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    Vito Corleone Archetype

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    Vito Corleone Vito Corleone of The Godfather trilogy is shown to be the Mafia boss character archetype done right. While the other characters have their own strengths, their weaknesses are brought to light when around Vito. Barzini lacks the class of the don, Ciccio is more petty and cruel, Fanucci is rather brutish, and Michael does not have the warmth and joie de vivre that Vito possesses. While it can be debatable whether or not the “the old man [is] slipping,” he still has the wisdom and intelligence

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    Vito Corleone, the “godfather” of the family is a very diverse character. He is intelligent, clever and an excellent speaker. Like the tagline of the movie, he frequently makes an “offer he can’t refuse”. Another trait is his ability to read people, especially during Bonasera’s plea to the don. He is also a ruthless person, if he cannot deal with words, guns and bullets will. Even with his supposed evil, he is seen as many as a very loving father and many people love him. He was clearly hurt when

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    Corleone family was one the famous crime family in Nek York. Vito Corleone, the leader of the Corleone family, who helped people who were willing to become his friends solve their problems. People also treated Vito in a respectful way and called him Godfather. Many guests attended to Connie Corleone, Godfather’s daughter’s wedding because the Godfather would satisfy all people’s requests. Also, all of Godfather’s sons were attending the big party. Sonny, the biggest son, who was an irritable man

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    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 important than the well-being and safety of the family. While the film focuses on Vito Corleone as the “Godfather

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    Don Vito Corleone Quotes

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    Usual Suspects. Which movie quote gives you chills? Let us know in the comments. Number One: I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." Film: The Godfather (1972) This is the moment where you realize how powerful Don Vito Corleone is. There are not too many people who told Corleone "no." Number Two: "You talking to me?" Film: Taxi Driver (1976) Robert De Niro probably never imagined this one line would be so memorable, but people are still quoting this

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    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

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    to portray themselves as businessmen. With the exception of Don Corleone’s red rose placed over his heart, the majority of color gets drained. The rose that Vito wears exists as the dominant in every scene in which it appears. in. Don’t end sentences with a preposition! The flower seems to represent his heart, as to remind the audience that Vito has one and although he runs a mob family he is not an animal. The first frame of the film comes from darkness, as does the mob. When the undertaker pronounces

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    The Godfather Thesis

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    soundtrack, there ought not be any miracle of why this work has stood the trial of time. Notwithstanding each one of those traits is the presentation of rich social topics and changes all through the whole film. The story takes after the New York based Corleone wrongdoing family throughout ten years, from 1945-1955.

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    written by Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The lead character is played by Al Pacino (Michael Corleone), with supporting actors Marlon Brando (Vito Corleone), James Caan (Sonny Corleone), Robert Duvall (Tom Hagen), Kay (Diane Keaton) The story of this movie is about the book Mario Puzo "The Godfather based on one of the most powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). And when the youngest son, Michael (Al Pacino), begins to join the family Mafia, a business

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    James Caan, Richard Conte among others. The theme of violence is evident all through the film. The story of ‘The Godfather’ is told with a closed world, it gives the audience a chance to review the Mafia utterly on its own terms. Character Don Vito Corleone played by Marlon Brando, is seen as a sympathetic and admirable character. As all through the film, he does everything that is expected from a mafia, which receives approval from the audience. In the movie, there is no civilian causality of an

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