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Examples Of Family Relations In The Godfather

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Characterization Through Family Relations in The Godfather
The Godfather is an excellent example that the voice of blood and close ties often determine a person 's fate, not allowing the main heroes to escape from the circumscribed circle. Postwar America is entangled in the web of the Sicilian mafia. The Syndicate of Don Corleone zealously protects the borders of his possessions, independently administers justice and helps to get out into people 's countrymen. F. F. Coppola sympathizes to Corleone family and offers an original interpretation of criminal story, filling it with the subtext of father-son tragedy and a focus on strong family bonds. Coppola characterizes Corleone family relations through a clear and distinct three-act structure. The exposition is the wedding scene where the spectator meets all the main characters and gets to know the core values of the Corleone family. The first act ends with an assassination attempt on Vito Corleone that forces all members of the family to mobilize and show their main qualities. Santino shows his brutal nature and zealous devotion to the family, and Michael avenges the offenders of his father, starting his transformation and return to the family ("Godfather"). The second act closes on 135 minute by the return of Michael to New York and his appointment as head of the family. The last 45 minutes of the film is the final demonic transformation of the hero and his alienation from Kay in favor of the criminal family.
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