Casablanca

Casablanca Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous, of the passion; it is the only one which includes in it’s dreams the happiness of someone else. Alphonse Karr Throughout history men have always had some one they admired. More often or not it has been a man’s man. Before Brad Pitt, there was James Dean, before Dean there was Old Blue Eyes and before Sinatra there was Humphrey Bogart. Bogart solidified his manhood in Micheal Curtiz’s Casablanca. Rick Blane is the kind of character that woman would die for and men would kill to be. This is shown when Captain Louie Reno says to Victor and Ilsa that Rick is the kind of man that if I was a woman I would be in love with.” Before Rick Blane was introduced to the world, most male characters were more courteous and seemed more idealistic. In creating Rick, Bogart changed the premise of being a tough guy. Rick is the kind of man that no matter what, you have to respect because he never gave a reason why you should not. He is a thinking man, this is shown when rick, life, tough, love, guy, song, man, ilsa, honor, confidence, while, sam, rick’s, one, kind, because, world, victor, shows, shown, really, play, must, money, honorable, couple, bogart, blane, before, woman, willing, whole, walk, true, table, saying, saloon, sacrificing, respect, reason, paris, men, matters, man’s, makes, make, introduced, importantly, himself, german’s