Since the 1900 as the book and 1939 remade into a movie, The Wizard of OZ has been passed through generations and now is a movie we all are familiar with. Though as children we may perceive "Munchkin Land" and "Emerald City" as actual places "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", we grow older and come to understand the metaphors and symbols that are perceived in Dorothy's dream not her visit to a magical land. We too may experience such metaphorical dreams, that we may not understand just how to interprate them. Dorothy's dream state in the Wizard of Oz represent the dream state Carl Jung seems to believe. Carl Jung (1875-1961) was a younger colleague of Sigmund Freud; he theorized that "dream interpretation depended on knowledge of the psyche of an individual". Not only must we use what happened in the individual's past and future, we must combine both to develop an idea of what the dream meant. The present or past moods we are in may signify certain moods we have or moods of the characters in our dream. Jung thinks that mood is usually suggested and conflicts are hinted. .
Movies are like dream states in which archetypal images appear, Hollywood itself being the land of dreams. A movie is like a group dream, a conscious decision to suspend reality, alter our consciousness, and let the images play out in front of us (Nathanson 1991). In the Wizard of Oz many symbols, metaphors, and similes are apparent in Dorothy's dream. From research The Wicked Witch of the West is a dark, controlling presence that seeks to dominate and control very much like Hitler. The Guards at the Witch's castle (the Winkies) are dressed in Russian-like costumes. Their "Yo-ee-oh" chant, which uses the interval of the fifth and distinctively low pitches, is reminiscent of the ancient liturgical music favored by the Russian Orthodox church (Nathanson 1991). But, to others the wicked witch may simply represent Mrs.
