns it into an absolute necessity that Glinda the Good successfully problem-solve since the rescue of the five friends uses up all their ride availability with the Winged Monkeys.

Answer 3

Dorothy and the Wizard are examples of characters who have internal conflicts in "The Wizard of Oz."

Specifically, internal conflict refers to opposition that must be reconciled within a character's mind. In both the book and the film, Dorothy faces internal conflict when she must kill the Wicked Witch of the West in order to get back to Kansas even though she is opposed to killing. The Wizard likewise faces internal conflict when he must think of how to get Dorothy back to Kansas when his stock scams will not work.

Answer 4

Conflict: Dorothy and her friends were trying to cross a ditch but then the Kalidahs came out and started attacking.
Resolution: The scarecrow thought of the idea for the Tin Woodman to take his ax and chop down a tree so that they would fall into the ditch and die from the sharp rocks.

Conflict: The Wizard of Oz would not grant the wishes for Dorothy and her friends.
Resolution: They had to go kill the Wicked Witch of the West.

Answer 5

The main conflict to be resolved in The Wizard of Oz is getting Dorothy Gale and her pet dog Toto back home. An unsuccessful attempt is made to do so with the planned hot air balloon departure of the Wizard, Toto, and Dorothy. But Toto jumps out of the basket at the last minute, Dorothy takes off after her to catch her and bring her back into the basket, and the balloon takes off with just the Wizard on board. But all's not lost. For Glinda the Good Witch of the South comes to the rescue. She says that Dorothy has had the power to go back home from the very first day in the Land of Oz. For the Slippers of the Wicked Witch of the East hold a secret power. They will do whatever the wearer asks as long as the wearer has the shoes on, claps the heels together three times, and says the request out loud. Dorothy does so, and in three big long strides, and in three winks of an eye, she and Toto are back home. In addition, there are other minor conflicts that also get resolved. For example, the Wizard gets to go back home to Omaha, Nebraska; the Tin Woodman gets a heart, the Scarecrow gets a brain, and the Cowardly Lion gets courage; and the Munchkins, the residents of the grand old Forest, and the Winged Monkeys and the Winkies get freed from the Wicked Witch of the East, the Great Spider, and the Wicked Witch of the West, respectively.

Answer 6

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.

Answer 7

Dorothy can't get back home to Kansas, Cowardly Lion needs courage, Tinman needs heart, and Scarecrow needs brain

Answer 8

The most common conflict known to mankind, the conflict of good and evil.