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Age and build

very old man

“I am a very old man now” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 15)

little old man

“a little old man, with a bald head and a wrinkled face” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 15)

Face and hair

bald head

“a little old man, with a bald head and a wrinkled face” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 15)

wrinkled face

“a little old man, with a bald head and a wrinkled face” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 15)

Dress

The book is silent here, so we keep this plain and neutral.

Voice and speech

trembling voice when revealed

“said the little man, in a trembling voice” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 15)

can imitate birds and beasts

“I can imitate any kind of a bird or beast” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 15)

Signature words

says 'humbug' of himself

“How can I help being a humbug” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 16)

uses 'very well' in agreement

“Very well, I will give you that sort of courage tomorrow” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 15)

Gait and mannerisms

hides behind screens and operates mechanical devices

“I stood behind the screen and pulled a thread, to make the eyes move and the mouth open” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 15)

shakes his head sadly when troubled

“he said, shaking his head at her sadly” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 15)

Strengths

skilled ventriloquist and performer

“When I grew up I became a ventriloquist, and at that I was very well trained by a great master” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 15)

clever at deception and mechanical tricks

“I have fooled everyone so long that I thought I should never be found out” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 15)

good to his people despite deception

“I have been good to the people, and they like me” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 15)

understands human psychology and desire

“It was easy to make the Scarecrow and the Lion and the Woodman happy, because they imagined I could do anything” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 16)

Flaws

admits he is a bad wizard

“I’m really a very good man, but I’m a very bad Wizard, I must admit” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 15)

cannot actually help Dorothy return to Kansas

“But it will take more than imagination to carry Dorothy back to Kansas, and I’m sure I don’t know how it can be done” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 16)

maintains deception through isolation

“I have shut myself up and would not see any of them” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 15)

Traits

cowardly and fearful of exposure

“I should be ruined. I’m supposed to be a Great Wizard” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 15)

weary of his deception

“I am tired of being such a humbug” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 17)

nostalgic for his former life

“I’d much rather go back to Kansas with you and be in a circus again” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 17)

fundamentally decent despite his fraud

“he was a good man, even if he was a bad Wizard” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 19)

Lines in their own words

“I am Oz, the Great and Terrible. Who are you, and why do you seek me” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 11)

“Don’t speak so loud, or you will be overheard—and I should be ruined. I’m supposed to be a Great Wizard” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 15)

“I’m really a very good man, but I’m a very bad Wizard, I must admit” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 15)

“I am tired of being such a humbug. If I should go out of this Palace my people would soon discover I am not a Wizard” (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, part 17)