Character Analysis of the Main Characters in Casablanca
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Casablanca has been one of my favorite movies, although I don't get to watch it often. I have always loved the characters in the movie and how they interact with one another.
I have had a crush on Rick Blaine since the first time that I saw the movie back in 1991. He's bitter, indifferent, cynical, yet something about him is alluring. There is a sense of dangerousness and excitement about him despite his claims of staying out of politics. There is something glamorous abo 
ut the life that he lives, although he is alone. I don't particularly find Humphrey Bogart physically attractive but he has a charisma about him.
Rick makes a transformation throughout the movie, eventually dropping his bitterness and indifference and fighting for the greater cause. Rick also shows that he isn't so hard and indifferent when he helps the young woman who comes to him to ask if Captain Renault is an honest man. Captain Renault has promised her exit visas for her and her husband if she will perform some sort of sexual favors. Rick keeps their marriage uncorrupted by setting things up for her husband to win at the roulette tables.
Another example of Rick really being a good person is the fact that he ran guns in Ethiopia and fought on the loyalist side in Spain. He claims he got paid well for it. Captain Renault points out that he would have got paid better on the winning side. This shows that Rick does care about the right and just causes.
I really feel for Ilsa's situation. Ilsa met Victor Laszlo when she was young and she was moved by everything she stood for. She loves him and the cause he fights for. At one point she believes him to be dead and she meets Rick. She falls in love with Rick only to discover that Laszlo is alive. This has to be very confusing and difficult for her. I'm sure she felt horrible about carrying on a love affair when her husband was still alive. It's hard to love two people. She stayed with Laszlo which I believe is the right decision but she should have explained the situation to Rick instead of leaving him bitter and jaded all that time. Despite her fancy clothes, Ilsa has suffered much for the cause.
I have had a crush on Rick Blaine since the first time that I saw the movie back in 1991. He's bitter, indifferent, cynical, yet something about him is alluring. There is a sense of dangerousness and excitement about him despite his claims of staying out of politics. There is something glamorous abo
Rick makes a transformation throughout the movie, eventually dropping his bitterness and indifference and fighting for the greater cause. Rick also shows that he isn't so hard and indifferent when he helps the young woman who comes to him to ask if Captain Renault is an honest man. Captain Renault has promised her exit visas for her and her husband if she will perform some sort of sexual favors. Rick keeps their marriage uncorrupted by setting things up for her husband to win at the roulette tables.
Another example of Rick really being a good person is the fact that he ran guns in Ethiopia and fought on the loyalist side in Spain. He claims he got paid well for it. Captain Renault points out that he would have got paid better on the winning side. This shows that Rick does care about the right and just causes.
I really feel for Ilsa's situation. Ilsa met Victor Laszlo when she was young and she was moved by everything she stood for. She loves him and the cause he fights for. At one point she believes him to be dead and she meets Rick. She falls in love with Rick only to discover that Laszlo is alive. This has to be very confusing and difficult for her. I'm sure she felt horrible about carrying on a love affair when her husband was still alive. It's hard to love two people. She stayed with Laszlo which I believe is the right decision but she should have explained the situation to Rick instead of leaving him bitter and jaded all that time. Despite her fancy clothes, Ilsa has suffered much for the cause.