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 Godfather
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excellent job showing the parallel rise to power for both Michael and his father‚ Vito. Techniques used in the film to show this parallel include the director’s use of flashback and lighting. The film continues the main story line‚ which centers on Michael Corleone‚ the new Don of the Corleone and a series of flashbacks following his father‚ Vito Corleone from his childhood in Sicily to 1901 and the founding of the Corleone family. The narrative juxtaposition between Vito’s rise to power in America
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Characters: Vito(protagonist): The Godfather presents Vito as the paradigmatic Mafia don. He is wise and intelligent‚ an excellent reader of others’ intentions‚ and a smooth‚ subtle talker‚ able to convince with words‚ not only bullets. Though a ruthless‚ violent criminal‚ Vito is also a warm‚ loving father and husband. In his later years‚ Vito comes across as relaxed and playful‚ even mellow. He has lived a rich‚ full life and earned a quiet retirement. Vito is both the perfect father and the
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La Tanja Bolden Instructor Shapoff ENG 1101 online 22 July 2011 An Offer You Can’t Refuse Murder‚ Inc.‚ La Cosa Nostra‚ The Family. These words invoke visions of Tommy-guns‚ pinstriped suits‚ black and white spatted shoes and Edward G. Robinson. Old fashioned mobsters and gun-toting molls are some of my favorite silver screen characters. Fast forward to modern day and enter stage left‚ Anthony John Soprano‚ Sr. Tony Soprano is the modern fictional face of the Mafia; he is viewed as the
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Brasi—even Nino‚ who was completely ignored in the film. These characters were relatively unimportant to the main plot‚ however‚ in the book‚ they had their own stories and backgrounds and subplots. In the movie‚ Johnny Fontane was just mentioned as Don Vito Corleone’s godson and had gotten help from the Don on his way to the top as a singer and actor. However‚ in the book‚ Johnny Fontane was given much more background information‚ such as about his personal life with his two divorced wives‚ and describing
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functioning‚ took care of the kids‚ and made sure the men were well. One example of this in The Godfather was when Don Corleone was in the hospital. In the hospital‚ Don Corleone was taken care of by a female nurse because of this we can infer that one role of the women in this film is to take care of the men. Another example from the film that displays women as the caretakers was when the Corleone family went to visit Don in the hospital. In this scene‚ the women carried the children in to see the Don and
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Godfather is an insightful sociological study of violence‚ power‚ honor and obligation‚ corruption‚ justice and crime in America. Part I of The Godfather Trilogy centers on the Corleone crime "family" in the boroughs of New York City in the mid 1940s‚ dominated at first by the aging godfather/patriarch "Don" Vito Corleone. As a turn-of-the-century Silician immigrant‚ he is the head of one of the five Italian-American "families" that operates a crime syndicate. The ’honorable’ crime "family‚" working
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The Godfather‚ is a reference to one of the main characters‚ Don Vito Corleone. The position of Godfather in the Italian Community is one of great respect‚ admiration‚ and affection. Don Vito Corleone is given this title by many as a sign of respect for the favors that he does as well for his cunning‚ power‚ and influence. 3. The major conflict of the novel concerns Don Vito Corleone and his youngest son Michael. As the Corleones become engaged in a mob war against four of the other five major
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lived in a world of gangsters. Michael Corleone is the son of Vito Corleone who plays “the godfather”. Michael is a successful and level-headed man who went to college and enlisted in the marines to avoid falling into the entrapments of the family business. However‚ throughout the film Michael not only gets involved in the mafia but takes the negatives of this world to more extremes than does his father‚ making himself into a mean and cruel man that Vito Corleone was not. Michael is an honorable man
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In novel‚ That man is “Don Vito Corleone”. The story is about 1940’s crime life in New York. There was a man named Vito Corleone who called the Godfather. He is generous‚ helpful and kind one. He always helps people who need a help most. He helps by doing everything. All he asks for is to respect him and call him a godfather. Because he is Italian born American men so Italians are very delightful about godfather. In Italy‚ godfather is just like his own father. Vito had a 3 sons and one daughter
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