At the end of the film, it is Anna Schmidt whom we ultimatel

As much as Anna Schmidt may present a face of innocence, I do believe that she is not the one whom we ultimately should sympathise with. For her there is no world outside Harry Lime, her devotion to him is unbending, even to the point of self-sacrifice, regardless of knowing the unlawful, wicked and criminal intentions of Harry Lime. She is a completely passive character and her kind of innocence is not to be sympathized with, it is shown to be a weakness. Anna says of Harry: “He made everything seem – fun”. This is not something to be sympathetic about; I feel that she is a shallow character.

Holly Martins, a penniless novelist of Westerns has come to Vienna because his best friend, Harry Lime has supposedly kindly offered him a job. He then discovers that his best friend has recently died in a car accident. This is something to definitely symp

After all the trauma of betrayal and dishonesty, Anna Schmidt says “I don’t want him anymore. I don’t want to see him, hear him.” This is something to ultimately sympathise with at the end of the film but she follows by saying “But he’s in me – that’s a fact. I wouldn’t do a thing to harm him”…again she softens up and indicates that she would never hurt Harry, not even considering the fact that he may be a cruel criminal whom has ruined many people’s lives.

athise with…Holly was excited to be getting into a new job and earning money, coming to Post-War Vienna without really knowing anyone and losing his best friend in the process. Holly is confused and this is to also be sympathised with as it was shown in the scene with him and Major Calloway, when Calloway said about Harry “HE was about the worst racketeer who ever made a dirty living in this city. Sit down, have another drink”.

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