Casablanca Symbolism
In the movie “Casablanca,” symbolism plays a very important role. Throughout the movie, details about actions, words, and even clothes have a specific meaning. The time is World War Two in Free French Casablanca. Rick, played by Humphrey Bogart, is a respected ex-patriot club owner. The symbolism in this movie reminds me of “Shiendler’s List.” Both movies are in retro-spec since both take place during World War Two. This essay will compare and contrast not only the characters, but also who symbolism speaks for, and what it speaks for that’s not stated in the movies. In “Casablanca,” the role of the captain is Louie. He’s mostly neutral, but keeps his opinions to himself since the Germans are easing off. Shiendler, in his movie plays a similar role. He’s mostly for the war, but he plays up to many of the Nazi Party officials. Both have authority. They use it differently though. Lo
At the end of “Casablanca,” Rick had changed his selfish ways to help the woman he loves, even if it means her leaving with her husband because Rick knew it was for a much bigger cause that she left with Victor Laszlo which meant that Rick would have to stay in Casablanca. Victor and Rick understood each other since Victor was fighting for the same thing that Rick once was fighting for. After compliance with his Nazi party comrades, Shiendler realizes the fallacy of what he was doing since he was a known member of the Nazi party. He had the choice to keep all of his laborers, and had made many excuses at first to reason with why he had children in his factory. He didn’t make any more excuses when the declaration of the end of the war was announced. He let all his workers go free. The first scene of “Shiendler’s List,” is in color than fading to black and white. This shows the happiness
Some topics in this essay:
War Germany,
Shiendler Jew,
Victor Rick,
World War,
Louie He’s,
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It’s Shiendler,
Humphrey Bogart,
Louie Germans,
Victor Laszlo,
nazi party,
world war,
“shiendler’s list”,
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Approximate Word count = 610
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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