How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from The Sound of Music.
Quote #4
CAPTAIN VON TRAPP: Edelweiss, edelweiss, bless my homeland forever.
This innocent-sounding folk song is the captain's slap in the face to the new regime. As a national symbol of Austria, the flower is bound to stir up patriotic sentiment in the audience. The Nazis waiting for him to finish the song are not amused.
Quote #5
CAPTAIN VON TRAPP: You give that to me, Rolfe. Did you hear me?
ROLFE: I'll kill you.
CAPTAIN VON TRAPP: Rolfe. You'll never be one of them.
ROLFE: Lieutenant! They're here!
By this point, Rolfe is way more than a bad boyfriend. He's willing to turn the family over to his Nazi pals. The point of this scene is to show how fanatical adherence to an ideology can destroy compassion and common sense. That would never happen today, right?
Quote #6
HERR ZELLER: I have just come from the house of Captain von Trapp. Incidentally, the only one in the neighborhood not flying the flag of the Third Reich since the Anschluss, but we have dealt with that situation.
Unfortunately, as Herr Zeller predicted, the Nazis do invade Austria while Captain von T is off on his honeymoon. Zeller uses the captain's absence as an opportunity to hang the Nazi flag at his house. Captain von Trapp rips it right down when he gets home. Although his status as a high-ranking naval officer protects him to a certain extent, this is still a very in-your-face move.