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    In data 11 the dialogue is taken place in Don Corleone’s veranda and his interlocutor was his youngest son Michael who finally replaces his place as head of Corleone family. The context was about strategic in family business. While, presuppositions that can be derived from part of the dialogue are: 1. They have no time to talk about family business before 2 They have something to talk. 3. They interested in same thing The first and second presupposition is come from utterance ‘we have a lot of

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    The Godfather: An American Dream Story Essay

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    fictional Italian mafia family, the Corleone’s. Though most Americans do not condone the practices of the Italian mafia, they cannot deny that Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather is a cinematic masterpiece. This film gave insight to a mysterious way of life that the average person does not have knowledge of. As the audience is educated about the mafia they also are introduced to many stereotypes. Many of the film’s important scenes begin with one key character, Don Vito Corleone and the word “Godfather…”

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    The Godfather Themes

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    follows the New York based Corleone crime family over the course of ten years, from 1945-1955. The main character and namesake of the film is Don Vito Corleone, played masterfully by Marlon Brando. However, the main arc of the story centers on the unlikely transformation of his youngest son Michael played by the magnificent Al Pacino. Michael starts out as a disapproving outsider who rebelliously went off to serve in World War II rather than become part of the “family business.” However, as the

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    The Undertaker's Journey

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    From the start of the movie with the Undertaker, Don Corleone displays his noble side. The Undertaker’s story is a very sad one where the law failed him and he goes to the Don to deal with this issue. The Don says he will help the Undertaker with his daughter’s attempted rapists and victimizers, but not the way the undertaker wants to. The Don has a moral code that one would not expect from a harden criminal. His moral code is similar to “an eye for eye” mentality. The Undertaker wants the Don

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    “That's my family Kay, that's not me” (The Godfather). Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather establishes the lives of Vito Corleone and the Corleone crime family of New York. Vito Corleone is a godlike figure who commands respect because he obeys the codes of his Old World predecessors. He’s a man of honor and a man who is both feared and loved, rather than feared itself. Sicilian men, in Vito’s eyes, are true Italians. Their businesses are separated from their personal lives, and nothing is more

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    a book about a Sicilian Mafia family, the Corleone Mafia Family, centered in New York. While his daughter, Connie, is out enjoying her reception in the backyard, the Godfather himself, Don Vito Corleone and his new son-in-law, Carlo Rizzi are handling business in the Godfather’s office. Along side him are his oldest son, Sonny and Tom Hagen, his adopted son and the family’s lawyer. If you’re unaware of who Don Corleone is, he is the Boss of the Corleone Mafia family. His friends and people he does

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    Godfather is a 1972 American crime drama directed by Francis Coppola based on the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo. The film stars Marlin Brando and Al Pacino as the leaders of a powerful family business of crime. The story is centred on Michael Corleone, and how he grows from a young man wanting nothing to do with the family business to a ruthless Don who will stop at nothing to exact his revenge. The movie grossed around 286 million dollars and is touted as one of the most successful films of all time

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    Mise En Scene Analysis

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    cinematography, editing, sound, and mise-en-scene to fit the theme of revenge is when Michael and his sister’s son get baptized together and Michael becomes the godfather of his nephew. However, while this is happening, Corleone hitmen are executing top members of rival families, thanks to Michael’s orders. The editing of this scene often parallels on a symbolic level as well as a narrative one. Parallel editing is utilized to indicate both the baptism of Michael's nephew, and as well as the arranging

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    The Godfather is the story of Vito and Michael Corleone. Michael is the son of Vito who is the Don of the Corleone mafia crime family. The Godfather depicts how an orphaned Sicilian immigrant rises to the top of organized crime in America and how his son, who at first shuns his father’s world, embraces his father’s way of life after the attempted murder on his father. Mise-en-scene paints the picture of a film and is also known as what is on the stage. At the beginning of The Godfather, the movie

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    The Godfather Movie Essay

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    The Godfather In 1972, Francis Ford Coppola amazed the world with his release of The Godfather. The Godfather, who is Vito Corleone, is a man with strong beliefs in family and loyalty and the head of his crime family business. Upon earning his reputation over many years, he is a very powerful and respected man. Don Corleone has three sons and a daughter. The oldest, Sonny, is a very quick-to-anger character and is well known as a rough and violent person. The second oldest, Fredo, is a weak and uninterested

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