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I. Setting
    A. Casablanca, Morroco 

    B. During WWII

  
II. Introduction    
A. Rick Blaine
        1. Café owner   
B. Ilsa Lund
        1. Loved Rick in Paris
        2. Married to Victor Laszlo
    C. Ugarte
        1.Letters of transit to café

        2. Rick takes the letters
        3. He later dies after caught by police
    D. Victor Laszlo
        1. Wanted to be acquainted with Ugarte to buy letters of transit
        2. Escaped from Nazi concentration camp

III. Rising Action    
    A. Ilsa arrives at the café in Casablanca with her husband
    B. Rick comes to find out that Ilsa is married to Laszlo
    C. Laszlo and Ilsa plan to escape to America
    D. Laszlo finds out that Rick has the letters of transit he needs

IV. Climax    
    A. Laszlo tries to get the letters but Rick refuses  
    B. Ilsa makes an attempt at getting the letters from Rick
    C. Turns to violence but Rick knows she won’t shoot him because she loves him
        1. Ilsa tells Rick that she thought Laszlo had died when they fell in love and that she had to go 

back to him.

        2. Rick asked Ilsa to leave Paris with him but couldn’t leave her husband and only left Rick with a letter, not a clear explanation

V. Falling Action
    A. Rick agrees to help Ilsa and says that they can be together again after Laszlo leaves
           1. Laszo comes to the cafe to talk to Rick

         2. Ilsa attempts to persaude Rick to give him the letters to keep her out of trouble
    B. Laszlo gets arrested

 

VI. Conclusion
    A. Police try to arrest Laszlo but Rick threatens to shoot

    B. Rick makes Ilsa leave with Laszlo

         1. He assures her that staying with Laszlo was the best decision
         2. Ilsa disagrees but is eventually forced and convinced.
    C. German officers arrive and Rick kills the leader
    D. Rick and police officer become friends and leave the scene