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    The game mafia has its similarities to the story Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. A similarity is that in both the game and the book is that every role is vital. Another similarity is that the both have a similarity in the book and the game is that they both almost have the same goal‚ which is to kill without getting caught. These similarities are actually the engine for both of them cause without them their would be no point to go on or play it. A similarity in the book and the story is

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    American organized crime (or the Mafia/Mob as it is known by some) begins not in the streets of Manhattan or Chicago or other big cities as some like to think. It begins as the seemingly innocent protection of Sicilian landowners when they are away from their farms. By the 1800’s‚ these ‘protectors’ had become corrupt‚ bullying people for their so-called protection and running other illegal activities all throughout Sicily. When the laws of Benito Mussolini became increasingly strict‚ so strict

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    The Mafia Everyone has heard of the notorious Al Capone. Gang leader from Chicago who is responsible for many murders. What some may not know is that he was also a part of a much larger organization known as The Mafia. Defined by Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary as a “secret criminal society” the Mafia controls all organized crime in a particular area. They knew how to get what they wanted without getting caught and were not afraid of anything or anyone. Although the Mafia is still around

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    Similarities in the failures of Xerxes’ invasion of Greece and the Sicilian Expedition On paper‚ Xerxes and the Persians‚ along with Alcibiades and his Athenians‚ would be overwhelmingly favored to win over Greece and Sicily. However‚ although both the Athenians and Persians not only far outnumbered their opponents in manpower‚ weaponry‚ and utilities‚ they still shockingly were both beaten and sent back to their homelands. The reasons for why two superpowers such as these would fall to a cluster

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    The mafia has had history of violence for various reasons as the mafia has been glamorized through US film and literature as gangster culture. The Godfather has had one of the biggest impacts to the world‚ shedding light on how “cool” the mafia can be. There are many factors to show how appealing the mafia can be to others‚ as many of those factors are exaggerated. The authors and directors portray many things that are similar things and differences between the American mafia movies and Italian mafia

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    the Cleveland Mafia ostentatiously engaged in mob warfare and infighting‚ the Cleveland Syndicate managed to work behind the scenes and cooperate with each other. Indeed‚ the Syndicate is remarkable in that they remained on friendly terms with each other until their deaths several decades later‚ a feat almost unheard of among criminal organizations. Apart from working well among themselves‚ the Cleveland Syndicate also began making alliances with factions of the greater Cleveland Mafia. Shortly after

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    the Bad Guy” A Critique of the Protagonists in the Mafia Genre: The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire Nadine Mohamed "Do you spend time with your family? Good‚ because a man that doesn ’t spend time with his family can never be a real man" ~ Don Vito Corleone The Godfather That’s really what the Mafia genre is really all about- virility and italianita (Nochimson. MP‚ 2002: 2). As a sub-genre to the Crime and Gangster genres‚ the Mafia genre is relatively new. Francis Ford Coppola’s The

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    on glamorizing the Mafioso lifestyle‚ distracting from the true nature of organized crime. Over the past decade‚ the key opportunities have been utilized by the Italian Mafia‚ resulting in a powerful behind-the-scenes dominance over many aspects we may not expect. "It’s gonna be a Cosa Nostra." "The Honored Society‚ or Mafia‚ as it was less often called‚ was a vast criminal brotherhood that had developed in Palermo and western Sicily independently of the Camorra of Naples." They developed

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    Most people think that people from the mafia are ruthless gangsters‚ who don’t care about anybody except them selves. They can do anything they want to and not get punished or caught. Another stereotype is all Italians are part of a mob or gang. A perfect example is the show "Sopranos". In this essay ill show you how shows and movies stereotype the mafia and the Italian race. A very common Mafia Stereotype is that all Italians are part of a gang. The Sopranos shows this because the soprano family

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    The Mafia was started for the purpose to create a family orientated organization of Sicilians to gain freedom‚ and has grown to become one of the most successful organized crime syndicates‚ that over time has fascinated many people. The mafia through all its publicised terror and famous court hearings have left an impression on our society that will not be forgotten. For many incentives such as money and power‚ the mafia grew popular and eventually spread through out the world. The mafia was first

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