*Casablanca, Moroco
*1940's WWII
-Main Characters:
*Rick Blaine
>Owns a Successful Cafe
>In love with Ilsa Lund
>Gangster
*Ilsa Lund
>young woman
>Secretly marries a guy named Victor Lazlo
>Feels hopeless
*Victor Lazlo
>Czech resistance fighter
>assumed dead for a while after escaping the camps
>Rich
-Rising Action
A. Ilsa Lund goes to Rick's cafe with her husband, Victor Lazlo
1. Ilsa sees Sam, the cafe's piano player, and asks him to play "As Time Goes By" which is a symbolic song to her and Rick
2. Rick comes out and finds out that Ilsa is married to Laszlo
B. Laszlo and Ilsa plan to go to America to escape
C. Laszlo Finds out that Rick has the letters of transit
-Climax
* Laszlo tries to get the letters, Rick refuses to budge
* German officers begin singing a German pride song
> Laszlo and the rest of the cafe overpower them with their own song
> German officers forced Rick to close down his cafe
* Ilsa makes an attempt at getting the letters from Rick
> Rick doesn't buy it and knows she won't shoot him because she loves him
> Flashback to their romance in Paris - Ilsa tells Rick that she thought Laszlo had been killed when they fell in love, when in reality he was alive
> When Rick and Ilsa were to leave Paris, Ilsa knew Laszlo was alive and left Rick with only a letter
- Falling Action
*Rick tells Ilsa that he will help her, and that they can be together soon
> Isla and Rick are in his office
>Laszo comes to the cafe to talk to Rick (Ilsa stays in office) - tells Rick he knows about him and Ilsa - attempts to tell Rick to give him the letters to keep Ilsa out of trouble
* Police arrest Laszlo
>Rick tells police to wait until Laszlo has the letters of transit to make an arrest with a greater charge
-Conclusion
*Police try to arrest Laszlo as they had planned, but Rick threatens to shoot and lets Ilsa and Laszlo get away
*Rick makes Ilsa leave with Laszlo, assuring her that staying with him was the best decision
> Ilsa disagrees but is later on forced and convinced.
*German officers arrive, Rick kills the lead officer
*Rick and police officer become friends and walk off into the distance
A. Ilsa Lund goes to Rick's cafe with her husband, Victor Lazlo
1. Ilsa sees Sam, the cafe's piano player, and asks him to play "As Time Goes By" which is a symbolic song to her and Rick
2. Rick comes out and finds out that Ilsa is married to Laszlo
B. Laszlo and Ilsa plan to go to America to escape
C. Laszlo Finds out that Rick has the letters of transit
-Climax
* Laszlo tries to get the letters, Rick refuses to budge
* German officers begin singing a German pride song
> Laszlo and the rest of the cafe overpower them with their own song
> German officers forced Rick to close down his cafe
* Ilsa makes an attempt at getting the letters from Rick
> Rick doesn't buy it and knows she won't shoot him because she loves him
> Flashback to their romance in Paris - Ilsa tells Rick that she thought Laszlo had been killed when they fell in love, when in reality he was alive
> When Rick and Ilsa were to leave Paris, Ilsa knew Laszlo was alive and left Rick with only a letter
- Falling Action
*Rick tells Ilsa that he will help her, and that they can be together soon
> Isla and Rick are in his office
>Laszo comes to the cafe to talk to Rick (Ilsa stays in office) - tells Rick he knows about him and Ilsa - attempts to tell Rick to give him the letters to keep Ilsa out of trouble
* Police arrest Laszlo
>Rick tells police to wait until Laszlo has the letters of transit to make an arrest with a greater charge
-Conclusion
*Police try to arrest Laszlo as they had planned, but Rick threatens to shoot and lets Ilsa and Laszlo get away
*Rick makes Ilsa leave with Laszlo, assuring her that staying with him was the best decision
> Ilsa disagrees but is later on forced and convinced.
*German officers arrive, Rick kills the lead officer
*Rick and police officer become friends and walk off into the distance
