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Critics Later Interpreted the 1900 Novel the Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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Critics later interpreted the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as a commentary on the 1896 presidential election in which of the following ways?


A) Glenda, the Good Witch, represents candidate William Jennings Bryan, champion of goodness.
B) The angry monkeys chasing Dorothy are stand-ins for Republican Party members seeking to trample the rights of workers.
C) The Wicked Witch of the East symbolizes oppressive eastern industrialists.
D) The Emerald City suggests a green, unspoiled landscape still sought after by western voters.
E) The Wizard of Oz represents John D. Rockefeller.

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