The movie Casablanca tells a love story of two men and their shared love for the same woman. The main character, Rick, is a bar owner who fled from Paris after word the Germans were arriving. While in Paris, Rick fell in love with a girl named IIsa but when Rick was forced to flea the country without IIsa. Later in the film, IIsa and her husband, Laszlo, travel from Paris to Casablanca in order to obtain a travel visa to America. The love that IIsa shared with Rick no longer exists during their second meeting at Ricks bar. IIsa is now married to the husband she thought was dead during their relationship in Paris. In Aristotle’s writing, Poetics, he explains his creation on how a tragedy should be written to be considered an authentic tragedy. Aristotle believes that a person who appears to be a hero in…show more content… Aristotle believes that a good dramatic plot contains an easily comprehensive story divided into parts that lead to a complete ending that answers all questions. Although Casablanca is very close to Aristotle’s idea of a good tragedy, it does no fully fulfil the requirements he created. The actors in the movie properly use lyrical poetry to act as they should be and sometimes this leads to their character changing through the duration of the movie. Although lyrical poetry was used properly in the film, it lacked the elements of hamartia and catharsis as the movie came to a conclusion. In the end of the film, the viewer is provided with two separate ideas about how to see Rick as a character. When Rick gave the papers to his ex lover, we noticed that he finally opened up to his emotions for his love. Although we feel happy for Rick, in this act he allowed himself to become vulnerable which goes against Rick’s personality. With the film ending in a confusion of weather to feel happy or sad for rick, there is not a specific release of emotion to be
