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Among the many of Francis Ford Coppla's achievements in "The Godfather", is the way he characterized the individuals in the movie. Each had an aspect about him or her that was special and memorable. He accomplished this in many ways including but not limited to: camera shots, how the characters dressed, how they talked, and what they did. The following is three example of how he characterized and depicted the roles in the movie. Though one may not realize it at first or maybe even the second time they watch the movie, but the most taboo and different character is Kay Adams Corleone. We first meet her at the wedding of Connie, Michael's sister, and Carlo Rizzi. She is fair skinned with honey-blonde hair as opposed to the other darker, olive-skinned Italian guests. Immediately, this sets her apart from the others as an innocent, a ray of sunshine in the middle of "chaos". She is dressed in a bright cheery red summer dress with a wide-brimmed hat, looking much like a Sunday schoo!

l teacher would. Her voice is very soft; almost kitten like, in contrast, for example, of Connie's loud and brash voice. Coppla uses these things to distinguish her from the members of the family. Another scene in which we see her set apart from the rest i


rasi getting ready to meet Bruno Tattaglia and Sollozzo. Luca gets killed and soon after we see Vito shot. We cut back to the Christmas shopping, but this time it's Tom and then Sollozzo takes him. We go back to Kay and Michael shopping, when Kay sees a newspaper headline with news of his father's shooting. Michael crosses the street to use the phone to call Sonny, and shuts the door on Kay. Sonny tells him to come home back to the family and all the while we see Kay shut outside the phone booth. This is very significant in that it shows Michael coming to the family and turning Kay away. Kay is further extracted from Michael's life by his refusal to tell her that he loved her on the phone and when he won't say when he'll see her again later that night when they have dinner together. Soon after, Michael kills the police chief and Sollozzo and reaches a place of no return. He is firmly embedded in the family business. We see his physical appearance change as well. He seems to al!

ey-blonde hair as opposed to the other darker, olive-skinned Italian guests. Immediately, this sets her apart from the others as an innocent, a ray of sunshine in the middle of "chaos". She is dressed in a bright cheery red summer dress with a wide-brimmed hat, looking much like a Sunday school teacher would. Her voice is very soft; almost kitten like, in contrast, for example, of Connie's loud and brash voice. Coppla uses these things to distinguish her from the members of the family. Another scene in which we see her set apart from the rest is when she comes to the Corleone house after Michael has killed Sollozzo and McCluskey. Tom Hagan rushes out to her and kind of turns her away from the house, as if he is shielding her from whatever may be inside. Only when she directly asks to use the phone to call a cab, does he relent and reluctantly allow her entrance. There are many other instances when we see her innocence and naivete; when she accepts Michael's negative answer to !

en Sonny speaks out. Vito even goes as far to chastise Sonny in front of everybody. Later on in the movie, Sollozzo kidnaps Tom in hopes that he would try and convince Sonny to do business with him. He states that Sonny is way too hotheaded to deal with personally. Sonny is a man ruled by emotion even though he would lead you to believe something different. This is evident when he has Bruno Tattaglia killed after the attempt on Vito's life. (He swears to Tom that it's business.) He is illogical and doesn't think before he acts. He beats up his brother-in-law for hitting his sister, yet he disrespects his own wife with an affair. The way he dresses even hints at a wild man. He hardly ever wore a tie, most of the time his shirt was open or he wears just an undershirt. It was his tendency not to think things through that eventually brought about his death. He couldn't see, through his anger that he was being set up. One of the most paradox statements in the entire movie is when M!

Michael is the Godfather through and through. Like the cutaway scenes before, the baptism is much more violent and fast. "Michael Frances Rizzi- do you renounce Satan?" We are at the church when the priest asks this of Michael, then the camera cuts away and we see Clemenza shoot Stratchi and another man in an elevator. Cut back to church, "I do renounce him". Camera cuts to Moe Green who looks up from the table and puts on his glasses, and then is shot right in the eye. Back to church, "And all his works?" Cuts to Cicci and we see him lock Ottilio Cuneo in a revolving door and shoot him four times. We see Michael again, "I do renounce them". Camera cuts away to Rocco and another man breaking down the door and spraying the bed full of bullets killing Tattaglia and his woman. When the camera cuts back to the church this time, we see Michael as the priest says, "And all of his pomps?" and instead of leaving the camera on Michael while he replies, like before, we see Neri shoot B!

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