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| Casablanca * Revelation Ilsa tells Rick that she was married to Laszlo before she met him, which is why she deserted Rick in Paris. * Decision Rick seems to make no clear decision, but he does tell Renault that if anyone uses the letters, he will. * Changed Desire Rick no longer wants to hurt Ilsa. * Obsessive Drive Rick's first obsessive drive occurs when Ilsa shows up at the club and he desperately wants to hurt her because of the pain she caused him. This is another unique element in Casablanca. Rick begins at a much higher level of passion and obsession than the heroes inmost stories. At the same time, this high level of desire has somewhere to go because Rick ends the story by going off to help save the world. Notice also that Rick only appears to become more immoral as the story progresses. In fact, he has decided to help Ilsa and Laszlo escape together and is determined to make that happen. * Changed Motive Rick has forgiven Ilsa for what she did. 16. Audience Revelation The audience revelation is the moment when the audience—but not the hero—learns an important piece of new information. Often this is when the audience learns the true identity of the fake-ally opponent and the fact that the character they thought was the hero's friend is really an enemy. No matter what the audience learns here, this revelation is a valuable moment fora number of reasons. 1. It provides an exciting pop in what is often a slow section of the plot. 2. It shows the audience the true power of the opposition. 31 It allows the audience to see certain hidden plot elements played our dramatically and visually. Notice that the audience revelation marks a major shift in the relationship of hero to audience. Inmost stories up to this point (farce being a notable exception, the audience learns information at the same time as the hero. This creates a one-to-one connection—an identity—between hero and audience. But with an audience revelation, for the first time the audience learns something before the hero. This creates distance and places the audience in a superior position to the hero. There area number of reasons why this is valuable, the most important being that it allows the audience to step back and seethe hero's overall process of change (culminating at the self-revelation). Download 0.98 Mb. Share with your friends:
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