资源描述：
《A Brief Analysis of Vito Corleone’s Character》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。
1、ABriefAnalysisofVitoCorleone’sCharacterThesisstatement:VitoCorleoneisamanwithconflictingpersonality:aruthlesscriminalandalsoawarm,lovingfatherandhusband.OutlineI.Introduction:A.BackgroundofthebookB.BriefintroductionofthestoryII.ThefactorsthataffectVito:A.ThefactorofsocietyB.Thefactoroff
2、amilyIII.MaincharactersofVitoA.AskillfulleaderB.ApowerfulmanC.AgoodfamilymanIV.Conclusion24Abstract:VitoCorleoneistheheroofMarioPuzo’sbook:TheGodfather.HewasbornintoapoorfamilyinSicily,Italy.ButheisanambitiousItalianimmigrantwhobuildsaMafiaempireinNewYorkCity.Heisaskillfulleader,acrafty
3、diplomatandacoldkiller.Strength,power,andrespectarethreeimportantfactorsintheMafia"family",whichVitoCorleoneinterpretswithwordsandactionsthroughouthislife.HeexpressesthetruemeaningoftheMafiainthismasterpieceofMarioPuzo.Becauseheisstrongandpowerful,hewinsothers’respect.Becauseheisrespect
4、ed,heismorepowerful.Whileheisthekinginhisempire,andaruthless,violentcriminal,Vitoisalsoawarm,lovingfatherandhusband.Theparadoxofhischaracterindicatesthatitispreciselythewarmthofhishumanitythatmakeshimappearasuperhuman.24I.IntroductionIn1972,therewasafilmdirectedbyFrancisFordCoppolathatw
5、on3Oscars:thebestpicture,bestscript,andbestactor.Rarelycanitbesaidthatonemoviecandefineagenre,butneveristhatmoretruethaninthecaseofTheGodfather.Sinceitsreleasegangstermoviehasbeenjudgedbythestandardsofthisone.Maybeit’snotveryfairtosaythat,butthemovieisreallyanexquisiteMafiaclassicthatco
6、nstructsacompellingsagafromoutstandingperformance.ThefamousactorMarlonBrandogothissecondOscarbyhisexcellentshowofplayingasVitoCorleoneortheGodfather.Beforethefilmhasbecomefamousisthepopularityofthebook:TheGodfather.Itwaspublishedin1969,inAmerica,writtenbyMarioPuzo,thesonofItalian-bornpa
7、rents.Thebookwasaninstantbestseller,whichstayedatthe“NewYorkTimes”best-selllistfor67weeks.MarioPuzosetouttowritethisbookattheageof45,andatfirsthewassupposedtomakehimselfrichbythenovelhewastowrite.Tohissurprise,thebooknotonlylethimrealizethefinancialgoal,butalsoachievedworldwide
