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    Analysis Paper The Godfather The Godfather‚ filmed in 1972‚ is known as one of America’s number one classics! This film holds many scenes where violence and control is portrayed. The Godfather is my favorite old movie! This movie holds everything from exciting action scenes‚ to world famous actors like‚ Marlon Brando‚ Al Pacino‚ James Cann‚ and many others. The Godfather holds many different themes‚ but the one theme that is most noticeable throughout the movie is violence. Almost

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    In the story Godfather Death‚ there is a poor man who can barely feed all twelve of his children. When his thirteenth child is born‚ he decides that he cannot afford another child and begins a search for someone to be the godfather of his son. God comes first and offers to be the godfather‚ vowing that under His care‚ the man’s son would live a happy life. But when the man realizes that it was God‚ he rejects the offer and accuses God of neglecting the poor. Then the Devil crosses the man’s path

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    the main character. This story is “Godfather Death”‚ a great fable in which we learn that greed is the root of all evil‚ and that one cannot cheat death. The doctor is now Death’s Godson‚ and is the protagonist of this story. He is a hero who grows up to be a famous doctor‚ and the story revolves around him. Death is the character which opposes his Godson‚ and is the antagonist in this story. Despite the fame he reaches by curing so many‚ thanks to his Godfather‚ the Godson

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    to one of the literary elements mentioned in our book. “A & P.” Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 10th ed. New York: Pearson Longman‚ 2007. 16-20. Grimm‚ Jakob and Wilhelm. “Godfather Death.” Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 10th ed. New York: Pearson Longman‚ 2007. 12-13. Hawthorne‚ Nathaniel. "Young Goodman Brown." Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚

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    Analysis Project 2/25/13 The Godfather (1972): Opening Scene The Godfather is an American crime film based on crime families in New York. The 1972 film was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy. The screenplay was developed by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola‚ based on Puzo’s 1969 novel of the same name. The Godfather is ranked as second in the greatest film in American cinema history (behind Citizen Kane). The opening scene of The Godfather‚ sets the mood and tone

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    Date: November 20‚ 2012 Critical essay review: The God Father The Godfather‚ a story about a multigenerational crime family by the Italian American author Mario Puzo‚ was one of the best-selling books since it was published in 1969. Not only the book was a phenomenon‚ its movie under the direction of director Francis Ford Coppola had also become a landmark in American movie since it was released in 1972. The Godfather detailed impressively the activities of the gangster world‚ especially the

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    Professor Julian 8 March 2014 The Godfather The Godfather was regarded as the second best films of all time after the Shaw-shank Redemption. The Godfather employs a classic Italian-American mafia crime family in New York and Nevada. Vito Corleone as the founder of the Corleone crime family. An immigrant from Sicily who witnessed both his parents shot by a different don. He has four children and a step son whom he had adopted. Michael Corleone as the second Godfather to the Corleone crime family. Santino

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    shown as a loving and caring father and a husband to his family. Vito’s youngest son‚ Michael is a celebrated war hero who comes to the wedding with his girlfriend. Vito’s godson Johnny Fontane‚ a popular singer‚ pleads for help to secure a coveted movie role‚ so Vito dispatches his consigliore‚ Tom Hagen to the studio head‚ Jack Woltz‚ to secure the casting. Woltz is unmoved until the morning he wakes up in bed with the severed head of his horse. Next‚ drug baron Sollozzo‚ backed by the Tattaglias

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    CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON "GODFATHER DEATH"‚ A FAIRY TALE WRITTEN BY JACOB LUDWIG GRIMM AND WILHELM CARL GRIMM This story is a German fairy tale translated by Jacob Ludwig Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Carl Grimm (1786-1859)‚ brothers born in Germany. The story centers on a 13th son born to a poor old man who can not afford to feed his new offspring. In order to provide for him the poor old man must choose a godfather for his son. He first meets God and dismisses him as a godfather because according to

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    In chapter two that covers The Parallelism between The Iliad and The Godfather‚ we illustrated the generic transcendence of the hypotext‚ The Iliad that the hypertext‚ The Godfather inherited‚ by way of Genette’s architextuality. The outcome of this theory‚ first‚ showed that both the heroes of our case study are represented as extraordinary figures under the theme of the supernatural. Next‚ by applying Aristotle’s theory of tragedy on Achilles and Michael Corleone‚ we discovered that they are tragic

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