In Cassablanca, the scenes we watched showed the love grow between the two main characters as the German army closed into town. The interesting occurance was that the two characters knew very little of each other, but were drawn together by the impossibility of the likelyhood of staying together. As it became more and more clear that they would soon be seperated, their desire to stay togehter seemed to grow. It was as if they were more attracted to each other simply because of the growing barrier between them.
In Sunset Blvd., the opposite was true of the first relationship we observered. With no barrier between the characters, as the rich woman threw herself at the man, he was simply repulsed. He had no desire for her whatsoever, and stated that her love for him was "embarrasing". This unrequited love soon led her to suicide, as the man soon found himself extremely attracted to the forbidden love of his friend's girlfriend.
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I like your theories here. It reminds me a lot about the forbidden fruit concept of love. You want what you can't have!
I agree with what your saying here, that love seems to be hard to have, for the reasons of being torn apart, or the fact that its not yours to have. Love is something that can not be stopped, but can come at the wrong times.
Great comparison between the two different movie scenes. You demonstrated how they are opposite from each other in this particular way! Good analysis!
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