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English Words Borrowed from Italian

years. Some of these include gondola, cameo, arsenal, regatta, fresco, studio, vendetta, broccoli, motto, piano, opera, grotto, vi...

Louis de Berniere's 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' and Cultural Perspective Differences

throughout the novel. Although they try and maintain their cultural identity through music, they are morally lost in environmental...

Cinematic Neorealism

neorealistic filmmakers, such as Rossellini, Vittorio DeSica and Cesare Zavattini, was to make a "moral statement," which forces ...

Italian Literature and the Themes of Escape, Alienation, and Entrapment

first the expulsion from the tennis club, then from the fascist party, then academic anti-Semitism, then more and more direct insu...

Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado' and the Setting of Italy

themselves, perhaps unnecessarily, on their knowledge of wines. This offers us a very powerful and self righteous look at these tw...

Italian Mafia of New York

the violence and power that renders its members fully able to take possession of whatever they want any way they can obtain it. O...

Contemporary Application of the Ideal Leadership Theory of Niccolo Machiavelli

Machiavelli had been imprisoned by the opposing Medici and he saw how the conflict between politicians can destroy what issues are...

Divine Justice and Fate Reflected in The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio and Inferno by Dante Alighieri

poem makes it clear that the human soul can only enjoy a happy eternity by pledging complete faith and allegiance in God, Boccacci...

Italian 'Risorgimento' of 1815 to 1870 and Economic, Social, Linguistic, and Political Aspirations

In five pages this report examined the Italian campaign against foreign domination and the strengthening of unity. Five sources a...

Italian Culture and Hand Communication

over one another in the process. Their facial expressions only add to the animated effects of their hand gestures and body langua...

Violence, Ethnic Stereotyping, and TV

to violence in the media and entertainment business as well, it has often been assumed that violence viewed on television can caus...

Overview of Political Machines and Immigrants

As a matter of a fact, for a time, it did appear that a new age might be dawning for the political machine because of the dire nee...

Architecture of the Italian Renaissance

of the "longitudinal, three-aisled basilica" (Church of San Spirito) that would come to be the foundation of Western church form. ...

Italian Americans Defined by Network Television Shows

intelligence as seen in the character of the Fonz. "When Arthur (Fonzie) Fonzarelli appeared on the screen in 1974, with his slick...

Stereotypes Involving Organized Crime and Italian Americans

crime as a malignant tumor on the face of society. After assessing the facts against what popular culture has had to say about th...

K-12 Issues of School Safety

the issue of who is liable for the safety of children while they are at the school. The schools and school systems examined will b...

Umberto Boccioni and Jean Dubuffet

Expressionist, a cave painter (and poet) with a yen for existentialist texture" (Adams 126). In his earliest works, 1917 to 1936...

The Godfather and The Sopranos Italian American Stereotypes

that mirrors such interpretation as brought about by the likes of popular culture, but it has also been quite successful at reachi...

Women in A Woman by Sibilla Aleramo and The Leopard by Giuseppe Di Lampedusa

womans plight in a turbulent time in history. "The Leopard", in comparison, is more of an outline of male expectations in regard ...

Catholic Italian Culture

of all immigrants. Borrowing from their special talent with food, Italians grace the country with their wonderful cuisine and jov...

Democracy Italian Style by Joseph LaPalombara

reality? This question calls for an opinion and the student researching this topic should definitely offer personal insight on ...

Italy During the 1490s' Decade

the major Greek authors of antiquity before 1515, thus ensuring their survival for posterity" (Harris, 2002). In pointing to so...

Italian Contact Law and Revoking an Offer

In twenty pages this paper considers the Italian Civil Code in an examination of revoking a contract. Twelve sources are cited in...

Contract Law in Italy

is a contract gap, which must be filled by the judge, using the same terms that reasonable parties would have used in accordance w...

Street Corner Society Methodology Reviewed

and Social Structure and Social Mobility. The second part deals mainly with the social structure of racketeering; the racketeer in...

Luchino Visconti's Film Ludwig from a Sociopolitical Perspective

which attacks everything the ruling class stands for (Ludwig). The cinematic protagonist is the last Bavarian king (1845-1886), a...

Federico Fellini's Movies and Their Cinematic Influence

he would have lent his considerable talents and boundless energy to the circus arena "because the circus is just that same mixture...

Society and Politics of Italian Americans

For example, they like to focus on characters such as Al Capone instead of individuals who contributed a great deal to America and...

Gerusalemme Liberata by Torquato Tasso

physical and emotional well being for the sake of his art. His erratic behavior became increasingly evident around 1575 when Tass...

The Case of BRL Hardy

there appears to be a good fit, with the partners bringing their own areas of expertise and resources so that the post merger firm...