Casablanca

Anaphora in Casablanca

  • "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."(Rick Blaine in "Casablanca")
  • What Anaphora is used here?
  • What is the effect of the Anaphora?
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Anaphora repeats the same word)s) at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses.

"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."

The effect of the anaphora supports the "coincidence", Ilsa arriving in a place that Rick never dreamed he would see her.