How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Schindler's List.
Quote #4
SCHINDLER: He won't shoot you because he enjoys you too much. He enjoys you so much he won't even let you wear the star. He doesn't want anyone to know it's a Jew he's enjoying. He shot the woman from the steps because she meant nothing to him. She was just one of a series neither offending him nor pleasing him.
Jews in every country occupied by Nazi Germany were forced to wear an identifying Star of David on their clothing. Helen's Jewish identity puts her in danger, but Goeth can't get around his obsession with her. Certain emotions and feelings can't be regulated by a star on the clothing. Goeth seems to delude himself that by removing the star, Helen somehow is not a Jew.
Quote #5
GOETH: We have the f***ing power to kill, that's why they fear us.
SCHINDLER: They fear us because we have the power to kill arbitrarily. A man commits a crime, he should know better. We have him killed, and we feel pretty good about it. Or we kill him ourselves and we feel even better. That's not power though. That's justice. It's different than power. Power is when we have every justification to kill, and we don't.
GOETH: You think that's power?
SCHINDLER: That's what the emperors had. A man stole something, he's brought in before the emperor, he throws himself down on the ground, he begs for mercy. He knows he's going to die. And the emperor pardons him. This worthless man, he lets him go.
This is Schindler hoping to manipulate Goeth's self-image as a powerful man. If power is important to him, then he can wield it by sparing someone just as easily as killing someone. It doesn't work, but major points for effort.
Quote #6
SCHINDLER: What's the matter with you? You should be preparing for the Sabbath. Shouldn't you? I've got some wine. In my office. Come.
The Nazis have taken away the rabbi's identity: the role he serves in his community. Now, in the waning days of the war, Schindler's finally able to give it back to him. It's a hugely poignant gesture.