ellauri061.html on line 195: The next critic known to comment on the play was John Dryden, writing in 1677. He was preoccupied with the question of whether fairies should be depicted in theatrical plays, since they did not exist. He concluded that poets should be allowed to depict things which do not exist but derive from popular belief. And fairies are of this sort, as are pigmies and the extraordinary effects of magic. Based on this reasoning, Dryden defended the merits of three fantasy plays: A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, and Ben Jonson's Masque of Witches. Varmaan se olis pitänyt Kiekkomaailmastakin ja Valtaistuinpelistä. Ja Harry Potterista.
ellauri069.html on line 762: Biographers report that Baum had been a political activist in the 1890s with a special interest in the money question of gold and silver (bimetallism). The City of Oz earns its name from the abbreviation of ounces "Oz" in which gold and silver are measured. Unssin kaupunki. For example, the Tin Woodman wonders what he would do if he ran out of oil. "You wouldn't be as badly off as John D. Rockefeller", the Scarecrow responds, "He'd lose six thousand dollars a minute if that happened." Dorothy—naïve, young and simple—represents the American people. She is Everyman, led astray and seeking the way back home. Moreover, following the road of gold leads eventually only to the Emerald City, which may symbolize the fraudulent world of greenback paper money that only pretends to have value. It is ruled by a scheming politician (the Wizard) who uses publicity devices and tricks to fool the people (and even the Good Witches) into believing he is benevolent, wise, and powerful when really he is a selfish, evil humbug.
ellauri118.html on line 1125: This passage is from the beginning of the poem "Half-Hanging Mary" by Margaret Atwood. Poverty and neglect did not improve Mary’s fiery temper, and she spoke harshly when offended, wrote Sylvester Judd in his 1905 History of Hadley. Witches supposedly suckled their ‘imps’ or ‘familiars’ — maybe even the devil — in exchange for help with their magic.
ellauri246.html on line 844: Samana ajanjaksona Brodsky yritti järjestää julkaisun Moskovanlehdissä. Kuitenkin verbi "yritti" on liian kovaa tästä. Tulostuksen saavuttamiseksi oli tarpeen osoittaa jonkinlainen diplomaattisuus, johon Brodski ei pystynyt. Kun hänet johti kalastajan kirjoittajalle, joka voisi auttaa julkaisuissa, hän oli niin vihainen Rybakov hänen ylimielisyytensä, että hän jopa kolmekymmentä vuotta myöhemmin, hän muistutti muistelmista kokouksesta "huono henkilö, joka halusi lukea tarpeettomia runoja ilman loppua . " Kun v.p. Aksenov esittelee Brodskin "nuorten" toimittajien kanssa, johtanut hänet toimituksellisen hallituksen kokoukseen ", Joseph tästä toimituksellisesta hallituksesta kuuli, että Neuvostoliiton painajainen, jossa nuorten kirjoittajat ovat yksinkertaisesti menettäneet tietoisuuden.<…> Hän sanoi, että hän oli läsnä Sabbath Witchesissa. Ja itse asiassa se oli suurin mahdollinen liberalismi. "
ellauri369.html on line 382: Neopaganist humorist Charles Godfrey Leland (1824-1903) read it through forty times ere he left college, of which he kept count. He went on to write Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches, which became a primary source text for Neopaganism half a century later.
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