casablanca

Victor is portrayed as an idealistic leader, whose unwavering devotion to his political cause is only challenged by his tremendous love for his wife. He is, in every respect, a virtuous human. In

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maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life. She loves him as a “heroic father figure. ” Not only is Victor sacrificing his wife to another man, he is also giving up his only chance to escape from the almost certain death he faces in Casablanca. ” In a supreme moment of self-sacrifice and nobility, Rick reaffirms his love for Ilsa by urging her to leave Casablanca with her husband. However, he suggests, in his own self-sacrificial offer, that Rick “use the letters to take her away from Casablanca. The atypical ending seems to reject the importance of romantic love, in favor of a more virtuous love of ideals, such as self-sacrificing for the sake of others. In the end, Victor must live unhappily with the knowledge that Ilsa is not truly his; she remains with him because of her love for another man. She is torn between her passionate love for Rick and her vows of marriage to Victor. ” It also challenges the conventional romantic sense of love with a more powerful form. Rick struggles with his feelings of love for Ilsa and his loyalty and admiration for Victor and his cause. fact, his only possible short-coming seems to be his lack of romantic passion or intimacy with his wife.

Ilsa is one of the most enigmatic figures in this story.

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Approximate Word count = 620
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

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