The Godfather
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Submitted by Sweetness19 on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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The Godfather
Violence and The Godfather Throughout time there have always been people who held more power than others. There are many different methods used to both demonstrate and maintain the power which they possess. Often times violence is the method chosen to achieve these goals. Violence can be used demonstrate power or as a tool of revenge. If used right, violent measures could be very effective and even necessary, but if it is abused the consequences could be deadly. This is the case for the different members of the Corleone family in Francis Ford Coppolla's, " The Godfather", in which each member receives different results in the use of violence against others. The negative consequences of violence are demonstrated through the actions of each member. The use of violence can be beneficial or disastrous, and must be exercised very cautiously. The first moral dilemma is the dilemma that frames the narrative or the plot of the book. Don Corleone came to America to continue the family trade' of crime and yet to become an American success story in a legitimate fashion. However, he is unable, after the war between the different Mafia crime factions takes his appointed successor Sonny, to enable his son Michael to lead the legitimate life the Don wished him to. The Don wished to win social as well as economic legitimacy for his family in America. He wished to life the American dream, although the dream began on ill-gotten gains. He wished to wash his blood money clean. The scenes are great and memorable. The acting is so powerful, and the cast is so deep. However, this movie's most profound attribute is how we can relate to it. The lives of the characters are ones which we could never live, or even begin to pretend that we have experienced a fraction of their tragic lives. Nevertheless, their emotions and struggles are ones which we immediately can identify with. Their mistakes, too, are ones of which we are often culpable (maybe not to the same extreme, but you get the...
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