Corleone

INTRODUCTION Vito Corleone, played by actor Marlon Brando in The Godfather, is the mafia don of the Corleone crime family (Coppola 1972). Due to his social and political capital, Corleone has a great deal of influence over his family and associates, as well as politicians and law enforcement in New York, which can be considered one of his most important assets (ibid). The negotiation being analyzed is Corleone’s meeting with the Virgil “The Turk” Sollozzo, a New York drug trafficker who is backed

“Never go against the family” - Don Corleone, The Godfather. Throughout my life, this motto engraved in my mind, interlaced in the intricate crevices of my being as to tether my soul together. Corleone’s quote foraged a powerful sense of loyalty to my loved ones that was blind to harmful relationships and abuse incomprehensible by other individuals. In order to fully understand the gravity of the situation that generated my unprecedented questioning of a statement I had formerly devoted my life to

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

one key character, Don Vito Corleone and the word “Godfather…” The setting is very dark as the film opens and a man is asking for

The Corleonesi was a mafia group whose leaders were originated from Corleone, Italy. The main leader Luciano Leggio. Leggio started out working for Micele Navarra. While under Navarra, Leggio’s murder of Placido Rizzotto, a resistance veteran, is on the most noteworthy murders of a political figure in the years after the war. This murder shows just the beginning brutality of what was yet to come of Leggio and the Corleonesi. Leggio hid from authority after the murdering Rizzotto, and due to his skill

wonderful performances, stylish direction, and a timeless soundtrack, there should not be any wonder of why this work has stood the test of time. The story 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

Macbeth receives a prophecy telling him he will be Thane of Cawdor and then king. He did not want to wait to be king, so going against his morality (with the help of his wife) he decides to take matters into his own hands and resort to murder. Don Corleone justifies his actions because he believes he is helping his family by ordering hits on people. He believes this because he is giving his family and godchildren money and power for when

device because some of the Corleone family

is heralded as one of the greatest films of all time. Produced in 1972 by Albert S. Ruddy based off the novel written by Mario Puzo in 1969. The Godfather is a mob based drama about a very powerful Italian-American crime family headed by Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). The movie is sent in New York City during the early 1940s to mid 1950s and, while the main plot is about the conflict between the five leading mob families; it also details the relationships between the men and women who comprise

had the most power. It worked for this particluar scene because they were doing a back door dealing and also showed us how Don Carleone was looked up to and respected by others. The film is set in 1940's New York, Don Corleone and his men are always seen in formal wear, and Corleone had a cigar in a number of scenes although we dont see stacks of money all the time it is shown to us indirectly when we see his mansion and expensive cars and fancy dinners. This also worked for the film because it was